Tilen Artač

Tilen Artač is a cellist, comedian, impersonator and satirist. He received his master's degree at the Academy of Music in Zagreb under Professor Valter Dešpalj.

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The night owl

He continued his musical education at the Academy of Music in Graz with professor Rudolf Leopold, and chamber music with professor Chiu Chou. During his schooling, he achieved notable success; this is how it is at the European Alpe competition - Jadran in Gorica received the first prize and the first prize and gold plaque at the national competition. He is a member of the piano trio Tempo giusto, with which he won first prize at the national competition and first prize at the European competition in Majano, Italy. As a soloist and chamber musician, he performed in Slovenia and also in the hall of the Vienna Music Association, in Amsterdam, Paris, London and Dubrovnik. As a soloist, he performed with the Zagreb Philharmonic in the Vatroslav Lisinski Great Hall in Zagreb and with the United Orchestra at the Bled Festival, and he also played with the Maribor 2012 Festival Orchestra. As a member of the Cellomania ensemble, he collaborated with the famous musicians Miša Majski and Giovanni Sollima.

Since 2004, he has been a member of the team of impersonators and creators of the radio show Radio GA – GA. As an impersonator, he portrayed many characters and with his sense of humor gave a special charm to this popular radio show, so that his sparkling mind and impersonation ability became indispensable. He is the winner of the third season of the show A familiar face has its own glass, the most watched show of spring 2016 on POP TV. Between 2004 and 2010, he participated in a television show HRI-bar under the tutelage of radio and television legend Saša Hribar. In the shows, he created a unique character of the psychologist Iphigenia, who always talked to the guests of the show in a particularly sparkling way. In the role of co-host, he appeared in various popular shows (Who are you? hoping for dinner?, Play again, alone in Meridian) and participated in entertainment television shows. He also participates as an impersonator and comedian in a public radio show The prism of optimism, with which Radio Slovenija's First Program visits Slovenian regions.

Tilno Artač is known not only for his imitations of various personalities, his voice is also present in many cartoons (Elephant Horton, Arthur and Santa Claus, The Smurfs, The Lion King, Airplanes, University monsters in Ice Age 4). In the GodArt tandem with Juret Godler, he performed with the world-famous stand-up comedian, impersonator and actor in films Police Academy, to Michael Winslow.

At the St. Michael's concert, which is organized every year by the Rotary Club, as a tenor soloist, accompanied by the symphony orchestra of RTV Slovenia, he performed an adaptation of the composition Gangnam Style in the form of an opera, which has already reached more than a million views on YouTube in three months.

In 2012, he received the Franet Milčinski award - Ježka, which RTV Slovenia awards to the most deserving for original achievements or oeuvre in those artistic genres of radio and television creativity that follow the tradition of Ježko's noble spirit.

Performs at the Maribor Festival

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September

The night owl

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General Maistro Hall, National House Maribor

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September

Peter and the Wolf

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General Maistro Hall, National House Maribor