Žiga Faganel first studied the violin in Ljubljana and then graduated from the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he studied with Alice Schoenfeld. He later furthered his studies in Austria with Rainer Küchl and Peter Götzl, and was successful in several competitions, both as a solo performer and as a member of the Tetraktys String Quartet. While studying, he served as the concertmaster of Slovenian and international youth orchestras. For some years, he performed with the Orchestra of the Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet in Ljubljana and he is now a member of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2008, he recorded a CD of Giuseppe Tartini’s sonatas with Tomaž Sevšek and Domen Marinčič. As a chamber musician and Baroque violinist, he performs at various festivals and concert cycles both in Slovenia and abroad.
