14th Slovenian Flute Festival, September 28–29, 2024

Guest artists

• Elizaveta IVANOVA
• Sébastian JACOT
• Ana BATINICA
• Ulla MIILMANN
• Rachel OMBREDANE
• Irina STACHINSKAYA
• Elżbieta WOLEŃSKA 
• TRIESTE Flute Ensemble
• Composer Anže ROZMAN

Masterclasses

• Ulla MIILMANN – Ajda Rončelj
• Elżbieta WOLEŃSKA – Emelie Markiewicz
• Irina STACHINSKAYA – Anja Kranjec
• Elizaveta IVANOVA – Ami Humphreys
• Sébastian JACOR – An Černe, Anica Mićić

Other performers

• Amedeo SALVATO, pianist
• Mateja HLADNIK, pianist
• Galya KOLAROVA, pianist
• Matea BILOSNIĆ, dancer
• Stéphane AVELLANEDA, percussionist

Lecture & Pre-Concert Talk

• How can we keep kids interested in joining music school? moderated by Metka Podpečan
• Pre-Concert talk with Composer Anže Rozman moderated by Nenad Firšt

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13th Slovenian Flute Festival, September 17-18, 2022

Guest artists

• Sir James GALWAY (Ireland) & Lady Jeanne GALWAY (USA)
• Emmanuel PAHUD (France-Switzerland)
• Walter AUER (Austria)
• Adam WALKER (Portugal)
• Mario BRUNO (Italy)
• Wouter KELLERMAN (South Africa)
• Szabolcs SZILÁGYI (Hungary)
• Julin CHEUNG (USA)
• In memoriam Prof. Fedja RUPEL (1937-2021) Ana KAVČIČ PUCIHAR, Renata PENEZIĆ, Karolina ŠANTL ZUPAN, Alenka ZUPAN, Matjaž DEBELJAK, Matej GRAHEK, Matej ZUPAN (Slovenia)
• Zagorje ob Savi Music School Flute Orchestra, Nataša Burger, conductor (Slovenia)

Masterclasses

• Emmanuel PAHUD – Julin Cheung
• Lady Jeanne GALWAY – Katja Jazbinšek
• Sir James GALWAY – Klara Kobolt, Katarina Lozar
• Walter AUER – Maša Majcen
• Adam WALKER – Iza Štih

Pianists

• Amedeo SALVATO (Italy)
• László BORBÉLY (Hungary)
• Huw WATKINS (England)
• Lorenzo COSSI (Italy)

Lectures

• How to find motivation to teach?? – Dr Ana KAVČIČ PUCIHAR (Slovenia)
• Doppler “effect” – Szabolcs SZILÁGYI (Hungary)

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12th Slovenian Flute Festival, May 19-20, 2018

Guest artists

• Emily BEYNON (England)
• Jasmine CHOI (South Korea)
• Matteo EVANGELISTI (Italy)
• Christina FASSBENDER (Germany)
• Adriana FERREIRA (Portugal)
• Stefan KELLER (Switzerland)
• Rhonda LARSON (USA)
• Yuan YU (China)
• TERRAFOLK Group (Slovenia)

Masterclasses

• Christina FASSBENDER – Marta Sesar
• Emily BEYNON – Yuan Yu
• Matteo EVANGELISTI – Katja Ferenc
• Adriana FERREIRA – An Black
• Jasmine CHOI – Anja Podpečan

Pianists

• Raffaele MAISANO (Italy)
• Amedeo SALVATO (Italy)
• Andrew WEST (England)

Lecture, Workshop

• 12 Modern Etudes 12 – Stefan Keller
• Rhythmic sections – Rhonda Larson

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11th Slovenian Flute Festival, May 21-22, 2016

