Sibelius: Songs 2 CD

Dušan Sodja studied clarinet with Alojz Zupan at the Ljubljana Academy of Music and graduated in 1995. Afterwards he studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum with Alois Brandhofer and Christine Gillhaus where he was awarded a Master's degree in 1998. In 2005/2006 he perfected his artistry in chamber music at Cologne Music Academy with Anthony Spiri.

He has given concerts in Slovenia, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Slovakia and Sweden, and has performed as a soloist with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of the Darmstadt State Opera, the Žilina Chamber Orchestra from Slovakia, the Bogdan Warchal Slovak Chamber Orchestra. In 1992 he was first clarinetist in the Youth Symphony Orchestra in Bayreuth, and a year later also in the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra in France.

The performance of Mozart's Concerto brought him the Student's Academy Prize 'Prešeren' in 1995. He has premiered many works by Slovenian composers, some of which have been dedicated to him. From 2001 to 2005 Dušan Sodja was lecturing at 'Junge Kärntner Bläserphilharmonie' in Carinthia. Since 2006 he is leading the clarinet section at Ljubljana University Simphonic Winds. He is clarinetist soloist of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and teacher at Ljubljana Music High School.

The pianist Tatjana Kaučič began her music education in her native town of Ljubljana. She graduated from the Ljubljana Academy of Music and received her Master's degree with Brigitte Engelhard at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. Afterwards she completed her specialist studies of chamber music with Anthony Spiri at the Cologne College of Music. She perfected her artistry at numerous masterclasses with various teachers (Anthony Spiri, Jose Daniel-Martinez, Leonid Brumberg).

Besides solo performances she is devoting herself to chamber music, cooperating with many instrumentalists and composers. Her concert trail leads her from the Ljubljana Summer Festival to Zagreb, Belgrade, Prague, Salzburg, Berlin, Stockholm and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.