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Erik Šmid

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Erik Šmid studied music pedagogy at the Ljubljana Academy of Music, where he received his master's degree in 2016. He is particularly passionate about choral music, which he first encountered as a chorist and accompanist in various choirs. He has been a choir conductor for many years and has received the highest awards at home and abroad. Šmid not only strives for personal improvement, but also wishes to reveal to his audience the immense scope of choral music and raise the level of choral singing, thus giving each listener the opportunity to experience the emotional and expressive power of these musical works.

Eruption

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Eruption is a thrash metal band, established in 2004.

Etceteral

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Etceteral is a vehicle for the exploration of repetitive polyrhythmic electro-acoustic music, for which the Slovenian trio draws upon influences from Krautrock and Afro-Futurism. The group is made up of saxophonist Boštjan Simon, drummer Marek Fakuč and visual artist Lina Rica. Their purpose is to create a propulsive rhythmic feel by forging an intricate symbiosis between one synth, two acoustic instruments and interactive visuals.

Ethnotrip

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Ethnotrip, established in 2009, focuses its output on the abundant folk music tradition of Slovenia, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia, England and Russia. The group performs at home and abroad, including in Hungary, Croatia, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.   

Eva Boto

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Eva Boto started her musical career at the age of 10 by winning an international singing festival in Austria, but the wider Slovenian public got to know her in 2012, when she won Mission Eurovision and at the age of 16 became the youngest Slovenian representative at Europe's biggest music festival, the Eurovision Song Contest, with her song "Beljamem". Eva topped off her debut year at the top of the Slovenian music scene with a second place at the Melodies of the Sea and the Sun festival. In the meantime, she was very active in festivals abroad (Moldova, Bulgaria, Macedonia, etc.). 2018 was a breakthrough year for Eva, as she started to create original music.

Eva Pavli

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Eva Pavli is a versatile artist. She is an academic painter who has found a great love in singing and making music. She has studied with various renowned opera singers and teachers in this country and abroad, such as Marcos Fink, Snežana Nena Brzaković, Krisztina Laki, Janet Williams Berndt, Charlotte Lehmann and others. At the International Bruna Špiler Singing Competition in Montenegro, she won a gold award and a special prize for her performance of a French lied. Eva also composes her own music. Her song Wake Me Up was the song of the week on Radio Slovenia Val 202. In 2019, she performed with Belgian rapper Miss Angel and French singer Jeremy Lior, at the Arena Berci in Paris, with the anthem Lets Go Together, which she wrote for Euro Volley 2019.

Extreme Smoke 57

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Extreme Smoke 57 pioneered the grindcore scene in Slovenia. The band was founded in 1990 in Nova Gorica.

Fake Orchestra

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Fake Orchestra was established in 1997 by guitarist, theatre and film music composer, a TV show co-host and music producer Igor Leonardi. Blending different music genres, Fake Orchestra’s special take on old Slovenian folk songs handed down by our forefathers – which come to life in vivid and variegated contemporary arrangements – enthrals both young and old. Their sound is a delightful fusion of jazz, traditional and other music elements, flowing together smoothly in catchy tunes. Strands of Italian pop songs, Brazilian samba and Bosnian sevdalinka songs blend with echoes of jazz standards, African rhythms and the energy of rock and funk.

Fed Horses

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The Slovenian alternative country music group Fed Horses was established in 2013. In 2015 and 2017 it was selected from among the 400 registered Ex-Yugoslav bands for the finale of the Banjaluka competition festival Demofest.

Feedback

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Established in 1999, the group Feedback performs rock, jazz and blues music. The band’s distinctive sound is created thanks to instruments from the 1970’s.