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6th Concert of the 34th International Music Cycle Young Virtuosi

Amadej Štrajhar, trumpet; Blaž Kozjek, trombone

Two young male musicians pose with brass instruments: one holds a trumpet in a studio portrait, while the other stands by a stone wall with a trombone, both dressed formally.

Amadej Štrajhar began his musical journey at the Ipavec Composers Music School in Šentjur under Boštjan Jager. He continued his education at the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music and Ballet under Matjaž Jevšnikar, and completed his undergraduate studies at the Ljubljana Academy of Music under Jure Gradišnik, where he is also pursuing his master’s. During the 2025/26 winter semester he undertook an Erasmus+ exchange at the Karlsruhe University of Music, studying under Reinhold Friedrich. He has taken multiple first prizes at national and international competitions, including TEMSIG, Varaždin Woodwind & Brass, the PaMus Flow Global Music Competition, and the University Brass Competition. In 2026 he took first prize and a gold plaque at the TEMSIG competition, and third prize at the Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition in Birmingham playing with the FiveBrass Brass Quintet. 

Blaž Kozjek was born in Domžale in 2003. He took up trombone at Domžale Music School under Luka Einfalt and Damjan Tomažin, and continued his education at the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music and Ballet under Andrej Karba. He completed his undergraduate trombone studies at the Ljubljana Academy of Music under Dušan Kranjc, and is currently pursuing a master’s at the Dresden University of Music Carl Maria von Weber under Jan Donner. He has won numerous awards, including at TEMSIG, the University Brass Competition, an internal competition for brass players at the University of Ljubljana Academy of Music, the Varaždin Woodwind & Brass Competition, and the IPV Solo Competition for Tenor and Bass Trombone, and has collaborated with a number of different orchestras, including the Slovenian Youth Orchestra, the Slovenian Armed Forces Band, the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, and the orchestras of Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet and Maribor Slovene National Theatre. 

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