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Nejc Kamplet

born in 1996Slovenia

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.