Guest artists

• Robert AITKEN (Canada)
• János BÁLINT (Hungary)
• Wissam BOUSTANY (Lebanon/England)
• Tinkara KOVAČ (Slovenia)
• Laura LEVAI AKSIN (Serbia)
• Andrea LIEBERKNECHT (Germany)
• Jan OSTRÝ (Czech Republic)
• Paolo TABALLIONE (Italy)
• Alja VELKAVERH (Slovenia)
• Zagreb Flute Ensemble – ZAF (Croatia)

Masterclasses

• Alja VELKAVERH – Iza Štih
• Jan SHARP – Annemarie Glavič
• Paolo TABALLIONE – Laura Felicijan
• Andrea LIEBERKNECHT – Dorotea Senica
• Laura LEVAI AKSIN – Anamarija Lajh
• János BÁLINT – Meta Pirc

Pianists

• Tim CAREY (England)
• Iris KOBAL (Serbia)
• Andreja KOSMAČ (Slovenia)
• Tünde KURUCZ (Hungary)
• Amedeo SALVATO (Italy)

Lectures

• “Marcel Moyse – The Development of Tone through Interpretation” – Robert AITKEN (Canada)
• “From idea to execution” – Metka PODPEČAN (Slovenia)
• “Music in Support of Humanitarianism” – Wissam BOUSTANY (Lebanon/England)

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Jubilee 10th Slovenian Flute Festival, May 17-18, 2014

Guest artists

• Sir James GALWAY (Ireland)
• Lady Jeanne GALWAY (USA)
• Karl-Heinz SCHÜTZ (Austria)
• Kersten McCALL (Germany)
• GuoLiang HAN (China)
• Trevor WYE (England)
• Sunghyun CHO (Korea)
• Mina GHOBRIAL (Egypt)
• Zagorje ob Savi Music School Flute Orchestra (Slovenia)

Masterclasses

• Kersten McCALL – Barbara Spital
• GuoLiang HAN – Nika Pavlič
• Lady Jeanne GALWAY – Lara Oblak, Petra Štibelj
• Karl-Heinz SCHÜTZ – Klara Vetršek
• Trevor WYE – Gaja Bašić
• Sir James GALWAY – Meta Pirc, Dorotea Senica

Pianists

• Anne MARSHALL (England)
• Amedeo SALVATO (Italy)
• Tim CAREY (England)
• Andreja KOSMAČ (Slovenia)
• Blaž PUCIHAR (Slovenia)
• Marko HRIBERNIK (Slovenia)

Slovenian flutists

• Elena HRIBERNIK
• Aleš KACJAN
• Ana KAVČIČ PUCIHAR
• Eva SLANA
• Karolina ŠANTL ZUPAN
• Alenka ZUPAN
• TRAVERSO Flute Quartet (Tanja Repe, Jasmina Šubic, Mateja Crnčan, Špela Lampret)

Other musicians

• Mojca BITENC, soprano (Slovenia)
• Marko FERI, guitar (Slovenia)
• Igor MITROVIC, cello (Slovenia)
• Nataša BURGER, conductor (Slovenia)

Lecture

• “The Life of Theobald Böhm in Pictures /1794-1881/” – Ludwig BÖHM, Lecturer (Germany)

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9th Slovenian Flute Festival, May 19-20, 2012

Guest artists

• Jim WALKER (USA)
• William BENNETT (England)
• Carlo JANS (Luxembourg)
• Dejan GAVRIĆ (Serbia/Germany)
• Rachel BROWN (England)
• Gergely ITTZÉS (Hungary)
• Rogerio WOLF (Brazil)
• Eva-Nina KOZMUS (Slovenia)
• Zoya VYAZOVSKAYA (Russia)
• International Flute Orchestra (USA/Canada)

Masterclasses

• William BENNETT – Anja Podpečan
• Rogerio WOLF – Sarah Fleten
• Rachel BROWN – Robert Pogorilic
• Dejan GAVRIĆ – Lara Šalamon
• Jim WALKER – Stephanie Mayor
• Carlo JANS – Barbara Spital

