Mojca Pregeljc

Mojca Pregeljc, born in 1997 in Slovenia, obtained her second-level academic diploma in Solo and Concert Piano Performance in 2022 with top honors and distinction from the "Cesare Pollini" Conservatory in Padua, under the guidance of Angela Chiofalo and Adriana Silva. In 2023, she completed the two-year program in Instrumental Pedagogy at the "Santa Cecilia" Conservatory in Rome, again achieving top marks with honors.

In 2024, she earned the prestigious diploma in Chamber Music with highest honors from the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, crowning a course of advanced studies under the guidance of Carlo Fabiano and Ivan Rabaglia.

During this time, she performed with various ensembles formed within the Academy, giving concerts at notable venues such as the Parco della Musica in Rome, for the Literary Society of Verona, and at the "Trame Sonore" festival in Mantua. With the "Svet Quartet," formed at the Academy, she is a finalist in the 2024 Amici della Musica Prize in Verona.

In 2018, she became part of the "Honor Roll of the Pollini Conservatory" thanks to her interpretation of Béla Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, performing the same program for the "Amici della Musica" in Padua and at the "Matinées of Nicolini" in Piacenza. In the same year, she was selected for the finals of the National Arts Award in the chamber music section. She was also honored to be invited by the Slovenian Ambassador in Rome to perform at a concert during the French Presidency Ceremony of the EU Council at Palazzo Farnese. In 2022-2023, she was the only Slovenian recipient of the Farnesina scholarship for foreign students in Italy.

During her studies, she had the opportunity to refine her skills with internationally renowned soloists, including Konstantin Bogino (at the Perosi Academy in Biella), Natalia Trull, Denes Varjon, Lilya Zilberstein, Boris Petrushansky, Federico Colli, Alexei Kornienko, Vladimir Ogarkov, Ruben Dalibaltayan, Lovro Pogorelić, Chia Chou, Emmanuel Séjourné, and Pietro De Maria.

In 2019, she performed Chopin’s Concerto No. 1 at the "Musica in Laguna d’Arte" festival with the City of Chioggia Symphony Orchestra. She has received several awards in regional competitions for young musicians of the Slovenian Littoral and at the international competition "Musica in Laguna" in Chioggia. In the same year, she received the "Campus delle Arti" Award at the eponymous festival in Bassano del Grappa, which gave her the opportunity to perform at the Italian Cultural Institutes in Munich and Hamburg.

She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in various cities and prestigious venues, including Rome (Sala Petrassi of Parco della Musica, Palazzo Farnese, Alfonsi Pianoforti, Casa Sforza), Padua (Auditorium Pollini), Biella (Teatro Sociale Villani), Venice (Palazzo Cavagnis), Pordenone, Trieste, Budapest (Müpa with the NOVA Symphony Orchestra), Ljubljana, Zemono, Koper, and Nova Gorica for the 2023 concert series at the House of Culture, as well as in Munich and Hamburg for the Italian Cultural Institutes.