Matjaž Debeljak, born 1961, is a piccoloist and flautist in the orchestra of the Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet in Ljubljana, as well as a teacher at the Music School on Vrhnika. He graduated in 1994 from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana under the mentorship of Professor Fedja Rupel. In 2010 he post graduated ( piccolo ) with the same professor. Debeljak played in the Slovene Police Orchestra for thirteen years, and was a member of the FOReM flute quartet. He occasionally works with other orchestras and is often in demand as a piccoloist (by, for example, the RTV Slovenia Symphoy Orchestra, the Symphonic Orchestra of the Slovene Philharmonic, the Academia Ars Musicae orchestra and others). Debeljak has played with conductors such as Carlos Kleiber, Rudolf Baršaj, Serge Baudo, Stefan Sanderling, En Shao and Dieter Rossberg. He has appeared as a piccolo soloist at international festivals (in Zagorje 1996, 2004, 2006 and 2010, in Belgrade 2004 and 2009, BFS Manchester 2008 and Flutewise Live London 2009) and concert evenings (Tuesday evenings 1999, 2001, Concert Studio of the DSS 2002, 2003 and 2005, The Night of Slovene Composers 2000, DGUS 2007,Culture Society ARIANA 2009, 2010 etc.). He cooperate with piccolists artists like: Nicola Mazzanti (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino), Lior Eitan (Israel Philharmonic Orchestra), Stewart mcIlwham (London Philharmonic Orchestra), and others. He is leading masterclasses for piccolo. In 2000 he recorded and published his first CD, together with the pianist Vlasta Doležal Rus, entitled Grafiti (Graffiti). He also records for Radio Slovenia. Slovene composers have written twelve compositions for piccolo and dedicated them to him: from pieces for piccolo solo to works for piccolo and piano, for two piccolos, for piccolo, bassoon and piano, for piccolo and Harp, for piccolo and alto flute as well as for three piccolos and piano. In May 2006 he release his new CD titled Prebliski (Ideas).
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