Lecture, Presentations

• How to choose the best flute head? – Melanie M. SEVER
• Presentation of manuals for flute teachers and students – mag. Alenka ZUPAN
• Flavte Azumi “Wave Line” – Petra MUSIC & Werner TOMASI

Workshop

• New flute techniques – Gergely ITTZÉS

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8th Slovenian Flute Festival, May 1-2, 2010

Guest artists

• Emmanuel PAHUD (France-Switzerland)
• Peter-Lukas GRAF (Switzerland)
• Mike MOWER (England)
• Mario CAROLI (Italy)
• Bulent EVCIL (Turkey)
• Amy PORTER (USA)
• Aldo BEARTEN (Belgium)
• Daniela KOCH (Austria)
• Urszula JANIK (Poland)
• Zagorje Music School Flute Orchestra (Slovenia)
• Amedeo SALVATO, piano
• Andreja KOSMAČ, piano
• Tim CAREY, piano
• Luca FERRINI, piano
• Christian REIF, piano

Masterclasses

• Urszula JANIK – Alenka Bogataj
• Bulent EVCIL – Doroteja Feguš
• Aldo BEARTEN – Pija Hočevar
• Emmanuel PAHUD – Eva-Nina Kozmus
• Peter-Lukas GRAPH – Sarah Fleten

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7th Slovenian Flute Festival, May 24-25, 2008

Guest artists

• Gunter VOGLMAYR (Austria)
• Alexa STILL (Australia)
• Maxence LARRIEU (France)
• Sharon BEZALY (Israel)
• Lukasz DLUGOSZ (Poland)
• QUINTESSENZ Flute Quintet (Germany)
• Ian CLARKE (England)
• Bruno GROSSI and Salvatore LOMBARDI (Italy)
• FLUTEWISE Flute Orchestra (England)
• Speranza SCAPPUCCI, piano
• Denys MASLIUK, piano
• Andreja KOSMAČ, piano
• Amedeo SALVATO, piano
• Tadej HORVAT, piano
• Urška VIDIC, piano

Slovenian flutists

• Vita BRIŠNIK
• Eva UŠENIČNIK
• Dorotea SENICA
• Ana MLAKAR
• Dunja KOLENKO
• Daniel GOLOB
• Katarina ČIVRE
• Eva-Nina KOZMUS
• Anamarija TOMAC
• Alja VELKAVERH
• Anja BREZAVŠČEK
• Milena LIPOVŠEK
• Aleš KACJAN
• Alenka ZUPAN
• Ana KAVČIČ PUCIHAR

Lecture, Workshop, Masterclasses

• Transverse Flute in Slovenian Folk Music, Janez JOCIF
• Group Warming up; Liz GOODWIN (England)
• Ian CLARKE – Tanja Repe
• Bruno GROSSI – Stephen Clark
• Alexa STILL – Pija Hočevar
• Sharon BEZALY – Nina Baša
• Maxence LARRIEU – Eva-Nina Kozmus

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6th Slovenian Flute Festival, May 20-21, 2006

Guest artists

• Andrea OLIVA (Italy)
• Salvatore LOMBARDI (Italy)
• The DUNAI FLUTE ENSEMBLE (Austria)
• Michel DEBOST (France)
• Claude LEFEBVRE (France)
• Katherine KEMLER (USA)
• Mihi KIM (Korea)
• Viviana GUZMAN (Chile)
• Ulrich HERKENHOFF (Germany)
• Piero VITI, guitar (Italy)
• Denys MASLIUK, piano
• Mateja URBANČ, piano
• Andreja KOSMAČ, piano
• Klemen GOLNER, piano
• Blaž PUCIHAR, piano
• Urška VIDIC, piano
• Matthias KELLER, piano
• Nataša BURGER, conductor

