Nejc Kamplet comes from a musical family and has been playing the piano since the age of five. He studied the piano with Saša Gerželj-Donaldson, Zuzana Niederdorfer (Graz University of Music and Performing Arts) and Arie Vardi (Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media), and then furthered his studies with many prominent piano teachers, including Grigory Gruzman, Pavel Gililov, Arbo Valdma and Robert Levin. In the words of Aleksandar Madžar: “Nejc is one of the most talented musicians I have encountered in recent years. His interpretations are not only technically perfect, but also show a very keen artistic mind. Truly a wonderful young pianist.”
As a soloist, Nejc Kamplet has performed with the Meiningen Court Orchestra, the Slovenian Philharmonic, the Graz Philharmonic, the Harbin Philharmonic, the Wuhan Philharmonic, the Slovak Sinfonietta, the Symphony Orchestra of the Slovene National Theatre Maribor and the Banská Bystrica State Orchestra. He has also given solo recitals in various festivals throughout Europe, China, Japan and the USA. His successes in numerous piano competitions include second prizes in the 4th Hans von Bülow Piano Competition (with an additional prize for the best interpretation of a work by Beethoven), the 16th Ettlingen International Piano Competition and the 9th New York Stecher & Horowitz International Piano Competition, and first prizes in the Hildegard Maschmann-Stiftung Piano Competition in Vienna, the Martha Debelli Competition in Graz, the Euregio Competition in Geilenkirchen, the Yamaha Award in Vienna, the Young Academy Award in Rome (including the EMCY prize), Forum per tasti in Banská Bystrica, the Jurica Murai Competition in Varaždin, TEMSIG in Ljubljana, the Grand Prize Virtuoso in London and many others. Nejc Kamplet is a recipient of scholarships from the Slovenian Ministry of Culture and the cities of Graz and Maribor for his outstanding cultural achievements.
