Gregor KOVAČIČ , k l a r i n e t(C l a r i ne t)

He started studying clarinet with his father and finished it in the class of Prof. Alojz Zupan at the Ljubljana Music Academy. He improved himself with Prof. Kalmen Opperman in New York and was invited by L´Academie musicale de Villecroze to work with Paul Meyer and Michel Portal. He took part in mastercourses led by Richard Stoltzman, Antony Pay and Jacques Di Donato. For many years he played in the orchestra of Maribor Philharmonic and in the orchestra of the Maribor Opera. He is pedagogue at Music School Ravne and plays in the Ravne Ironworkers Wind Orchestra. As a soloist and as a member of various European Youth Orchestras and chamber ensembles he has performed throughout Slovenia, Europe, Middle East, North Africa and North America.

He is Artistic Director of Musical Summer in Maribor and he is devoting himself more and meore to condcucting.

Janez PODLESEK , v i o l i n a (V i o l i n)

He took his degree at the Ljubljana Music Academy with Prof. Primož Novšak. He is a winner of a number of prizes at home and abroad. For musical achievements he got Škerjanc Prize and two Students' Prešeren Prizes. He improved himself with renowned pedagogues, such as Leonid Sorokov, Helfried Fister, Ilan Gronich and Tomaž Lorenz. He is Concertmaster of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and Professor at the Ljubljana High School of Music. As a soloist and as a member of various chamber groups he performs at home and abroad.

Ilonka PUCIHAR , k l a v i r & č e m b a l o (P i a n o & H a r p s i c h o r d)

She took her degree at the Ljubljana Music Academy with Prof. Tatjana Ognjanovič. As a soloist she concluded her studies of the piano accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of the RTV Slovenia and performed in the subscription cycle of concerts of the Symphony Orchestra of the Maribor Philharmonic Society. As a member of various chamber groups she has played throughout Slovenia and as a guest in Germany, Austria, France, Israel, Spain and the Netherlands. She is devoting herself to interpreting the baroque and classical works for the harpsichord and making her influence felt as a pedagogue.