DUO Volodja Balzalorsky, violin - Hinko Haas, piano

Volodja Balzalorsky and Hinko Haas are winners of The Canary Islands International Contest 2007-Category Interpretation-Instrumental (Sonata in A major by Cesar Franck), Special Award.

Both prominent Slovene artists, have made their name by highly acclaimed concerts in many countries, as soloists and members of various ensembles.




Duo Balzalorsky-Haas

The CD of the DUO Volodja Balzalorsky - Hinko Haas features LIVE recordings from the concert in Belgrade - International concert series "Violin virtuosos", with works of Szymanowski, Franck and Skerjanc.


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An exceptional harmony of ease and performing authenticity - a concert of two true musicians making true music.


Peter Kusar - Dnevnik, Ljubljana


Hinko Haas
Hinko Haas
Volodja Balzalorsky and Hinko Haas, both prominent Slovenian artists from Ljubljana, have made their name by highly acclaimed concerts in many countries, as soloists and as members of various chamber ensembles.

Volodja Balzalorsky and Hinko Haas demonstrated an extraordinary mastery in the interpretation of the program.


International Festival of Ohrid - Nova Makedonia


As a Duo they appeared for the first time in 1979, at the Ohrid Summer Festival and have been giving regular joint performances since 1986.


They have successfully performed in Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, France and Germany in various International concert series and Festivals such as:


Volodja Balzalorsky
Volodja Balzalorsky
Ljubljana Summer Festival; Violin virtuosos - Belgrade; Ohrid Summer Festival; Concerts in Cankarjev dom - Ljubljana; Festival of contemporary music Radenci; Festival The Scene of Pristina; Concerts in HGZ- Zagreb; The Slovenian music days - Ljubljana; The European month of culture Ljubljana, Festival Nei Suoni dei Luoghi in Italy, The Spectrum Festival (various venues in Slovenia), Festival of Slovenian Culture in Cahors in France, etc.

In summer 2008, Duo Balzalorsky Haas is invited to perform in Rome at The Festival of Nations - FESTIVAL MUSICALE DELLE NAZIONI NOTTI ROMANE AL TEATRO DI MARCELLO XX EDIZIONE and in Norway at Nordland Music Festival in Bodo.


The interpretation of Bloch, Piston. Golob, Srebotnjak and Hindemith was highly suggestive and clearly performed.

Vecernji list - Zagreb




Volodja Balzalorsky and Hinko Haas have recorded for the principal radio stations [Ljubljana, Zagreb, Belgrade, Skopje, Maribor and Koper], for TV Slovenija, for LP and CD, embracing a wide repertory of music from the classical era to the contemporary. Some of renowned Slovenian composers have written music specifically for them to perform.

Exceptional musical phrasing, exuberant, impulsive emotionality and technical mastery - these were the chief distinctions of the violinist V. Balzalorsky and the pianist H. Haas

Music Panorama - Radio of Slovenia

HINKO HAAS is one of the leading Slovene pianists.


Volodja Balzalorsky

As a soloist and member of numerous chamber groups he has given concerts in Slovenia, Austria, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Russia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia and performed with Slovene and foreign orchestras and conductors. Hinko Haas has recorded for radio and television companies in Slovenia and abroad. Publishing houses of Eroica Classical Recordings, cantabel Productions, RTV Slovenia, Helidon and Edizione pizzicato have issued his recording on CDs and cassettes.

Since 1992 he has been Professor of piano at the Academy of Music of University of Ljubljana, where he holds also the position of Vice Dean.