Maruša Brezavšček is a Slovenian recorder player, specialising in early and contemporary music, and is also active as a performer on the baroque bassoon and dulcian. She is based in Basel, Switzerland.

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Maruša has earned numerous prestigious accolades, both as soloist and leader of ensembles. In 2020, she won first prizes in two distinct categories at the TARF 3 (Tel Aviv Recorder Competition). In 2016, she secured first prize at the ERPS (European Recorder Players Society) Competition in Graz. In 2021, she was honored with the Ivan Werner Award for her solo performance with Musica Cubicularis at the Varaždinske Barokne Većeri festival. In 2022, Ensemble Pampinea, which she co-directed, won first prize at the LIFEM (London International Early Music Festival) competition. Her baroque Ensemble Bastion received EUBO Trust Award at the 2024 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition, and it has recently been selected for the S-EEEMERGING programme 2026-27.

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She has appeared as a soloist with orchestras/ensembles including Capricornus Consort Basel, Musica Cubicularis, and the Chamber Ensemble of the Slovenska Filharmonija. As a soloist with the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra, she has performed in prestigious venues in Israel, including Zucker Hall in Tel Aviv and the YMCA in Jerusalem.

 

Maruša has presented recitals in festivals like the London International Festival of Early Music, Tel Aviv Recorder Festival, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, Erasmus Klingt! Festival Lab in Basel, Festival Seviqc Brežice, Festival Radovljica, Varaždinske barokne većeri, Silver Abonement of Cankarjev Dom in Ljubljana, Komorni cikel Maribor. She has premiered works for recorder at the Scelsi Festival in Basel, the Koncertni Atelje in Ljubljana.

 

Maruša completed her bachelor studies with distinction at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg under the guidance of prof. Dorothee Oberlinger. She then went on to complete two master's degrees with distinction at the renowned Schola Cantorum Basiliensis: one in music pedagogy for early music and the other in performance practice of historical music, studying first with prof. Han Tol and then with prof. Andreas Böhlen. Additionally, during her undergraduate studies, she participated in an Erasmus exchange in Barcelona at the Escuela Superior de Música de Catalunya, enriching her knowledge under Dr. Pedro Memelsdorff. She also undertook further studies in the "corso libero - flauto dolce" program at the Luca Marenzio Conservatory in Brescia, focusing on contemporary repertoire for the recorder under Antonio Politano.

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Maruša has appeared on recordings produced by Slovenian National RTV, on several CDs and has premiered new works by distinguished Slovene and international composers.