Nejc Kamplet is a Slovenian pianist from a musical family. He began playing piano at the age of five at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet in Maribor (under L. Maletić & Saša G. Donaldson), where he later also attended II. Gymnasium. He completed his piano studies with the highest honors and a commendation from the university under Dr. Zuzana Niederdorfer at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz and later he continued his studies with Arie Vardi at the University of Music, Theatre, and Media in Hanover. His artistic expression has been greatly influenced also by the piano lessons he received from Evgeny Kissin.
To quote Aleksandar Madžar: “Nejc Kamplet is one of the most talented young musicians encountered in the last years. His ease at the piano and feeling for the instrument are quite remarkable, and his technical skills simply stunning. Nejc’s playing is wonderfully secure and he is capable of producing dazzling instrumental brilliance. All of which would not mean much, were it not for his musicality and maturity of thought. His interpretations of some of the pinnacles of our repertoire are not only technically highly accomplished, but also show a very keen artistic mind and a great deal of serious commitment.”
Additionally, he has furthered his studies with several world-renowned pianists: Jacques Rouvier, Boris Berman, Daejin Kim, Mikhail Voskresensky, Sofya Gulyak, Ian Hobson, Grigorij Gruzman, Andrea Bonatta, Ruben Dalibaltayan, Pavel Gililov, Arbo Valdma, Robert Levin, and others.
He has performed as a soloist with the Meiningen Court Orchestra, the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra, the Harbin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Slovak Sinfonietta, the SNG Maribor, the RTV Symphony Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra of Catalonia, the State Orchestra of Banská Bystrica, the Pannonian Symphony Orchestra and others, collaborating with conductors such as Manel Valdivieso, Valentin Egel, Alois J. Hochstrasser, Pawel Przytocki, Marcus Merkel, Harish Shankar, Jiao Yang, Wolfgang Harrer, Simon Krečič, Davorin Mori, Jin Hyoun Baek, Taejung Lee, Benjamin Pionnier, Živa Ploj Peršuh, etc. He has given solo recitals at festivals across Europe, in China, Japan, and the United States.
His recordings are regularly broadcast by Slovenian National Radio-Television RTV (ARS), Radio Catalunya Musica and ORF Ö1. Due to his outstanding cultural achievements, Nejc has also been a scholarship recipient from the Slovenian Ministry of Culture and the municipalities of Graz and Maribor.