Urška Gutnik, violin & Viktorija Razdevšek, oboe

Urška Gutnik, violin
Sae Lee, piano
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Viktorija Razdevšek, oboe
Kristina Golob, piano

Programme:
Janez Matičič (1926–2022), Trois Morceaux for violin and piano, Op. 17
     I. Prelude
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992), Theme and Variations
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M.77
Claude Debussy (1862–1918), Minstrel

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Marina Dranishnikova (1929–1994), Poem for Oboe and Piano
Katarina Pustinek Rakar (1979), Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Antal Doráti (1906–1988), Duo Concertante for Oboe and Piano

Violinist Urška Gutnik (2000) began playing the violin at the age of 8 at the Vrhnika Music School. She continued her training at the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music and Ballet in the class of Žiga Brank, under whom she completed her undergraduate studies at Ljubljana’s Academy of Music in 2022. She is currently studying at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Prof. Lieke te Winkel. Since November 2024 she has been a temporary member of one of Austria's leading orchestras, Tonkünstler. She has received numerous awards both in national and international competitions; first prize at the 2021 Young Musicians of Slovenia (TEMSIG) competition, second prize, and prizes for best interpretation of a capriccio and the most demanding works at the Young Virtuoso 2021 competition in Zagreb. She has performed as a soloist with the Domžale-Kamnik Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music and Ballet. She also performed recitals held by Jeunesses Musicales Ljubljana, Festival Ljubljana, and Jeunesses Musicales Slovenia. In 2024, she became a member of the European Youth Orchestra EUYO. She is also a recipient of the EMCY certificate. She regularly hones her skills in seminars held by professors such as Latica Honda-Rosenberg, Anton Sorokow, Igor Ozim, Stefan Milenković, etc.

After studying at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, Sae Lee graduated with honours in piano and chamber music from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Michel Beroff and Eric Le Sage. She is the first prize winner of several competitions, including the Citta di Padova and Albert Roussel International Festival and chamber music competitions like the Fnapec, Carlo Soliva and Cidade de Alcobaça. She has performed at the renowned Paris Piano a Enghien Festival, at the Nevada-Semipalatinsk International Conference, which is sponsored by the Government of Kazakhstan and UNESCO, and on the Japanese national television programme NHK Classic Club. As a soloist, she performed with several orchestras worldwide, including the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, and Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra. She collaborates with world-renowned ballet dancers like Aurélie Dupont (the Director of Paris Opera Ballet) and Kevin O’Hare (the Director of The Royal Ballet London). Sae is currently employed as a piano teacher at the Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana. 

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Viktorija Razdevšek started playing the oboe at the age of eight at the Fran Korun Koželjski Music School in Velenje. She continued her secondary education at the Velenje Art Grammar School and completed her studies at the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music and Ballet under Prof. Matej Šarc. She is currently studying at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Prof. Harald Hoerth) and the Cologne School of Music and Dance (Prof. Christian Wetzel). In 2022, she won the gold distinction and first prize at the TEMSIG national competition and performed a recital at the Lent Festival as a special prize winner. She won a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia for undergraduate studies. In May 2022, she premiered and recorded the Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra by composer Yumi Lee. In October 2023, she was invited to join the renowned Villa Musica Scholarship Fund and toured with a chamber orchestra to play Vivaldi's Oboe Concerto. She annually participates in international orchestras and festivals, in recent years with the Styriarte Youth Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra of Luxembourg, at the Höri Music Days, the Moritzburg Festival, etc. Since November 2024 Viktorija Razdevšek has been member of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra as principal oboist. 

Kristina Golob started playing the piano at the Osminka Music Workshop, continued her studies at the Velenje Art Grammar School and graduated with honours from the Academy of Music under Prof. Hinko Haas. As an exchange student, she undertook further studies at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest with professors Balázs Szokolay and Laszlo Borbely. She has taken part in various competitions, winning gold plaques and first prizes. She has appeared as a soloist with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and the SNG Maribor Orchestra, and won the student Prešeren Prize for her performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto. She is an active soloist and chamber musician, and collaborates on opera and ballet productions. She has performed in Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Croatia. In 2017 she was the official accompanist of the Oskar Rieding International Competition, and has been working since 2023 as a piano teacher and accompanist at the Fran Korun Koželjski Music School in Velenje.