Curriculum Vitae

Simon Percic is a Slovenian conductor based in Vienna, Austria. In addition to the standard symphonic repertoire, he has increasingly devoted himself to commissioning and conducting new works by contemporary composers. Recently, however, his interest has also focused on the repertoire and period of Viennese Modernism. Perčič also conducts and performs with various ensembles in prestigious concert halls around the world, such as Müpa-Budapest, Harpa-Reykjavík, Konserthuset-Stockholm, Musikverein-Vienna and Berlin Philharmonie-Berlin. He has also made numerous recordings for radio and television. For more than a decade he was the artistic director and founder of OrkesterkamP (summer music school and festival) and Svirél (international competition and festival).

Simon Percic earned his master degree in trombone performance at Ljubljana Music Academy (Slovenia) and orchestra-choral conducting at the Luleå University of Technology-School of Music (Sweden). Moreover, he completed postgraduate education at Scuola di musica di Fiesole (Italy) where studied conducting under distinguished Finnish professor Jorma Panula. His later mentors include Aldo Danieli-Danev. Alongside his conducting engagements, Percic has notable success as a conducting lecturer. He often appears as a guest at conducting courses or a jury member at national and international music competitions.

Recent conducting engagements include: National Music Festival Symphony Orchestra (USA), Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra - RTV, Slovenian Armed Forces Band, Slovenian Police Orchestra (Slovenia), Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra (Sweden), Opera I Filharmonia Białystok (Poland), Zugló Philharmonic Budapest (Hungary), Norrbotten NEO (Sweden), AYO - Auckland Youth Orchestra (New Zealand), Witold Lutosławski Chamber Philharmonic (Poland), Nova Philharmonic (Slovenia), Banda sinfónica municipal de Sevilla (Spain), Szeged University Wind Orchestra (Hungary), Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Wind Orchestra, Lithuanian State Wind Orchestra, Civica Orchestra di Fiati di Milano (Italy) and others.