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Weronika Partyka is a classically trained saxophonist specializing in contemporary, electroacoustic, and traditional music. She graduated from the Academy of Music in Poznań and the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. She also completed postgraduate studies in music management at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and holds a certificate in music production from SAE Institute Ljubljana.

She regularly performs in Poland, Slovenia and abroad, taking part in concerts, festivals, and artistic residencies. She has toured in Europe, North and South America, and Asia. As part of the "OneBeat" program organized by Bang on a Can, she toured the East Coast of the USA and took part in a residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Orlando.

Weronika collaborates with various ensembles, including ROYA Quartet, Aerofonia, and Vidlunnia, and is a member of the contemporary music group at the .abeceda Institute. As a soloist, she has performed with the Slovenian Radio Orchestra (RTV) and the National Classical Orchestra of Andorra (ONCA), and appeared in the role of "Szeptucha" in Erysipelas by A. M. Huszcza. Her debut album Judge Me Again features electroacoustic works for saxophone.

She is the Artistic Director of the Szczecinek SaxFest International Saxophone Festival and is invited to serve as a juror and guest teacher at music courses and competitions.

Weronika currently teaches saxophone at the Franc Šturm Music School in Ljubljana. She also plays ethnic instruments such as the duduk, ocarina, and shepherd's fujara, and performs traditional songs.

Tjaša Drovenik Adamec began her musical education at the Rogaška Slatina Music School and continued at the Art Gymnasium in Velenje. She completed her Bachelor’s studies in Organ — Concert Performance and Instrumental-Vocal Pedagogy (IGP) at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz (Austria), studying under Prof. Ulrich Walther. As part of her pedagogical studies, she also studied jazz singing for two years as a second major subject with Prof. Ines Dominik Reiger. In 2015, she continued her Master’s studies in Concert Organ Performance with Prof. Walther at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, where she obtained the degree of Master of Arts in 2018. She is currently completing her doctoral studies in Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, where her research focuses on musical talent among organists. At the same faculty, she graduated with distinction from the Master’s programme in Music Education in the 2023/2024 academic year.

Tjaša performs in Slovenia and abroad and regularly participates in various international projects and festivals. Since November 2020, she has been regularly collaborating with internationally renowned saxophonist Weronika Partyka in the duo Aerofonia, with whom she recorded a repertoire for organ and saxophone for the RTV Slovenia archive in March 2021. Since December 2022, she has also been collaborating with composer and saxophonist Albert Kerekeš, with whom she released a CD titled “The Walk Through Space”, featuring his original works for baritone-saxophone and organ in July 2024. She is a laureate of several national and international competitions. She has furthered her musical knowledge by participating in international masterclasses with renowned organ professors: Martin Schmeding, Andreas Rothkopf, Michael Kapsner, Naji Hakim, Hans-Jürgen Kaiser, Pavel Kohout, Konstantin Volostnov, Ben van Oosten, Raúl Prieto Ramírez, Lorenzo Ghielmi.

In addition to her artistic activities, Tjaša is a member of the coordinating group of the Slovenian Organ Society, where she is involved in the organisation of various Slovenian and international organ projects. Among other responsibilities, she serves as the coordinator and workshop leader of the “Orgelkids Slovenia” programme. Since 2019, she has also been active as an organist at Maribor Cathedral. From 2018 to 2025, she taught organ and chamber music at the Music School and Arts Gymnasium Velenje, the Music School Rogaška Slatina, and the Anton Martin Slomšek Music and Ballet School in Maribor. Since January 2025, she has been employed as a Teaching Assistant in the field of Music Didactics at the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, where she complements her pedagogical and artistic profile with scientific research activities.