Biography

 

 

​Awards 

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• October 2006 – Carlino International Clarinet Competition

 Second Prize

• March 2007 – Slovenian National Competition TEMSIG
First Prize

• April 2008 – Krško International Clarinet Competition

Second Prize

• April 2010 – Krško International Clarinet Competition 
 First Prize

• October 2015 – Carlino International Clarinet Competition

 First Prize

• 2015 – Bela Kovács International Clarinet Competition 
› ✨ Semifinalist

• April 2015 – Svirel International Competition – Woodwinds
First Prize 

• March 2016 – Slovenian National Competition TEMSIG
First Prize

• Spring 2019 – Invitation to Carl Nielsen International
Competition 
› ✉ Invited Artist

• 2020 – Iscart Online Competition – Woodwinds 

First Prize

• 2024 – Swiss International Music Competition – Category
S4: Woodwinds 
First Prize

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​Education 

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Julija Vrabec began her clarinet studies with prof. Borut Vatovec at the Music school Koper and continued her education at the Art Gymnasium Koper with the same professor. She graduated in Ljubljana (Slovenia) with prof. Jože Kotar and  finished her Master Performance studies in the class of prof. François Benda at the Conservatorio Svizzera Italiana in September 2020. 

 

She completed her Specialised Music Performance studies with a Solo Performance Major at the FHNW Hochschule für Musik in Basel in 2022 and her Post-Graduate studies in 2023. She is currently self-employed as a professional musician in Basel.

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Competitions

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She has been achieving high results on international competitions, such as Carlino, Emona, Krško, Euritmia and Temsig, where she recieved the prize for the most promissing young musician in 2007. in 2024, she won the 1st prize at the 7th Swiss International Music Competition based in Lugano (online). During her studies, she won the first place at the International competition Carlino for clarinet players, International competition Svirel and twice at the national competition TEMSIG Slovenija in soloist and chamber category. She has also been chosen as semifinalist of the Lisbon International Competition, Bela Kovacs international competition and has been invited as one of the 24 clarinetists to participate in the Nielsen International Competition in Odense. She also recently achieved high results on different online competitions, such as the first prize at the 7th Swiss International Music Competition in the S4 Woodwind category (2024), first prize at the Iscart (Lugano) 1st international competition in the woodwind category, third prize at the Music Competition France 2021 as well as Samnium University International Audition awards and 3rd place at the Vienna New Year's Concert International Competition.

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She recieved the Prešeren prize of the Academy of music Ljubljana for her interpretation of the Mozart clarinet concerto. 

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Soloist

 

As soloist, she performed C.M. von Weber's Concerto n.2 for clarinet and orchestra with the Sinfonieorchester Basel on the Schlusskonzert organised by the Hochschule für Musik Basel. Before that, she performed W. A. Mozart’s clarinet concerto with the National Theatre Orchestra Maribor in the cycle of Academy of music Ljubljana, at the Manager concert 2019 with the Radio Television Slovenia Orchestra in the Gallus Hall, Felix Mendelssohn's Konzertstücke duet with the Slovenia National Theater and Opera Ljubljana Orchestra and C.M. von Weber's Concertino with the Radio Television Orchestra Slovenia in March 2020. She also performed C.M. von Weber's Concerto n.2 for clarinet and orchestra in November 2021 with Slovenia RTV Orchestra and conductor Rossen Milanov in the Union Hall Maribor as part of the Narodni dom Maribor Orchestral concert cycle. 

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​Orchestra 

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She was a member of the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra (OJM) coached by the London Symphony Orchestra members, Ljubljana International Orchestra (LIO) and participated in projects with the SJSO orchestra, based in Switzerland. She also collaborated with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Television Orchestra Slovenia (RTV), Argovia Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra and Mantova chamber orchestra as substitute. She is frequently participating in projects with City Light Orchestra (Switzerland) and Orchestra Leonore Pistoia (Italy). She substituted as part of the Phantom of the Opera shows in Musiktheater Basel, organised by the Broadway Entertainment Group and FBM Entertainment.

 

​Chamber and ensembles 

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She is also very passionate about participating in various classical and contemporary chamber music projects, with which she performed on Biennale of contemporary music Koper, World music days 2015, Sobrio Festival, Festival Ljubljana, Lent, Imago Sloveniae, Branimir Slokar Academy, Slowind Spring Festival, GM Youth stage and Music Youth of Ljubljana concert cycles. She also performed solo recitals in Križanke Knight hall, Union Hall Maribor and Magistrat Town Hall of Ljubljana as well as at the Conservatorio Svizzera Italiana and Musikakadmie Basel concert cycles.

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Masterclasses attended 

 

She is attending masterclasses of internationally renowned clarinetists, such as Charles Neidich, Davide Lattuada, Pascal Moragues, Paolo Beltramini, Mate Bekavac, Milan Rericha, Sabine Meyer, Lars Wouters, Shirley Brill, Robert Spring and others.