{{Lists of Slovenians This is a list of notable Slovene musicians by instrument. For a list of notable popular Slovenian musical groups and artists see

List of Slovenian musical artists and groups This is a list of notable Slovenian musical groups {{compact ToC, side=yes, top=yes, num=yes A * Adi Smolar - folk pop rock * Alenka Godec - pop * Alenka Gotar - ethno pop, pop * Alya - pop * Ana Pupedan - pop * Anzej Dezan - pop * Anja Rup ...

Accordionists

* Vital Ahačič *

Slavko Avsenik Slavko Avsenik (November 26, 1929 – July 2, 2015) was a Slovene composer and musician. Beginning in 1953 with the formation of the Avsenik Brothers Ensemble, Avsenik produced more than 1,000 songs and garnered success both in Slovenia and in ...

Bratko Bibič Bratko Bibič (born 1957) is a Slovenian accordionist. Bibič first came to prominence as a rock musician, playing in the ensembles Begnagrad and Nimal in the 1980s; both groups blended Slavic folk music with art rock.Bratko Bibičat Allmusic.com ...

* Luka Juhart *

Denis Novato Denis Novato (born 1976) is a Slovene musician from Italy, and world champion player of the diatonic accordion. He has been a musician since the late 1980s. Novato was born in Dolina near Trieste, Italy. From the age of ten he studied for Susann ...

Nejc Pačnik Nejc Pačnik (born October 28, 1990) is a Slovenian diatonic button accordion A melodeon or diatonic button accordion is a member of the free-reed aerophone family of musical instruments. It is a type of button accordion on which the melody- ...

Lojze Slak Lojze Slak (23 July 1932 – 29 September 2011) was a Slovenes, Slovenian musician. Slak was one of the pioneers of Slovene popular folk music, based on diatonic button accordion and author of several evergreen songs, performed by his Lojzeta Slak ...

Frank Yankovic Frank John Yankovic (July 28, 1915 – October 14, 1998) was an American accordion player and polka musician. Known as "America's Polka King", Yankovic was considered the premier artist to play in the Slovenian style during his long career. He ...

Flautists

Irena Grafenauer Irena Grafenauer (born 19 June 1957 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian flute player and soloist, a pupil of Boris Čampa, Karlheinz Zöller and Aurèle Nicolet. Irena Grafenauer born to father Stanko Grafenauer, a geologist, and to mother Ma ...

Boris Bizjak Boris Bizjak (born 1981) is London-based Slovenian flautist. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in the UK, USA, China, Japan, Slovenia, Croatia, France, Spain and Cyprus. In 2016, he was selected by the Slovenian Government to perf ...

Oboists

Ivo Petrić Ivo Petrić (16 June 1931 – 13 September 2018) was a Slovenian composer of European classical music. Biography Petrić was educated at the Academy of Music, Ljubljana, Academy of Music in Ljubljana from 1952 to 1958. After completing his studie ...

Pianists

* Bojan Gorišek *

Marijan Lipovšek Marijan Lipovšek (Ljubljana 26 January 1910 – 25 December 1995) was a Slovenian composer, pianist, and teacher. A native of Ljubljana, he studied music in that city before heading to Prague in 1932; among his teachers were Pavel Šivic, Jos ...

Janez Matičič Janez Matičič (3 June 1926 – 18 April 2022) was a Slovenian composer and pianist. He was a regular member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts starting in 2007. Matičič was born in Ljubljana, and was the brother of writer Nada Ma ...

* Petar Milić * Zoltan Peter *

Janko Ravnik Janko Ravnik (7 March 1891 – 2 September 1981) was a Slovenian pianist, teacher, film director and composer.Booklet to Bernarda Fink ''Slovenija!'' 2010 Harmonia Mundi He was born in Bohinjska Bistrica and died in Ljubljana. In 1928 and 1929, he ...

Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak (born 7 February 1940 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian pianist and music teacher. Early life Tomsic received private lessons at a very young age and continued with education at the Music Hi ...

Violinists

Božena Angelova Božena Angelova (born 1981 Maribor) is a Slovenian violinist. She has recorded for the Slovenian Broadcasting Company and has performed as a soloist with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Carinthian symphony orchestra, amongst others. ...

Volodja Balžalorsky Volodja Balžalorsky (born 1956) is a Slovenian violinist. He is Professor of Violin at the Music Academy at University of Ljubljana. His pupils, including Lana Trotovšek, have won many national and international first prizes and awards. He regula ...

Dejan Bravničar Dejan Bravničar (October 1, 1937 in Ljubljana, – March 21, 2018) was a Slovenian violinist. His father was the composer Matija Bravničar, and his mother was the ballet dancer and teacher Gizela Bravničar. He studied at the Music School in ...

Leo Funtek Leo Funtek (August 21, 1885 – January 13, 1965) was a Slovenian violinist, conductor and arranger. He is best known for work as a music professor and for his 1922 arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's piano suite ''Pictures at an Exhibition''. F ...

Igor Ozim Igor Ozim (born 9 May 1931) is a Slovenian classical violinist and pedagogue, based in Salzburg, Austria. Career Igor Ozim was born in 1931 in Ljubljana. He came from a musical family: both parents played the piano and his brother the violin. At ...

* Oksana Pečeny *

Lana Trotovšek Lana Trotovšek (born September 5, 1983) is a London-based Slovenian violinist. She is a soloist and chamber musician performing in U.S.A., U.K., China, Japan, Germany, France, Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Croatia, and Se ...

Other

Dejan Knez Dejan Knez (born 18 May 1961 in Trbovlje) is a Slovenian artist, musician, painter and founder and former member of the group Laibach. He is the son of the Slovenian painter Janez Knez. In 1978, he formed the band Salte Morale, which would later ...

Musicians A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...

Slovenian Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Sloven ...