Aljaž Cvirn (1992) is a young Slovenian classical guitarist. He graduated in 2014 at the Akademija za glasbo in Ljubljana (Slovenia), where he studied in the class of prof. Tomaž Rajterič. In the same year, he proceeded with his master studies at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Switzerland) in the class of prof. Anders Miolin, where he also finished his second master’s degree in 2018 and soon after enrolled in a further education program of excellence at the Musik Akademie Basel, where he studied in the class of prof. Paul Galbraith. Aljaz teaches at the Musikschule Konservatorium Zurich and Kantonsschule Uster.

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He performed throughout Europe; in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Croatia and Slovenia, where he participated in various festivals such as Zürich Guitar Days, Lucerne Guitar Festival, Postojna Guitar Week ,Stradivari Stiftung and many others. In April 2018 he recorded his debut CD, together with the German violoncellist Isabel Gehweiler. The CD was released under Solo Musica label, featuring sonatas for violoncello and guitar.

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Aljaž participated in many national and international music competitions and won more than 10 first, second, third and special prizes. In 2014 he received the Prešeren Award, awarded by the Akademija za glasbo in Ljubljana (Slovenia).

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Music critics on several occasions recognized the quality and value of his performances. On one occasion his performance was described as follows: "The young duo, takes the technical hurdles with breathtaking sovereignty and an astonishing flair for pointed characterization of the presented pieces to the day." (Walter Bronner, Weiler Zeitung)

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His guitar repertoire is very diverse. He performs classical works of all periods from the Renaissance, the Baroque to the modern period of the 20th century music. A big part of his repertoire consists of a great amount of chamber music in different formations. He regularly plays with musicians such as: Sebastian Bohren, Isabel Gehweiler, Tanja Sonc and Jure Cerkovnik.