Slovenian flutists

• Martin BELIČ
• Matjaž DEBELJAK, piccolo
• Ana KAVČIČ PUCIHAR
• Aleš KACJAN
• Milena LIPOVŠEK
• Nataša PAKLAR MARKOVIĆ piccolo
• Karolina ŠANTL ZUPAN
• Anamarija TOMAC, piccolo
• NEREIDE Flute Quartet

Presentations, Workshop, Masterclasses

• Extended Technique of playing different effects in contemporary compositions; Katherine KEMLER (USA)
• Group Warming up; Barbara GISLER HAASE (Austria)
• Presentation of the book “A UNIQUE FLAVOUR”; Michel DEBOST (France)
• Michel DEBOST – Vita Benko
• Claude LEFEBVRE – Matthew Charly
• Viviana GUZMAN – Anja Brglez
• Mihi KIM – Jerca Novak

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5th Slovenian Flute Festival, May 22-23, 2004

Guest artists

• Paris Flute Quartet (France)
• Salvatore VELLA (Italy)
• Slovenian Armed Forces Orchestra
• Raffaele TREVISANI (Italy)
• Robert DICK (USA)
• International Flute Orchestra (USA & Canada)
• Tadeu COELHO (Brazil)
• Big Band RTV Slovenia
• David PLAMBERGER, cymbals and vibraphone
• Andreja KOSMAČ, piano
• Mojca KRAJNC, piano
• Klemen GOLNER, piano
• Mika MORI, piano
• Blaž PUCIHAR, piano
• Paola GIRARDI, piano
• John BAILEY, conductor
• Andreja ŠOLAR, conductor
• Emil SPRUK, conductor

Slovenian flutists

• Maša BERTOK DUH
• Matjaž DEBELJAK
• Aleš KACJAN
• Nataša PAKLAR MARKOVIĆ
• Ana ŠALAMON
• Karolina ŠANTL ZUPAN
• Anamarija TOMAC
• Klavdija FEGUŠ
• Alenka GORŠIČ
• Matej GRAHEK
• Ana KAVČIČ PUCIHAR
• Cveto KOBAL
• Mateja KREMLJAK
• Milena PERIČ
• Eva ŠKRINJARIČ
• Simona VAKE

Presentation, Worshop, Lecture, Masterclasses

• Presentation of The BODY MAPPING ; Amy LIKAR (USA)
• Group Warming up or “flute aerobics”; Nancy CLEW (USA)
• Presentation and workshop “With Breath to the Flute”; Ana Domančić¦ (Croatia)
• Lecture on “circular breathing”; Robert DICK (USA)
• Tadeu COELHO – Vita Benko
• Christian CHERET – Nina Baša
• Raffaele TREVISANI – Anja Brglez
• Robert DICK – Iwona Glinka

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4th Slovenian Flute Convention, May 25-26, 2002

Guest artists

• Robert STALLMAN (USA)
• Jean-Louis BEAUMADIER (France)
• Matthias ZIEGLER (Switzerland)
• Silvia CAREDDU (Italy)
• Janos BALINT (Hungary)
• Moshe Aron EPSTEIN (Israel)
• Renata PENEZIĆ (Croatia)
• Jean PENNY (Australia)
• VIVA Youth Wind Orchestra of Zagorje Music School
• Drago PETERLIN, conductor
• Krunoslav BABIĆ, tuba
• Andrea FEITL, piano
• Urška VIDIC, piano
• Jacques RAYNAUT, piano (France)
• Andreja KOSMAČ, piano
• Janko KASTELIC, harpsichord
• Francesca CARTA, piano
• Vlasta DOLEŽAL RUS, piano

Presentations, Masterclasses

• Presentation of a prehistoric bone flute; dr. Ivan TURK and mag. Drago KUNEJ
• Improvisation and the use of “special effects”; Matthias ZIEGLER
• Moshe Aron EPSTEIN – Jana Fajdiga, Tatjana Brinovec
• Silvia CAREDDU – Nika Hribar, Eva Slana
• Robert STALMANN – Lana Kuščer, Boris Bizjak

