Trumpeter · Composer · Educator
IgorMatković
Ljubljana · Slovenia
Jazz, film scores, and the spaces between silence and sound.
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Trumpeter · Composer · Educator
Ljubljana · Slovenia
Jazz, film scores, and the spaces between silence and sound.
2025 · New Single
A new collaboration between Igor Matković and singer-songwriter Žan Hauptman. Velvet Tides brings together Igor's signature trumpet sound with Hauptman's warm vocals in an atmospheric, deeply melodic composition. Available on all streaming platforms.
Listen now →May 2025
ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS Pocket.Star Igor Matković – trumpet | Lenart De Bock – saxophone | Jani Moder
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Corner Light is a heartfelt exploration of finding warmth and hope in unexpected places. Its rich harmonies and emotive
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Radost, directed by Nejc Gazvoda and performed at MGL Ljubljana, is a poignant and deeply resonant exploration of
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Pocket Star captures the fleeting beauty of small, meaningful moments that often go unnoticed. With its delicate melodies and
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
Born into a family where jazz records were played by his father — a classical trumpet player — Igor grew to become a prolific jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator.
He completed his Masters degree at the University of Graz, Austria in 2009. Traveling through Europe and America — particularly New York — he studied with celebrated players including Stjepko Gut, John Swana, Charles Toliver, and Dave Rodgers.
As a session musician, Igor has recorded over 30 albums across a range of genres. He was a regular member of the European Movement Jazz Orchestra, releasing on the Clean Feed™ label in 2011. His recordings have taken him from Cairo to Beijing, Brussels to Casablanca.
Igor has composed music for over 700 episodes of daily television series — among them some of Slovenia's most beloved and widely watched programmes. He also composes for theatre and film, and holds the position of Assistant Professor of Jazz Trumpet at the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana.
Selected Festivals & Venues
Pocket.Star departs somewhat from traditional jazz compared to Igor Matković's previous projects, yet it retains improvisation as the key building block of mutual communication and musical creation.
This record is one of the most mature and significant works in the history of Slovenian jazz today. It simply is, it exists — as an intimate experience of a person who accepts transience and, by sharing his insights with those willing to listen, becomes universal.
The central performer conveys a sense of complete presence in the moment itself — living and reliving every tone, striving not so much toward the development of musicality as toward the discovery of sound itself.
"I didn't have my own space, so I created one."
2010
Motion in Two Dimensions
Igor Matković feat. Marko Črnčec
Debut album
Latest Project · 2024–present
Igor Matković's newest ensemble — a six-piece group capturing fleeting beauty and introspection. Debut album released May 2025.
Band · 2016–present
Exploring the blurred boundaries between analog and digital life. Two albums: The Path of 01 and Trash Society.
Group · 2014–present
Jazz, atmospheric music, free improvisation and electronically processed sound. Featuring outstanding Slovenian musicians.
Project · 2013
Collaboration with acclaimed Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski — longstanding collaborator of Tomasz Stańko and ECM Records artist.
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"I didn't have my own space, so I created one."
Igor Matković
