Kristina Arnič

 

Kristina Arnič,, born in Ljubljana. She made her first steps in piano music in the class of professor prof. Lidije Pfeifer.. She continued her education at the Middle music and ballet school in Ljubljana in the class of prof. Janeza Lovšea.. From 1989 to 1992 she participated in several republic and state competitions of young musicians and won several first prizes. While she was doing her graduate studies at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, under the guidance of professor Hink Haas, she won the Presern award for the performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s third piano concert.

. She completed post-graduate studies at the Stuttgart Academy of Music and Education in Art, in the class of Professor Friedman Rieger. She performed both like soloist and with chamber orchestras in Slovenia, through Europe (Austria, Germany, Sweden etc.) and in ex-Yugoslavia countries.

She is currently working and living in Ljubljana.

Relja Turudič

 

Relja Turudič Belgrade guitarist (born in 1974, in Zemun), lives and works in Ljubljana (since 2003).

He graduated from the Faculty of Musical Art in Belgrade (2001), in the class of prof.Vere Ogrizović. He also obtained knowledge through seminars of eminent guitarists (Aniello Desiderio, Dusan Bogdanovic, Vojislav Ivanovic etc.). In Ljubljana he successfully completed his post-graduate studies from Ljubljana Academy of Music, in the class of prof. Tomaža Rajteriča(2008). That same year he entered pre-doctoral studies at the Faculty of Musical Art in Belgrade. While doing his graduate studies, he performed both like soloist and with chamber orchestras. He was a successful teacher and a popularizer of the guitar in Belgrade, first of all at the Music School “Binicki”. He continued specializing and teaching in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

As a teacher he distinguished himself as his students won many prizes in local and international competitions. He was member of the guitar quartet AMARCORD ,(1999), the only ensemble of that kind in Slovenia.

The ensemble successfully performed concerts both in Slovenia and Serbia (at the “Madlenianum” in Zemun), as well as in Greece, Italy and Croatia.

Since 2008 .he is member of the chamber band, the TURUDIĆ – ARNIČ KVARTETQUARTET (guitar, piano, double bass and drums). He had remarkable solo career.