Playing group pieces

• Andreja ŠOLAR, conductor

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3rd Slovenian Flute Convention, May 13-14, 2000

Guest artists

• Emmanuel PAHUD (France/Switzerland)
• Trevor WYE, 57 flutes (England)
• Trygve PETERSON (USA)
• Lars ASBJORNSEN (Norway)
• Peeter MALKOV (Estonia)
• Celso WOLTZENLOGEL (Brazil)
• VIVA Youth Wind Orchestra of Zagorje Music School
• Drago PETERLIN, conductor
• IN MEMORIAM “BORIS ČAMPA”: Aleš Kacjan, Patricija Mihelač Korica, Jurka Zoroja, flute
• ARIART Wind Quintet
• Vlasta DOLEŽAL RUS, piano
• Blaž PUCIHAR, piano
• Tomaž PETRAČ, piano
• Andreja KOSMAČ, piano
• Helena KOSEM, piano
• Robert SCOTT, piano (England)
• Fuminori TANADA, piano (Japan)

Presentations, Masterclasses

• Liz GOODWIN (England) – How to introduce flute playing to young children?
• Tomaž PIRNAT – Presentation of the SMART MUSIC computer programme
• Emmanuel PAHUD – Vita Benko, Anja Brglez
• Lars ASBJORNSEN – Ina Prašnikar, Marko Zupan

Playing group pieces

• Matjaž BREŽNIK – conductor

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2nd Slovenian Flute Convention, May 30-31, 1998

Guest artists

• Irena GRAFENAUER (Slovenia)
• Ljubiša JOVANOVIĆ (Yugoslavia)
• Luciano TRISTAINO (Italy)
• Ruth Ann McCLAIN (USA)
• Emilio GALANTE (Italy)
• Kirsten SPRATT (England)
• MAČKE Flute Quartet (Milena Perič, Alenka Jančar, Breda Štembergar, Tina Pangršič)
• Silke AVENHAUS, piano (Germany)
• Olivera DJORDJEVIĆ, harpsichord
• VIVA Youth Wind Orchestra of Zagorje Music School
• Drago PETERLIN, conductor
• Slavica GREGL, piano
• Winners 27. TEMSIG Young Musicians Competition: Nika Hribar, Tanja Repe, Tatjana Brinovec, Martin Belič, Katja Stare, Eva Slana, Liza Hawlina, flute
• Vlasta DOLEŽAL RUS, piano
• Elisabeth MUCHA, piano

Masterclasses

• Ruth Ann McCLAIN – Liza Hawlina
• Kirsten SPRATT – Eva Slana
• Luciano TRISTAINO – Tatjana Brinovec, Katja Stare
• Irena GRAFENAUER – Nika Horvat, Tanja Repe, Martin Belič

Playing group pieces

• Marko MUNIH – conductor

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1st Meeting of Young Flutists of Slovenia, May 11, 1996

Guests

• Mario ANCILLOTTI (Italy)
• PAN Flute Quartet (Špela Močilnik, Jasna Nadles, Nevenka Tršan, Jernej Marinšek)
• Matej ZUPAN
• Matjaž DEBELJAK, piccolo
• Vlasta DOLEŽAL RUS, piano
• VIVA Youth Wind Orchestra of Zagorje Music School
• Drago PETERLIN, conductor
• Marta KRŽIČ, piano
• Nicoletta SANZIN, harp

Presentations, masterclasses, chamber group workshops

• Presentation of instruments, history of the flute and prize quiz; Metka PODPEČAN
• How to maintain and care for your flute; Edi SAVOLDI
• Chamber group workshops by professors Mojca ZAKOŠEK, Milan ŠVAGAN, Natalija FRAJNKOVIČ, Suzana MITEV FURLAN.

Playing group pieces

• Drago PETERLIN – conductor