Ema Grčman is a young, enthusiastic and versatile cellist from Slovenia. As a passionate chamber musician, she has performed at several renowned European music festivals, such as: Enescu Festival, Ljubljana Festival, Birgitta Festival, Steirisches Kammermusikfestival, Davos Festival and many others. She has wide ranging musical interests and has performed across various genres, from classical and jazz to folk and contemporary music. Ema's most memorable performances include a debut in Ljubljana where she performed the famous double concerto by Johannes Brahms with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

Her early music education took place in Slovenia, followed by Bachelor Studies in Croatia in the class of Prof. Walter Dešpalj. In 2020 she graduated with distinction at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz in Austria in the class of Prof. Julian Arp and two years later finished her master studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music in the class of the renowned Cellist Torleif Thedén. 

 

She is currently based in Switzerland, where she is continuing her master studies in Music Pedagogy in the Class of Prof. Thomas Demenga and is a member of several orchestras and ensembles, among which are: Deutsche Kammerakademie, the Baltic Sea Philharmonic Orchestra and The O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra. She has also performed with artists such as Daniel Rowland, Hugo Ticciati, Marc Coppey, Isabelle van Keulen and was a regular substitute in the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.