Danijel Brecelj

Graduated with a master's from Paris Conservatoire and Salzburg’s Mozarteum, he was awarded the 2nd prize at the Piano à Mayenne international competition and performs with orchestras such as RTV Symphony Orchestra, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Mitteleuropa Orchestra, and Groningen University Orchestra.

He continues his piano studies with Prof. Rolf Plagge at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, where he graduated with a concert master's degree in 2016. He participates in masterclasses and receives guidance from J. Rouvier, P. L. Aimard, L. Howard, L. Margarius, R. Pröll, E. Le Sage, N. Goerner, H.K. Kammerling, and others. In 2012, he also studied composition at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris with Prof. Yves Henry and obtained a diploma in harmony.

He is a guest at numerous festivals and regularly performs solo recitals in France, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, and Germany.

As a composer, at the age of 16, he performed his First Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.

In 2021, he founded the Dijon Piano Festival and recorded the complete Brahms variations for Slovenian National Radio. Recently, he performed recitals in Tegny and Clamecy (France).