The internationally represented ensemble Phylomena is dedicated to performing vocal and instrumental music from the High Middle Ages. With a flexible members list, it brings together musicians who are not only active in the field of early music, but who also, in addition to their classical education, contribute knowledge and experience from contemporary, traditional, and non-European music. The recreation of various musical traditions from the 12th and 13th centuries is enriched by expertise in musicology, historical linguistics, iconography, and historical anthropology, all with the aim of presenting to the audience a comprehensive image of a time that is very distant from ours in many ways and also surprisingly close in its intensity of emotion and devotion to the beauty of life.
Jasmina Črnčič is a vocalist and harpist with many years of experience in choral and theatrical creation. After completing formal education in classical singing and vocal pedagogy, she specialized in the performance of early music, particularly the repertoire of the High Middle Ages period. She is a member of internationally renowned medieval music ensembles Sequentia and Per Sonat and dedicates much of her time to developing new pedagogical approaches, which are especially suited for the study of medieval music.
She is a faculty member at Medieval Music Besalú, the international school for medieval music performance. As a chorus member and soloist with the Slovenian vocal ensemble Carmina Slovenica, she has performed in numerous stage and concert productions worldwide (Prototype Festival in New York, Melbourne Festival, Operadagen Rotterdam, Radialsystem V in Berlin, Holland Festival, Ruhrtriennale, and others).
Mojca Jerman is a baroque and classical violinist with an interest in exploring various historical aspects of musical performance. After completing her master’s degree at the Academy of Music in the class of Professor Vasilij Meljnikov, she continued her studies at the G. B. Martini Conservatory in Bologna. There, she completed the postgraduate studies in baroque violin in the class of Enrico Gatti. She completed both programs with distinction and honours. She spent a year studying at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz with Professor Priya Mitchell. During her studies, she received the student Prešeren Award.
Her love of art has led her to collaborate with many orchestras and ensembles, such as Insula orchestra, Anima Eterna, Orchestra Frau Musika, Musica Cubicularis, and the Antiphonus ensemble.
She is a member of several chamber groups and orchestras, both permanent and occasional: the baroque trio Ensemble Tacet, the baroque cast Nocturnalia ensemble, the medieval group Phylomena, and the piano trio Rêverie. With the latter, they won several awards, among others the 2015 Grand Prize Virtuoso Competition and received concerts in Paris, Bonn, and London as a result. She also performs with the group Messa di Voce, the orchestra FB Banda, and regularly collaborates with the SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana Orchestra.
She is the recipient of the Italian conservatories’ Il Premio Nazionale delle Arti 2021 in the category of early music.
