Tinkara Zupan

Tinkara Zupan (*2003) is a Slovenian accordionist and composer. She started playing the accordion at the age of 7 at Music School Vrhnika and continued her education as an accordionist at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet Ljubljana in the class of Prof. Mateja Prem Kolar. As an instrumentalist, she plays in different ensembles and orchestras. Tinkara also participated in many competitions, where she often achieved the highest prizes. Currently, she is studying performative and pedagogical classical accordion studies at Gustav Mahler Privatuniversität für Musik in Klagenfurt in the class of Prof. Roman Pechmann.

She began her composing journey in her last year at the Conservatory. Wanting to develop as a composer more actively, she began a minor in composition in the class of Prof. Hakan Ulus in the winter semester 2023/24. Her works include graphical notations, a solo piece, and a few chamber pieces. In addition to exploring different ways of notation, extended techniques, and contemporary improvisation, she is also drawn to interdisciplinary arts. She is further developing her composition skills by attending masterclasses with professors like Dániel Péter Biró and Fojan Gharibnejad, as well as different events such as the conference for artistic research EPARM 2024 in Ljubljana.