Jure Cerkovnik (Slovenia, 1990) is a young Slovenian classical guitarist. He graduated in 2013 from Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna (Austria), where he studied in the class of prof. Alvaro Pierri. After master degree in 2015 he proceeded with his second master at Hochschule der Künste in Zürich in the class of prof. Anders Miolin. Jure participated on many national and international music competitions and won 17 first, second and special prizes. He performed throughout Europe and Asia in Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. In 2018 and 2019 he was on the Tour in Asia (Japan and Taiwan). He takes part of various festivals such as Forum Wien, Zagreb Guitar Festival, Zurich Guitar Days, Lucerne Guitar Festival, Vienna Guitar Festival, Postojna Guitar Week, Sarajevo International Guitar Festival, Acerra Guitar Meeting, where he regularly teaches masterclasses and/or performs concerts. In February 2017 he had his solo debut in renowned Konzerthaus in Vienna. Jure also performed in Arnold Schoenberg Centre Wien, Ehrbar Saal in Vienna, National theatre in Sarajevo, Slovenian Philharmony, castle Werdenberg. Jure has also performed as a soloist with several orchestras. Recently, he recorded his first CD Palettes, which was released in December 2017 under the Baros Records label featuring works of Ponce, Ourkouzounov, Rebay and Bogdanović.