Cellist Ariel Vei Atanasovski was born June 30, 2002, in Maribor and is currently a student at the Maribor Conservatory with Nikolaj Sajko and at the Klagenfurt Conservatory with Igor Mitrović. His exceptional talent has been confirmed by numerous successes at competitions, including first prize in cello at the Euritmia Povoletto 2018 competition, second prize at the National Young People’s Competition (TEMSIG) 2018, first prize with the chamber group Trio Aeternum at the Svirel 2018 competition, and first prize in solfege at TEMSIG 2018 and at the International Solfegge Competition in Belgrade.
Notable and especially engaging performances include those at the Klasinc Award ceremony, where he was soloist with the Maribor Conservatory orchestra, at the state celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rudolf Maister, where he appeared as soloist with the Orchestra of the Slovenian National Theater Maribor, and at Narodni dom Maribor and the Slovenian National Theater Drama in Ljubljana, where he appeared as soloist with the ensemble led by his father, Vasko Atanasovski.
