Goce Zlatev, piano and Patricija Avšič, violin

Goce Zlatev (2006) began taking music lessons at the age of eight in Štip with Goce Kostadinov, later completing his secondary music education at the Ilija Nikolovski – Luj Music and Ballet Centre (DMBUC) in Skopje under Slavica Micovska- Smilevska. He is currently studying with Ruben Dalibaltayan at the University of Ljubljana Academy of Music. He has participated in several national and international competitions, winning prizes and top placements on multiple occasions: first prize at five national competitions as well as at the international competitions in Radlje ob Dravi (International Carinthian Piano Competition), Sremska Mitrovica (Sirmium Music Fest) and Sofia (Albert Roussel International Piano Competition), the online Golden Piano Talents competition, and the 2025 Competition of Young Slovenian Musicians - TEMSIG. He was awarded the »Greatest Virtuoso« title at the Music and the Earth competition in Sofia, won second prize at the Malaysia International Youth Music Competition, and was a laureate of the Ohrid Pearls and Polyhymnia international competitions. In 2019 he gave his first solo recital in Skopje at the age of thirteen, followed by recitals across North Macedonia, as well as in Rome, Paris and Vienna. He has appeared several times with the Macedonian Philharmonic and performed with the Vidin Symphonic Orchestra in Sofia. He refines his skills with several distinguished pianists.

Patricija Avšič (2008) began taking violin lessons at the age of five with her father and made her solo debut with a symphony orchestra at the age of eight. In the spring of 2021, when she was twelve, she passed the entrance exam for the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz (the class of Boris Kuschnir), and another one a year later for the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna to study with the same professor. She has won first prizes or first places at international violin competitions, including the Jenő Hubay Competition in Hungary, the Yankelevich Competition in Russia (including the Grand Prix) and BCN Victoria, the Leonid Kogan International Competition for Young Violinists in Belgium and the Virtuosos V4+ in Hungary (including the Grand Prix). In March 2023, as the winner of the competition at the University of Vienna, she was awarded a two-year loan of a 1757 Landolfi violin. She has captivated audiences at numerous concerts, including festivals in Graz and Budapest, and as a soloist with the Anima Musicae Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, the Baden- Baden Philharmonic Orchestra, the String Chamber Orchestra of the Slovenian Philharmonic, the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra and the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. Her playing has been praised by Dejan Bravničar, Stefan Milenković and Maxim Vengerov, among others. 

Vladimir Mlinarić was born in Pula and studied in Ljubljana and Vienna with professors Zdenka Novak and Leonid Brumberg. He has won prizes at national and international competitions. As a concert artist, he has performed in most European countries as well as in the US, Canada, Chile, China and Russia. He has played in chamber ensembles with renowned Slovenian and international musicians. As a member of Trio Luwigana, he received the Betetto and Župančič Awards. Since 2002, he has been a professor at the University of Ljubljana Academy of Music. He also serves as a jury member at competitions in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro and Russia. Critics have described him as a refined interpreter who combines academic rigor with fantasy, and ambition with a deep love of music.