Creating music is such an inspiring journey. Three years ago, we recorded some beautiful music by double bass player Nadav Erlich. On a cold, snowy winter’s day, a few musician colleagues from Basel met in a studio in Winterthur to record this gorgeous album. The album was finally released this month, and I was excited…
In the season of 2025/2026 my latest project, combining music and theatre will take place. Together with an accordionist Manca Dornik and a versatile artist Katja Štefanič we have created a show, combining the vibrant Italian theatre tradition and pantomime with fresh new arrangements of the most beautiful neo-classical music for cello and accordion. Stay…
As many of you will know, I joined the unique ensemble, catinblack, a low string trio, in 2023. I am delighted to announce that catinblack has been selected for the ‘InSzene’ programme of the ‘Podium Gegenwart‘ initiative run by the German Music Council gGmbH for the years 2025 and 2026. This programme supports emerging ensembles…
April is set to be an exciting month for me, as I will be flying overseas to the US for the first time! My beloved catinblack ensemble, specialized in contemporary string music, has been selected to be in residence at the Harvard Group for New Music (HGNM) at Harvard University in Boston. We will be…
I am delighted to announce that, from November 2024, I will be teaching a cello class and the Mini Strings Orchestra at the music school in Feldkirch, Austria. If you are interested in learning the cello, head on to the music school’s website to find out more about applying.
I am delighted to announce that, from February 2025, I will be teaching an own cello class at the music school in Köniz, near Bern in Switzerland. All young music enthusiasts, located around Bern, are warmly invited to visit the music school’s website to find out more about the application process.
Letos ponovno sodelujem v programu mentorstva društva VTIS kot VTIS MENTORICA. Potrebuješ pomoč na poti doseganja svojih ciljev, ali pa poznaš koga, ki bi potreboval? Vabljen/a k obisku spletne strani: https://www.drustvovtis.si/si/aktivnosti/mentorstvo Rok za prijavo v program je 15. oktober! Veselim se srečanja in novih sodelovanj. Za dodatne informacije me lahko kontaktiraš preko elektronske pošte.
In the 2024 season my project “Hear and Now”, created together with the artists Ragna Rian and Astrid Ellensdatter Mork-Knutsen (https://www.pommepai.com/about), was selected as one of the performances at the International Hans Christian Festival in Odense, Denmark. In this audio-visual storytelling performance, two musicians and a visual artist present four different, lesser-known H.C. Andersen fairy…
In May 2024 I successfully completed my second master’s degree with a final recital in the Great Hall of the Basel Academy of Music. “Eine Stimme still” is a musical concept that looks back to the “fin de siècle” era in Vienna and at the same time into the future. Where are the boundaries between…
On 24 May I took part in a conversation led by Urban Megušar as part of the Organon series organised by the Abeceda Institute. The talk was recorded in Slovenian and can be watched for free on youtube. https://youtu.be/Fx9qAZgbIfY?feature=shared I shared my thoughts about music, my background, analysis and contemporary music. You are warmly invited to…