DARJA ŠVAJGER

Darja Švajger, born in Maribor, has been a prominent Slovenian singer and composer since 1992. She attended various music schools and universities, including the University of Graz, where she majored in solo singing, pedagogy, classics, and jazz. In 1997, she graduated as a professor of solo singing and completed her master's degree at AGRFT in 2013. In 2015, she was awarded an award for important artistic works by the Academy of Music at the University of Ljubljana.

Švajger has been a lecturer at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film, and Television and the Academy of Music since 2020. Her career includes performing with the group Slovenska gruda, performing Slovenian folk songs, and releasing a vinyl record. She participated in various projects of the Slovenian National Theaters in Maribor, such as Fiddler on the Roof, Don Quixote, and Babylon.

In 1994, she released her first self-titled compact disc, "In the embrace…