Mark Lev Krajnc

Mark Lev Krajnc was born in June 2007. He started learning the violin at the age of 5 and a half. For the first five years of junior music school, he was taught by Barbara Kolbl (formerly Fanedl), a violin professor.

He completed the 6th-8th grade of the lower music level at the Fran Korun Koželjski Music School in Velenje, in the class of Danica Koren, violin professor. He passed the entrance exam prematurely and continues his musical education in the 2023/24 school year at the Velenje Art High School - 3rd year of parallel education, majoring in violin - in the class of Professor Danica Koren and at the same time 2st year III. Gymnasium Maribor.

He perfects his knowledge at seminars with prof. Miran and Prof. Barbara Kolbl, prof. Anna Morgoulets, Žiga Brank and others. He participated in nine Summer Music Schools of Professor Danica Koren Neuvirt in Zaton. At the age of 10, he performed as a soloist at five concerts accompanied by the string orchestra of the Danica Koren Neuvirt Summer Music School in Zaton near Zadar and received a wave of good reviews.

Mark Lev is the recipient of two Korun awards (school year 2019/20 and 2020/21), which are awarded by the Fran Korun Koželjski Music School to the most successful students of the junior music school.

Mark Lev Krajnc regularly participates in national and international competitions and is among the award recipients: • TEMSIG - 53rd competition of young musicians of the Republic of Slovenia – 1st prize, special award for 100 points, special award for the best performance of a piece by a Slovenian composer (march, 2024) • First prize – Beethoven competition - BTHVN Wien (november, 2023) • Daleki akordi Split – 1st prize (april, 2023) • Exclusive Invitation for Music Competition of the Year 2023 London Young Musician – Grand Third Prize & Violinist of the Year (april, 2023) • 4th Vienna international music competition – silver medal (march, 2023) • 29. međunarodno natjecanje Mladi virtuozi Zagreb – 2nd prize (february, 2023) • Caneres International Music Competition Vienna – 2nd prize (january, 2023) • Winning Gold Prize & Expressive Performance Special Prize, London Young Musician (january, 2023) • • First place and first prize at the 6th Leon Pfeifer Competition for Young Slovenian Violinists, Ljubljana Conservatory of Music and Ballet (November, 2022) – he received a special prize for a concert organized by KGBLj in 2023. • 1st prize – Laszlo Spezzaferri International Music Prize, Verona, Italy (June, 2022) • First prize – Tartini Competition, Piran (June, 2022) • Golden violinist – 1st prize & Laureat – 1st Slovenian competition "Young violinist"; Society of Academic Musicians, Ljubljana (April, 2022), where he was awarded 3 solo performances at Camerata Laibach concerts in the 2022/23 season • 1st prize; International competition of young musicians Sonus op.7, Križevci, Croatia (March, 2022) • Second prize in the final Round, London Classical Music Competition (February, 2022) • Gold Prize & Characteristic Performance Special Prize, London Young Musician (January, 2022) • First Prize, Music Competition Online, Opus Artis Paris, France (2021) • Gold prize, Canadian International Music Competition – CIMC, Canada (January, 2021) • Laureate of the 1st Prize – 12th World Open Music Competition, Belgrade (August, 2021) • Golden plaque 50th competition of young musicians of the Republic of Slovenia Temsig (June, 2021) • Golden award – 1st international competition of Matija Bravničar (May, 2021) • 1st prize of The North International Music Competition, Stockholm, Sweden (June, 2020) In the 2021/22 school year, he presented himself at two solo recitals.

As a solo violinist, he performed 3 concerts in Ljubljana and Velenje with the Camerata Laibach orchestra in the 2022/23 school year. In the school year 2023/24, in October 2023, he performed a solo piece with piano accompaniment at the celebration at Slovenian National Theatre Maribor for the 160th anniversary of III. Gymnasium Maribor. On 23 November 2023, he performed a solo concert (recital) with piano accompaniment at the Conservatory of music and ballet in Ljubljana, which he received as a winner of the 6th Leon Pfeifer competition. On 17 December 2023, he performed as a soloist with the Zagreb String Orchestra at Advent in Zagreb, which he received as the first prize in the IV category of the Daleki akordi competition in Split, where he was the only one in the category to receive the maximum 60 points. In January 2024, he played as a soloist in 3 concerts with the symphonic orchestra of the art gymnasium - he was chosen as the best student of the gymnasium as a soloist. In February 2024, he passed the entrance exam to the Graz University of Arts. Mark Lev enjoys music very much. He cannot imagine life without a violin and wants to continue the path of a successful violinist.