Lana Trotovšek

Lana Trotovšek was born to a family of musicians in Ljubljana, Slovenia,[citation needed] and started to play the violin when she was 4.

[1] While discovered by Ricci, she was also studying at the Academy of Music of University of Ljubljana, where her professors included Volodja Balžalorsky and Primoz Novsak.

[3] She has also been guided by Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel, Pierre Amoyal, György Pauk, Tasmin Little, Pavel Berman, Lev Guelbard, Rudolf Gahler, Igor Ozim, Bernard Greenhouse, and Menahem Pressler.

[citation needed] She was the violinist of the Greenwich Trio, whose cellist was Stjepan Hauser (now member of the 2Cellos), while the pianist was Yoko Misumi.

[citation needed] From 2011 to 2013, Trotovsek was the leading violinist of the Badke Quartet, the winners of Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.