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Veronika Brecelj

Veronika Vilar Brecelj belongs to the golden generation of young Slovenian violinists. She has won several national and international competitions and has performed at numerous festivals in Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Israel, Russia and Latvia. As a soloist, she has appeared with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Slovenian Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra, the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music Orchestra, and has made several recordings for Radio Ars and Radio Koper. As a member of the renowned international Oberton String Octet, she has released two CDs. The first CD, entitled Slavic Soul, was released in March 2020 by the label ARS Produktion and was nominated for the prestigious Opus Klassik Award. In March 2021, the octet released its second CD, Tangabile, featuring works by Astor Piazzolla.

Veronika Vilar Brecelj completed her undergraduate studies in the violin at the University of the Arts in Berlin and then furthered her studies in Graz, where she completed her postgraduate degree in the class of renowned violin teacher Boris Kuschnir. For her artistic achievements, she has received the Škerjanc Award (2012) and the Šempeter-Vrtojba Municipality Youth Award (2019). Since October 2020, she has been employed as a violin teacher at the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music and Ballet.

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