Balladero is an internationally active act led by accomplished Slovenian singer-songwriter Dominik Bagola. With two internationally produced albums, Balladero has been performing extensively in Slovenia and across Europe with numerous concerts and tours also in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the UK.

Banditi is a punk rock band from Idrija, which has been active since 2005.

Bar pr` Gabrijelu has been a culture and music venue since it opened in 1995. It was established to address the general shortage of concert life in the region and provide a suitable music venue in Cerkno. In addition to hosting concerts, the Bar broadened its repertoire to include organising festivals soon after its establishment. Today’s Jazz Cerkno and Keltika festivals are the direct legacies of the venue’s first organising efforts. Location: Cerkno

A live-music venue on the edge of Ljubljana’s city centre, Prulček is renowned for its daily admission-free concerts. Location: Ljubljana

Barbara Grahor Vovk is a Slovenian jazz and classical violist, composer, arranger, conductor, and pedagogue, In March of 2018, she received her master’s degree summa cum laude at the Ljubljana Academy of Music. Already during her studies, she audited classes in jazz harmony and jazz arrangement, which further strengthened her bond to jazz and improvisation. She is currently finishing her second master’s degree in jazz improvisation for strings with Prof. Gregor Hübner at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, where she also resides and creates. Both as violist and composer, she wants to transcend the boundaries between classical music and jazz and thereby bring fresh ideas to the stage and to her work with others. She creates both as a soloist and in assorted chamber ensembles – the Samo & Barbara duo, in a duo with pianist Shuteen Erdenebaatar, in the NOVA string quartet, and in various professional orchestras. She is currently one of the art directors of the NOVA chamber orchestra.

Mezzo-soprano Barbara Jernejčič is noted for being among a handful of vocalists whose main focus of interest is primarily music by contemporary Slovenian composers (having premiered over 50 new works). She has established herself as an operatic soloist and concert singer. Barbara Jernejčič also devotes her time to teaching.

Slovenian mezzosoprano Barbara Kozelj debuted with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2013. After that her career has taken flight. A Carnegie Hall debut the year after in St. Matthew Passion with Iván Fischer received critical acclaim, describing her voice as “deep and dark” and “enchanting”.

An independent record label and recording studio specializing in guitar and classical music.