A creative music environment where learning meets sound and rhythm exploration.

A school with a modern approach, offering young people a fresh perspective on music education.

Russian-Slovenian violinist Nadezda Tokareva, laureate of a number of International competitions, performed in more than 30 countries including Russia, the USA, Europe and Asia. Associate professor of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State conservatory, Maymonid Academy and Kurashiki Sakuo Univesity Japan. Since 2011 Nadezda Tokareva has lived and worked in Slovenia, She performs in the best halls of Slovenia, makes a lot of recordings on the State Radio of Slovenia and gives master classes. Nadezda is the author of many violin premiers and the first performer of Slovenian authors' works.

Nakána is a fresh ensemble led by Ana Mezgec, blending Slovenian chanson, jazz, and folk music. She is joined by Gašper Peršl, Jošt Lampret, Leon Firšt, Tilen Stepišnik, and a string quartet. With her singing and violin, Ana weaves together the beauty and struggles of life, touches on socially critical themes, and uses humor to explore serious topics. Their music is a journey through time and space.

Nalax Temus is a new acid ambient project by Ljubljana’s prominent DJ/producer Zergon. It’s a slow-dive into deep ambient drones and modular tones combined with processed 303 squelches and effects. The project is a product of his ongoing research of sonic structures and frequency manipulations of analogue and digital sound devices. It opens up a new dimension where time and space dissolve, inviting the listener to experience an unseen psychedelic world where the boundaries between reality and imagination blur into a seamless sonic tapestry.

Composer Nana Forte devotes her time to writing choral music – both a cappella and to the accompaniment of different instruments – chamber and solo instrumental music, as well as composing theatre and orchestral music.

nastynancy (Katjuša Stare) is a DJ and core member of the Nimaš Izbire collective. She has been involved in the local club scene for the past two years, making a statement with her fast-paced breaks from the realms of jungle, breakbeat, electro, ghettotech, footwork and various other forms of bass music. In her typically highly energetic and dynamic sets Nastynancy looks for the intersections betwee euphoric melodies and rhythmic chaos. She regularly plays Ljubljana’s club circuit, and also has some international experience, particularly in the Balkan region.

In 2012, she made her big debut in the role of Musette, in Puccini's La Boheme, on the SNG Opera and in Ljubljana. In 2013 and 2014 she performed with opera arias accompanied by the orchestra at the opening concert of the new HNK opera season Ivan pl. Zajc. As a young and promising singer, she received a fellowship from the Richard Wagner Society, which allowed her to study in Bayreuth. She has performed in numerous opera and opereta roles. As a sensitive interpreter, she devotes also Lied repertoire.

In 1948, a musical collection was instated as a subdivision of the National and University Library’s Special Collections Division. Forming part of the National Library’s holdings, the department provides for collecting, processing, maintaining, providing access to, as well as safekeeping and preserving the core national collection of library materials in Slovenian, about Slovenia and Slovenians, about Slovenian authors, Slovenian record companies, members of the Italian and Hungarian national minorities, the Roma community and other ethnic minorities living in Slovenia (i.e. the National Library’s core holdings related to national studies known as slovenika).

One of Maribor’s main cultural institutions; National Hall (Narodni dom) provides a range of different venues. Location: Maribor