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The master classes for the orchestral instruments, concertmasters and conductors are lead by colleagues, excellent musicians with a rich orchestral and soloist’s career, who are  outstanding pedagogues from prestigious European music educational institutions.

VIOLIN: • Ivry Gitlis  ( an Israeli virtuoso violinist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador) • Gregory Ahss (soloist and concertmaster of Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart Bologna and Camerata Salzburg). • Latica Honda-Rosenberg (soloist and professor at Berlin University of Arts) • Janez Podlesek (Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, concert master) 

VIOLA: • Wolfram Christ, (long-time first Principal Viola with the Berlin Philharmonic, Principal Viola of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Professor at Hochschule für Musik Freiburg) • Robert Glassl (soloist and professor at Frankfurt University of Music) • Ana Glišić (Orchestra of the SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana, principal) 

CELLO: • Martin Ostertag (soloist and professor at Karlsruhe University of Music) • Igor Mitrović (Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra, principal) 

 DOUBLE BASS: • Božo Paradžik (soloist and professor at Universities of Music in Freiburgu, Detmold and Luzern) • Petar Brčarević (Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, principal) • Amerigo Bernardi (Principal Bassist with the Orch.del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino,with the Orch. Symphonica A.Toscanini of Parma, with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra)

FLUTE: • Felix Renggli (soloist and professor at Universities of Music in Basel and Freiburg) • Aleš Kacjan (Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, principal)

CLARINET: • François Benda (soloist and professor at Universities of Music in Berlin and Basel) • Jože Kotar (Music Academy Ljubljana; Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra, principal) 

OBOE: • Emanuel Abbühl (soloist and professor at Universities of Music in Mannheim, Rotterdam and at the Royal Academy of Music in London) • Matej Šarc (Music Academy Ljubljana; Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, principal) 

BASSOON: • Gustavo Nuñez (soloist and professor at Dusseldorf University of Music, playing first bassoon in the Concertgebouw orchestra) • Paolo Calligaris (Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, principal) 

TRUMPET: • Reinhold Friedrich (solist, professor at University of Music in Karlsruhe) • Hans Gansch (soloist and professor at Salzburg University of Music) • Franc Kosem (Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, principal) 

FRENCH HORN: • Radovan Vlatković (soloist and professor at Universities of Music in Salzburg, Zurich and at the Queen Sofia School in Madrid) • Andrej Žust (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) • Christian Lampert ((soloist and professor at Universities of Music Frankfurt am Main, Basel and Stuttgart.) 

TROMBONE: • Branimir Slokar (soloist and professor at Universities of Music in Bern and Freiburg) • Mihael Šuler (Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra, principal) 

TIMPANI: • Raymond Curfs (soloist and principal timpanist of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich, professor at Universities of Music in Munich and Paris) • Peter Sadlo (soloist and professor at Universities of Music in Salzburg and Munich) • Jože Bogolin (soloist, Adams executive artist) 

 CONDUCTING: • Klaus Arp (Conductor and professor at Mannheimu University of Music) • Uroš Lajovic (Conductor and Professor of Conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna)