E M A K R E Č I Č R O D E
About me
I am Ema Krečič Rode, a Slovenian cellist performing as a soloist and chamber musician in Slovenia and across Europe. I studied at the Mozarteum University Salzburg and have been recognized with several national and international awards. Singing is another important part of my artistry, which I have developed through both choir and solo studies.
Biography
Slovenian cellist Ema Krečič Rode (1998) finished her Master studies and a one-year Postgraduate studies with distinction at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg in the class of prof. Clemens Hagen. For her academic achievements, she received twice the Prešeren Prize of the Music Academy of the University of Ljubljana.
Ema is the winner of several national and international competitions, including Sir Ian Stoutzker Prize (2023), Musica Goritiensis (2022), TEMSIG (2021), Petar Konjović (2019). In June 2022, she won second prize at the Concorso Mainardi of the Mozarteum University.
She often performs as a soloist with professional orchestras both at home and abroad and actively participates in various chamber ensembles, including the piano trio Janus and the cello quartet Cédez.
Ema has participated in prestigious chamber music festivals, performing with renowned musicians such as Antje Weithaas, Lukas Hagen, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, Jonathan Brown at events like the Pau Casals Festival, Montecastelli Festival, Ljubljana Festival, New Music Forum, Bled Festival, Carpe Artem, GM Oder, Nei Suoni Dei Luoghi, and the Piran Music Evenings.
Her professors Igor Mitrović, Karmen Pečar, Matthias Bartolomey, Enrico Bronzi, Damir Hamidullin, and Jaka Stadler also had a significant influence on her and her cello studies. During her studies, Ema also attended seminars with renowned professors, including Jens-Peter Maintz, Julian Steckel, Marc Coppey, Philippe Muller, László Fenyő, Reinhard Latzko, Giovanni Gnocchi, and Marco Testori.
In addition to her studies, she also devotes her time to singing. From 2015 to 2021 she was a member of several girls' choirs, and since 2016 to 2024 she studied solo singing. First with Prof. Marta Močnik Pirc, and since 2018 with Prof. Barbara Nagode at the Ljubljana Vič-Rudnik Music School. She is also successful in singing competitions, she won the first prize at the national competition in Murska Sobota in March 2023 and received the third prize at the international competition IMMCC Maribor 2020.
Ema Krečič Rode plays an Italian cello that once belonged to Prof. Heinrich Schiff. It was made by Angelo Radrizzani in 1932.