Programme

C. Kreutzer (1780 – 1849)                 Trio in Eb Major op. 43                                                           

M.I. Glinka (1804 – 1857)                 Trio pathétique                                                               

J. Vella (1942 – 2018)                        Karba op. 102

W. Yeates Hurlstone (1876 – 1906)  Trio in G Minor for Clarinet, Bassoon and Pianoforte                                                               

Jože Kotar became principal clarinettist of the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra in 2007 after serving in that role with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra for twelve years. He is also a tenured professor at the Academy of Music,Ljubljana. As a soloist, chamber musician and member of various chamber ensembles, Kotar performs in Slovenia and abroad (Europe, USA, Australia, South America), leads seminars for the clarinet and chamber music (Croatia, Serbia, Italy, Hungary, Belgium, Ireland, Israel, Brazil) and participates on adjudicating panels in international competitions. Kotar is a member, co-founder and artistic director of the Slovenian Clarinet Orchestra and a member of the Ariart Wind Quintet and the MD7 Contemporary Music Ensemble. Since 2007, he has been the conductor and artistic director of the Trbovlje Workers Band.

Zoran Mitev studiedin his native Macedonia with Prof. P. Trajkovski, graduating with honours in 1987 at the Academy of Music, Ljubljana, in the class of Prof. Božidar Tumpe. He specialised at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz, with R. Frodl and B. Kovacs. Between 1984 and 1992 he was principal bassoonist of the Slovenian National Theatre Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Ljubljana, and in 1992 he became the principal bassoonist of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra. As a soloist, he has performed with all Slovenian orchestras and at numerous international festivals. He has premiered more than 50 solo and chamber works and has released eight CDs, six of which with solo works for bassoon. Since 2011 he has also been Associate professor at the Ljubljana Academy of Music.

Luca Ferrini, from Trieste, Italy, studied piano, harpsichord, organ and organ composition and graduated with distinction from the music conservatories in Trieste and Udine. Over the last forty years he has been playing concerts on all three instruments in Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and South America. He works with renowned musicians and conductors as a soloist, chamber musician and with orchestras. Member of numerous ensembles of ancient and contemporary music (more than hundred and eighty premieres). In addition to his forty CDs, he has made numerous radio recordings with a variety of European broadcasting companies. He is the official piano accompanist in several International Competitions, professor at the Koper Art Gymnasium (Slovenia) and piano accompanist at the Ljubljana Academy of Music.