DRAGON HEARTZ ENTERTAINMENT

   Music has been Katja's companion her whole life. She made her first studio recording when she was 7. While still in primary school, she attended several international festivals in Bulgaria, Russia, Macedonia, Croatia, Denmark, Poland, Morocco etc. Slovenian audience was treated to her original songs she performed at different festivals (Melodije morja in sonca, Korajža velja) and published on the promo album Prijateljstvo (Friendship). She was a member of Carmina Slovenica choir for three years, took piano lessons for four years and saxophone lessons for three. However, singing was always at the forefront. For the first three years of formative singing lessons she was Nace Junkar's student, followed by four years with Dragica Kladnik, who got her into jazz. However, as she has always been a bit of a rebel, she also joined a rock band called G-spot, recording some original music and three videos in three years. After finishing high school she was accepted to Music Conservatory in Klagenfurt, Austria, where she currently studies at the department for jazz and pop singing, combined with pedagogical studies. She lives in Ljubljana and works as a studio singer and lead or backing singer for various Slovenian and foreign musicians, such as Tabu, Maja Keuc, Nuša Derenda, Alenka Godec, Oto Pestner, Uroš Perić, Jan Plestenjak, Eva Boto, Nina Pušlar, Maya, Bilbi, Samuel Lucas, Billysi, Andraž Hribar, Andrej Šifrer, Anžej Dežan, Alya, E.V.A., Omar Naber, Regina, Natalija Verboten, Pika Božič, Doša, Trkaj, Eva Černe, Feel the Phil Collins, Funk Connection, Yuhubanda, Christopher Cross, Jem Cooke, Musical Youth,

 

Big band RTV Slovenija, Big band Radlje ob Dravi, Špicikuc Orchestra etc. Katja's made her first major public appearance in the talent show Bitka talentov in 2005 on Slovenian National Television, where she finished in third place. A year later, she was invited to perform with Yuhubanda at the Slovenian popular song festival Slovenska popevka, where they won by popular vote. That same year, she represented Slovenia in Athens at the Eurovision Song Contest with Anžej Dežan and the song "Mr Nobody". Katja was also a member of the Mali ekrani house band in the Parada programme on Slovenian National Television (2010-11). In May 2011, she again helped represent Slovenia at the Eurosong contest, singing backing vocals for Maja Keuc on "No One". In February 2012, Katja published a solo debut album Veš, kaj mislim? with the help of her musical friends Marko Črnčec, Vid Žgajner, Martin Bezjak and others. The 11 original songs were written by Katja and Marko, combining the elements of jazz and funk.