Perpetuum Jazzile (PJ), Slovene choir which performs a cappella arrangements of popular songs and compositions of various genres (pop/jazz/folk/gospel/classics) is celebrating 30 years of its existence with performances displaying its traditional vocal extravagance on a tour of Germany and the United States.

On 21 March, the first European day of Early Music will be organized by REMA (Réseau Européen de Musique Ancienne / European Early Music Network) in order to bring this music to a wider audience.

The festival featured works by composers from all EU countries. Uroš Rojko was representing Slovenian music.

Druga godba Festival has again been selected by British magazine Songlines among the 25 best festivals in the world.

Extensive collection of digitized musical material is available

Among this year's recipients of the highest Slovenian award for achievements in the field of culture are three opera singers.

Ensemble Modern performed the awarded works of the competition at the opening concert of the ECLAT New Music Festival in Stuttgart and among them the prize-winning composition by the Slovenian composer Vito Žuraj.

On 19 January 2013 Marko Letonja made his highly successful opera debut in the Vienna State Opera, conducting Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades.

On Wednesday, 16 January, the programme for this year’s festival Slovenian Music Week (STG) was revealed at a press conference in the Centre for Urban Culture Kino Šiška. The second edition of the festival will take place between 5 and 8 February at various locations in Ljubljana. This year the 4-day festival will showcase a variety of events: workshops, lectures, round tables with international guests and concerts by national and foreign music groups.

Wagner's opera The Flying Dutchman received its premiere performance At Cankarjev dom's Gallus Hall, on Friday 18 January 2013. Wagner's masterpieces have not been staged in Slovenia since 1984.