Simon Klavžar
AML for Percussion
unfortunately won't participate this year.
Simon Klavžar is an Associate professor for percussion and head of the Winds, Brass, and Percussion Department at the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. As a performer, he is currently mostly active in the contemporary music field, performing with Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Neofonia Ljubljana, Schallfeld Ensemble Graz, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Dresdner Philharmonie, and others. Since the formation in 2006, he has been performing with Jože Bogolin as percussion duo Drumartica in the USA, Japan and across Europe at venues such as the Carnegie Hall (New York), Hermitage Theater (St. Petersburg), Berlin Philharmonie (Berlin), Auditorio de Tenerife (Spain), Kuenstlerhaus Munich (Germany), Kennedy Center (Washington DC) and Luxembourg Philharmonic Hall. The duo received first prizes at the International Percussion Competition Luxembourg, the Salieri-Zinetti chamber music competition in Verona, and numerous other prizes. Simon Klavžar recorded CD's Drumartica I and Saxala with new music for percussion and saxophone.
Apart from his duo activities, Simon Klavžar performed at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Wolfsburg Movimentos Festival, and Piano Duo Festival in Berlin. In the past, he has performed with Stefan Hussong, Joonas Ahonen, Piano Duo Shalamov, members of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, Bruce Hamilton, Peter Sadlo, and Annika Treutler. In 2015, he appeared as a soloist at the World Music Days with the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ljubljana and performed a world premiere of a double concerto by Matej Bonin for percussion and saxophone in season 2022/23 with the same orchestra. In the 2023/24 season, Simon Klavžar performed Bonin's double concerto with the Slovenian Philharmonic orchestra and Percussion Concerto 'Flash' by Agata Zubel at the New Music Forum Festival in Ljubljana. Simon Klavžar was a member of the 2017 leg World Percussion Group tour and held masterclasses at universities Furman, Western Washington, Gdansk, Liszt Ferenc Budapest, Salerno, and at several percussion festivals in Europe. Simon is endorsed by Adams and Innovative Percussion companies.
