After finishing the conducting school in Slovenia he completed Master study for conducting at Conservatorium Maastricht (Netherland) in class of prof. Jan Cober. As his assistant he worked with European Union Youth Wind Orchestra and University Orchestra Maastricht – Tilburg and has taken masterclasses with Mark Laycock and Yves Segers.
He conducted Prague Philharmonie and led professional orchestras in Luxembourg, Belgium, Croatia and Slovenia. He conducted an amazing Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides. Strong influence on him made a cooperation with Koninklijke Harmonie Saint Cécile Eijsden and Simon Bolivar Symphonic Band. He led Symphonic Orchestra JSO and is guest Conductor of the Slovenian Police Orchestra.
He is the principal conductor of the Salzburg Wind Orchestra (Salzburger Landesblasorchester), Wind Orchestra of Ironworkers Ravne (Pihalni orkester Železarjev Ravne) and Wind Orchestra Laibach (JTK Laibach).
As Conductor he apeared at festivals such as the Salzburger Festspiele, Festival Lent, Festival Ljubljana, Innsbrucker Promenadenkonzerte... He won several prizes at National and at International Competitions. Few times he also participated at WMC Kerkrade and played also as a soloist.
Born 1977 in Maribor, Slovenia, has as Clarinetist finished the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. He improved himself with Prof. Kalmen Opperman in New York and was invited by L´Academie musicale de Villecroze (France) to work with Paul Meyer and Michel Portal. He took part in master courses led by Richard Stoltzman, Antony Pay, Alois Brandhofer, Martin Spangenberg and Jacques Di Donato. He won several first prizes at the Slovenian and International Music Competitions.
For more than twenty years he is member of the Clavimerata. Group published four CD´s and received the highest Slovenian student award, the Prešeren Prize.
For several years he played in the orchestra of Opera & Ballet in the Slovene National Theatre in Maribor and in the Symphonic Orchestra of the Maribor Philharmonic Society. He was a member of the European Opera Orchestra and member of various European Youth Orchestras. As soloist, member of orchestras and chamber ensembles he has cooperated with Richard Tognetti, Radovan Vladkovič, Elmar Schmid, Dimitrij Slobodeniouk, Ernst Kovacic ... and performed throughout Slovenia, Europe, Middle East, North Africa and North America.
Baton Music
For several years now he has been intensively preoccupied with symphonic wind music and has already transcribed a considerable number of works for symphonic wind orchestra and for various chamber groups. From 2019 he is transcribing classical pieces for renowned publisher Baton Music.
In year 2021 he published Progressive and Concert Studies for the Clarinet, Clarinetum. “Congratulations on your new book of studies for clarinet and for guiding students in the right direction!”— Richard Stoltzman
With his wife Tatjana he opened in Loibach (Austria) the Studio of Art Kovacic, where you can visit concerts, exhibitions, presentations of books and masterclasses for young musicians and painters.