Matej ZUPAN (born 1970, Slovenija-Europe)

 

is the principal flutist of the Slovenian National Radio Symphony Orchestra and resides in the central Slovenian town of Zagorje ob Savi. He completed his graduate and post graduate studies at the Academy of Music at University of Ljubljana under professor Fedja Rupel, and later went on to complete advanced studies with Mario Ancillotti and to attend Masterclasses led by Trevor Wye, Michel Debost, Peter-Lukas Graf and James Galway. He is the winner of several first prizes and other accolades in national competitions. As a member of the ARIART Woodwind Quintet, the ACADEMIA ARS MUSICAE Chamber Orchestra and recently founded Ensemble for contemporary Music MD7 and Chamber Orchestra of Soloists (Society of Slovene Composers) as well as the soloist he has performed extensively throughout Slovenia, Europe and both Americas. He has recorded for Slovene Radio and TV, RAI and ORF. Since 1993 he has thought, currently as an Associate Professor at the Academy of Music at University of Ljubljana.