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Metka Podpečan was born in 1968 in Trbovlje (Slovenia). Basic musical education she has acquired in the domestic Zagorje ob Savi, where she taught recording and flute. After completing secondary music school, she enrolled in the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, where she graduated in 1993 from the oboe in the prof. Božu Rogelja. During the school she cooperated with various chamber groups and orchestras, often is performed as a soloist.  
At the time of cooperation with various groups, the latter a winner of numerous awards at national and international competitions. Nor was the State itself has several different racing commissions.  
Since 1988 taught at the Music School of Zagorje, where their knowledge and experience of young people surrender and driven on the road of life, even through the music reach your goals. Her successful teaching was reflected in the many successes of its pupils at the concerts and competitions, and in their further education. In his teaching work all the time introducing new teaching methods. Has also developed a special method of teaching the youngest, the result of methodical guide for teaching recording, which was issued in 2003 in collaboration with the Institute for the Education of the Republic of Slovenia. It is with the Institute for Education and Sport participated in the preparation of curricula for the school musical.  
Metka Podpečan the entire time itself educates and improves both the teaching, as well as in the managerial field. In 2002, she successfully carried out a management exam. Since 2004, she is the principal of the Zagorje Music School, which in the past five years have seen a tremendous boom in all areas of activity.                                                                       

Nenad Mirić was born 1950 in Belgrade. He obtained a master's degree in bassoon at the Faculty of Music at the University of Belgrade in 1979.
Between 1976 and 2002. he was bassoonist with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 1983/84 he was principal bassoonist with the National Simphonic Orchestra of Dominican Republic and a profesor at the Santo Domingo Musical Conservatory and Cultural center in Santiago as a part of an international technical aid.
Upon returning to Yugoslavia he became a resident fellow of many orchestras (Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, Sarajevo, Dubrovnik)
As a member of the Serbian and Yugoslav Association of Musical Artists he has held several solo recitals and had numerous performances in different chamber ensembles (from duets to nonets) with different chamber and simphonic orchestras (Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, National Simphonic Orchestra of Dominican Republic, Niš Simphonic Orchestra, Dušan Skovran chamber string ensemble) both locally and internationally.
He performed several Bassoon Concertos (Mozart, Vivaldi, Jacob) and also realized audio-video recordings for several radio and television stations.
In recent years he lives in Pančevo and works as a profesor of Bassoon and Chamber music in "Jovan Bandur" School of music and since 2005 also renewing the bassoon class in "Vatroslav Lisinski" School of music in Belgrade.
In the last 8 years his students have been awarded over 200 first prizes as bassoonists and chamber orchestra members at the most important competitions (National competition, "Jenko", "Požarevac", "Lisinski", "Pančevo", "Krško", "Šabac", "Kragujevac", "Trieste") out of which two soloist laureates, two chamber ensembes laureates as well as three international laureates ("Trieste“, "Krško“ and two quartet winners of the „Trieste“ competition)
Mr. Nenad Mirić is often invited to be a jury member in international, local, national and school competitions in both disciplines.
As a member of Serbian Association of Music and Ballet Pedagogues in 2006 he was awarded the Prize for outstanding one-year pedagogical results, and in 2009 the Prize for outstanding perennial pedagogical results.

Bojan Vukelić was born in 1980. in Sremska Mitrovica where he finished primary music school ”Petar Krančević”, saxophone. He started secondary music school in Novi Sad,  music school ”Isidor Bajić”, and continued education at saxophone department in music school ”Stanković” in Belgrade in professor  Milivoje Marković’s and professor Ivan Švager’s classes.
He started parallel studies of both jazz and classical saxophone at the University for music and acting in Gratz, Austria in 2000, in prof. Karlheinz Miklin and Johannes Kawrz’s classes.
In 2001. he recorded a CD with Gratz Opera orchestra, a piece by Tomaš Svete –  ”Kriton”. He performed with „KUG Orchestra“ (Gratz) in Austria, Germany, Italy and France.
In 2004 he graduated and started master studies in Gratz in prof. Heinrich Von Kalnein’s class and that year he won  scholarship from the University of Gratz for further education at the Music academy in Cologne, in prof. Claudis Valka’s class. While in Germany, he performed in Frank Gratkowski’s ensemble and worked in music schools in Cologne and Leverkusen. The same year he recorded a CD with „Banda Balkania“ ensemble for „Deutsche Welle“ in Bonn, with music inspired by Tchaikovsky.
In 2007 he finished master studies of saxophone and returned to Serbia where he still performs and teaches.
He performed with „Bojan Vukelić quartet“ at festivals in Serbia, Croatia, Austria, Germany and Italy. As one of the soloists of „HGM Jazz Orchestra“ (Zagreb) he performed at „IAJE“ festival in New York, 2006, and also at festivals in Sweden, Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Belgium.
In 2008 he performed in Duško Gojković’s ensemble „Balkan Connection“ in Munich and Stuttgart.
He held concerts with a greek pianist, Eleni Papaspiroy, in Gratz, Klagenfurt, Vienna,  Sremska Mitrovica, Athens and Heraklion.
He recorded for RTS with Belgrade Big Band, took part in Terazije Theatre’s projects and in Belgrade Philharmonics projects.
In 2010 he recorded a CD with „Soul Connecton Band“ led by Duško Gojković.
He took part in many master classes, which were given by famous saxophonists: Frank Gratkowski, Jerry Bergonzi, Bob Mintzer, Chris Lieb, Dick Oatts, Don Menza.
 
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