Tina Zerdin

Artistic & Pedagogical Education  

• June 2008: 2nd diploma examination (Magister) with excellent success in the concert subject harp
• October 2005: 1st diploma examination with excellent success in the concert subject harp
• Since October 1999: Studies of harp (concert subject) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in the class of ord.univ. Prof. Adelheid Blovsky-Miller
• 1998-1999: Studies of biology in Ljubljana
• Master classes, seminars and private lessons with harpists Cathrine Michel, Fabrice Pierre, Margit-Anna Süss, Ian Ivan Roncea, Patrizia Tassini...

Teaching Experience  

• 2008-2017: harp teacher and chamber music teacher at the private music school in Ptuj, Slovenia (employed until September 2017, until today on a project basis); harp lessons for children and adults; founder and leader of the harp orchestra.
• Since 2010: masterclasses, seminars and workshops at university level: China (University of Lanzhou, China Conservatory Beijing), Slovenia (Music Academy Ljubljana; Student Seminars Podsreda), Mongolia (Music Conservatory, Ulanbataar Opera), Austria (Music Schools Neunkirchen, Gamlitz, Anton Bruckner Music University Linz, KUG Graz, Mahler Conservatory Klagenfurt), Poland (University of Poznan), Serbia (Composers Workshop at Osijek University of Arts), Russia (Tchaikovsky Conservatory Moscow).
• 2013/2014: Founder of the educational program for the harp in the framework of the State Opera in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia.
• 2015, 2016: Lecturer for the harp group at the "Orchestercamp Styria" in Leibniz - 2016: Substitute teacher at the music schools in Mank (1 month) and Mauerbach (3 months)
• 2016/2017: harp teacher at the private music school "Klangspiele" in Vienna (Wiedner Gymnasium)
• Since 2016: harp teacher at the private music school "Klangwerk" in Vienna
• 2018 and 2022: Jury member at the Carinthian national competition - "prima la musica 2018" in Ossiach and in Vienna

Concerts & Performances 

• SOLISTS WITH ORCHESTRA: Symphony Orchestra of the Slovenian Radio, Chamber Orchestra of the Slovenian Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Slovenian Philharmonic, Philharmonic Orchestra Pitesti (Romania), Philharmonic Orchestra Oradea (Romania), Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Vienna Academy, Macedonian Philharmonic, Orchestra of the State Opera in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), Police Orchestra Ljubljana, Slovenian Military Orchestra, Police Music Vienna, Ensemble Neue Streicher, Ensemble Ambitus etc.
• KAMMERMUSIK (fixed formations): Duo violin-harp with Prof. Vesna Stanković (KUG, Volksoper Vienna) - active concert activity in Slovenia, Austria and Serbia, recordings for Slovenian Radio - Duo with soprano Bernarda Bobro, concerts in Slovenia (a.o. Silver subscription cycle at Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, 2017), Duo Atanos (harp, accordion), Duo Dialogue (harp, organ), Quartet Airborne extended, Trio with Sonja Korak (flute) and Axel Kircher (viola), Duo with flutist, Prof. Hansgeorg Schmeiser (MDW, Volksoper), Harp duos with harpists Michal Matejčik, Mariagrazia Pistan, Christine Kügerl....
• COLLABORATION WITH CHOIRS: Choir Sine nomine Vienna, Company of music Vienna (choirmaster Johannes Hiemetsberger), Children's Choir of the Vienna State Opera (choirmaster Johannes Mertl), Choir of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra (choirmaster Martina Batič) and others.
• ZEITGENÖSISCHE MUSIK: Since 2013 cooperation with the ensemble "Die Reihe"; since 2013 cooperation with the Association of Slovenian Composers and the Slovenian Radio: Archive and CD recordings of Slovenian solo and chamber music literature for the harp, premieres of works by Tomaž Bajželj, Igor Dekleva, Brina Jež-Brezavšček, Jani Golob, Aleš Strajnar and Gregor Pompe, Slavko Šuklar, Ivo Petrić, Tomaž Svete, as well as Jaka Pucihar, Brina Zupančič, Uroš Rojko and Blaženka Arnič, etc. a.; since 2014 collaboration with Ensemble Kontrapunkte (conductor PeterKeuschnig), since 2016 collaboration with Ensemble Reconsil; since October 2017 intensive collaboration with Ensemble Airborne extended; concerts and workshops worldwide, including KUG- composers workshop in October 2017 and concerts in collaboration with KUG (September 2018 - Musikprotokoll Graz, June 2019 - Pia Palme project); since March 2022 regular collaboration with Klangforum Wien

Discography

• CD "Harfonija" - Slovenian harp music (published by the Association of Slo. Composers - series "Ars slovenica", production: Slovenian Radio in Ljubljana, 2015); the CD was presented in 2016, among others, also in the Ö1 broadcast "Ö1 bis 2".
• A second CD with Slovenian compositions for harp composed since 2015 is currently in progress, will be released at the end of 2022
• Recordings of the complete Franz Liszt - orchestral opus with Orchestra Wiener Akademie (Raiding, conductor Martin Haselböck)
• Many solo and chamber music studio and concert recordings for the Slovenian National Radio and ORF archives
• Soundtracks recorded with Synchron stage Orchestra for numerous films and series (including Netflix, Universal studios, Disney channel, National Geographic - productions)
• 2018 Harp sampling for Vienna Symphonic Library; released in 2022

Prizes & Awards

• 1997 First prize at the National Competition of Young Slovenian Musicians in harp performance
• Prize of Glasbena mladina Ljubljanska (Music Youth Ljubljana) in the form of several solo recitals, prize of the Slovenian Harpists Association
• 2018/2019 Austrian cultural ambassador with the ensemble "Airborne extended", selected for NASOM (New Austrian Sound of Music, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Austria)