Vid Ibic

Vid Ibic is a twenty-four-year-old pianist from Koper. He began his musical journey at the age of six in the class of Prof. Valentina Češnjevar. He continued his education with Prof. Selma Chicco Hajdin, while simultaneously attending a preparatory course at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz under Prof. Dr. Zuzana Niederdorfer, with whom he completed his bachelor’s degree in 2023.

He has won twenty-seven awards at national and international competitions, including more than ten absolute first places. Among his most significant accolades are first place at the Zlatko Grgošević International Piano Competition in Zagreb, as well as a gold award and first place at the Slovenian national competition TEMSIG in 2016, 2019, and 2022. He is the overall winner of the Young Talents Competition in Gorizia (2019), laureate and fifth prize recipient at the Canada International Piano Competition (2021), and third prize winner at the Nomea International Piano Competition (2021).

He regularly refines his knowledge at summer schools and piano masterclasses led by renowned musical artists. He has recorded multiple times in the professional studios of Radio Koper and PianoRoom, performed as part of the RTV series Young Virtuosos and the Graz festival ARS Sonore, and gave a solo recital at Maribor’s Poletne noči (Summer Nights). He has also performed as a soloist with an orchestra in Graz, the youth international orchestra IPSIA, and the Slovenian Philharmonic. During the 2022/2023 academic year, he performed 8 solo recitals across Slovenian music schools as part of EPTA’s Pianissimo series.

In 2019, he was selected as a “Young Hope” (Mladi up) in Zavarovalnica Triglav’s sponsorship project, and during his studies, he held a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture. Currently, he performs alongside violinist Timotej Willewaldt as Duo Ren, establishing themselves on both domestic and international stages. In 2026, they performed at the Kogojevi dnevi festival, GM oder, and Bridges 2 (Luxembourg). He is also a co-organizer of the Slovenian Youth Festival (Slovenski mladi abonma).