Horn
Andrej Žust
Andrej Žust was born in 1984 in Logatec, where he received his first horn lessons from Janez Polanc. He later studied with Boštjan Lipovšek at the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana. The young horn player also received musical inspiration from renowned musicians such as Hermann Baumann, Frøydis Ree Wekre, Viktor Malisch, and Radovan Vlatković.
While still a student, he received the Lucijan Marija Škerjanc Award and the Prešeren Award for his artistic achievements. He subsequently won first prizes at numerous national and international competitions, including Povoletto (Italy) in 2001 and the Slovenian Young Musicians Competition in 2002. In May 2004, he was appointed principal horn of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra in Ljubljana.
Žust was also a member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra. An active chamber musician, he is a member of the Ariart Wind Quintet, the Soloists of the Ljubljana Chamber Orchestra, and the Trio Triumvirat. From February 2009 to January 2011, he was a scholarship holder of the Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic, after which, at the beginning of the 2011/2012 season, Andrej Žust joined the orchestra’s horn section.