Kristina Golob studied in Velenje, at the Ljubljana Academy of Music and at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, as well as attending masterclasses with internationally renowned teachers. She has been awarded several silver and gold plaques, first prizes and prizes for best interpretation at national and international competitions (Slovenia, Italy, Serbia) and is also a recipient of the Student Prešeren Prize of the Ljubljana Academy of Music. Among her numerous performances are recitals and concerts in Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Poland and elsewhere, and she has appeared as a soloist with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of the Slovene National Theatre Maribor.
Kristina Golob has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in the series Jeunesses Musicales Ljubljana, as well as at the Lent Festival, the Hugo Wolf Series for Young People and in projects of the European Piano Teachers Association. She devotes a great deal of attention to chamber music and has performed as a pianist in the children’s opera The Hobbit, produced by the Ljubljana Academy of Music, in the opera Tesla by Slavko Avsenik Jr and in Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Les noces for choir, percussion and four pianos, performed by the Slovene National Theatre Maribor.
In 2017, Kristina Golob was an official accompanist of the Oskar Rieding International Violin Competition. Since 2019, she has been employed as an accompanist and piano teacher at the Maribor Conservatory of Music and Ballet.
