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Ana Kavcic Pucihar
started her flute and musical education in her home town of Škofja Loka with Prof. Draga Ažman.
She continued her studies with her at the High School for Musical and Ballet Education in Ljubljana.
After wining 9 first prizes at Slovenian and ex-Yugoslav competitions and recieving a special Škerjanec prize for remarkable achievements during her high school studies, she entered the class of Prof. Fedja Rupel at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana.
In 1996 she was awarded 3rd prize at the International flute competition in Cremona (Italy).
She was awarded a special Prešeren prize for the performance of the Mozart D-major concerto.
After graduating in 1999 she played 2nd flute in the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra in the season of 1999/ 2000.
With performance of the C. P. E. Bach Flute concerto in A-major in May 2001 she finished her post-graduate studies with Prof. Fedja Rupel.
Ana Kavcic Pucihar regularly attends masterclasses with Marzio Conti, Andrea Lieberknecht, Irena Grafenauer, Sophie Cherrier, Michel Murages, Susan Milan and Pierre-Yves Artaud.
May 2002 brought a new dimension into her life - she became a mother to her first son Samo.
Ana Kavcic Pucihar (1976) se je flavto zacela uciti pri prof. Dragi Ažman na glasbeni šoli v Škofji Loki. Pri njej je šolanje nadaljevala na SGBŠ v Ljubljani. V tem casu je prejela 9 prvih nagrad na takratnih republiških in bivših jugoslovanskih tekmovanjih. Za izjemne dosežke v casu šolanja na SGBŠ v Ljubljani je leta 1995 prejela Škerjancevo nagrado. Študij je nadaljevala na ljubljanski Akademiji za glasbo v razredu prof. Fedje Rupla. Pod njegovim mentorstvom je leta 1996 prejela 3. nagrado na mednarodnem tekmovanju flavtistov v italijanski Cremoni. Za izvedbo Mozartovega Koncerta za flavto in orkester v D-duru je leta 1998 prejela študentsko Prešernovo nagrado. Po diplomi leta 1999 je bila v sezoni 1999/2000 clanica Slovenske filharmonije, s katero se je udeležila odmevnih gostovanj v Angliji in Italiji. Istega leta je vpisala specialisticni študij pri prof. Fedji Ruplu , ki ga je v maju 2001 zakljucila z izvedbo Koncerta za flavto in godalni orkester v A-duru skladatelja C.P.E. Bacha. Ana Kavcic Pucihar se redno udeležuje mojstrskih tecajev za flavto, ki jih vodijo: Marzio Conti, Andrea Lieberknecht, Irena Grafenauer, Sophie Cherrier, Michel Murages, Susan Milan ter Pierre- Yves Artaud.
Trenutno pa skupaj z Blažem odkrivata nove dimenzije življenja, saj sta maja 2002 postala starša malemu Samotu.
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