International Children’s singing Festival Brežice 2023

This year’s 7th International Children’s Singing Festival in Brežice will host 55 young, talented singers aged 5 to 17, divided into three age groups. The expert jury had a very difficult task. From the 136 singers registered, at auditions in Slovenia, Croatia and online, the 55 best had to be selected. The selected singers come from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Moldova, Slovakia and Malta.


The seventh year of the successful operation of the International Children’s Singing Festival “Brežice” is also closely monitored by the World Association of Performing Arts (WAPA – World Association of Performing Arts), which will also honor us this year with its guest appearance and participation in the expert jury of the final evening, as honorary members of the international jury:

Armando Gukasyan President WAPA (President of the World Association of Performing Arts – WAPA) and Evelina Batey President WAPA Europe (President of the World Association of Performing Arts – WAPA Europe)

The members of the expert jury in the final evening on August 27 are also: Jožica Zupančič (clarinet professor at the Brežice Music School), Alen Jelušić (Glazbeno Plesni Studio Ritam Klanjec, producer) and Dejan Stojanov (musician and singer from Macedonia). In the semi-final evenings of August 25th and 26th, the expert jury will consist of Jožica Zupančič, Alen Jelušić and Dubravka Jelušić.

Audition results 2023 have been sent to applicants!Rezultati avdicije 2023 so poslani prijaviteljem!

We sincerely thank all the participants of the audition for the International Children’s Singing Festival Brežice 2023 for their cooperation, and the applicants for their trust. Of course, we could not accept all 136 applicants this year either, as we can place a maximum of 60 performers at the Brežice International Children’s Singing Festival, 30 for each semi-final evening. Applicants are asked to explain these numerical limitations to all their young talented singers who may not have been able to make it to our festival this year and kindly advise them to apply next year. It is also important to understand that those who did not have a backup song and entered with the same song as someone before them could not be considered for the audition. It is important that you submit your application every year as soon as possible and without fail with an additional, spare song.

We sincerely congratulate everyone who made it to our festival, and we would like to thank the others for submitting their applications and thereby showing their trust!

The application deadline is coming up!Rok za prijavo se izteka!

Dear mentors, parents, dear singers! We would like to inform you that the application deadline for the International Children’s Singing Festival Brežice 2023 is slowly coming to an end and will only be possible until June 9, 2023.

June 11, 2023 at 3:00pm – Auditions Croatia
June 18, 2023 at 3:00pm – Auditions Slovenia
August 25, 2023 – Semifinals part 1
August 26, 2023 – Semifinals part 2
August 27, 2023 – Grand Finals

We are publishing a call for the Brežice International Children’s Singing Festival 2023

Dear singers, mentors and parents! We are pleased to publish a call for the 7th International Children’s Singing Festival Brežice 2023! Please read the tender thoroughly and only then start filling out the application form. The application deadline is June 9th 2023 and the dates of all festival activities are:

June 11th 2023 at 3:00pm – Auditions Croatia
June 18th 2023 at 3:00pm – Auditions Slovenia
August 25th 2023 – Part 1 Semifinals
August 26th 2023 – Part 2 Semifinals
August 27th 2023 – Grand Finals

TV Show Mednarodni otroški pevski festival Brežice 2022

TV Show International Children’s Singing Festival Brežice 2022 is published on our YouTube chanel. Local TV schedule will be published on our Facebook page.

Mednarodni otroški pevski festival Brežice 2022 – Part 1 (first and second age group):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWOHvZGObi8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWOHvZGObi8

Mednarodni otroški pevski festival Brežice 2022 – Part 2 (third age group):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-9_uly6mtI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-9_uly6mtI

If you wish to view a separate singers performances Mednarodnega otroškega pevskega festivala Brežice 2022, click here: Ogled posameznih nastopov

Winners of 6th International children’s singing festival Brežice 2022

The overall winner of the Brežice International Children’s Singing Festival 2022 is TIA VALENTINC, a 16-year-old excellent singer from Krško, who introduced herself to the audience with the song “The voice within” by Christina Aguilera!

Tia Valentinc (foto: Luka Rudman)

According to the expert jury, the winners of the International Children’s Singing Festival Brežice 2022 are:

Age group 6 to 9 years:

1st place: Leo OgrizekSlovenija
2nd place: Alina Jezernik ŠircaSlovenija
3rd place: Tonka JadrićHrvaška

Age group 10 to 13 years:

1st place: Eva Brumen KošarSlovenija
2nd place: Josip ŠušnjaraHrvaška
3rd place: Monika JukićHrvaška

Age group 14 to 17 years:

1st place: Tia ValentincSlovenija
2nd place: Eva Julija BorovšakSlovenija
3rd place: Hana GrubičSlovenija
From left to right: župan Občine Brežice Ivan Molan, voditeljica Anja Urek, Tia Valentinc, Eva Julija Borovšak, Hana Grubič, Tia Grubelnik, Monika Jukić, Josip Šušnjara, Eva Brumen Košar, Tonka Jadrić, Alina Jezernik Širca, Leo Ogrizek, Iva Mozetič, organizatorica festivala Brigita Šuler, producent festivala Alen Jelušić
(foto: Luka Rudman)

The winners of the International Children’s Singing Festival Brežice 2022 according to the audience:

1st place: Iva MozetičSlovenija
2nd place: Tia GrubelnikSlovenija
3rd place: Leo OgrizekSlovenija

All the other 48 singers of the International Children’s Singing Festival Brežice share an excellent 4th place! The organizers and producers of the festival congratulate everyone!

The second part of the finalists is known

We are publishing the list of the second part of the finalists, chosen by the expert jury and the audience at the second part of the semi-finals of the International Children’s Singing Festival Brežice 2022:

1st age group from 6 to 9 years

Leo OgrizekSlovenija
Alina Jezernik ŠircaSlovenija

2nd age group from 10 to 13 years

Milica DumanovskiBosna in Hercegovina
Zlata JurisicHrvaška
Tia GrubelnikSlovenija
Josip ŠušnjaraHrvaška
Monika JukićHrvaška
Paola ŠpanićHrvaška

3rd age group from 14 to 17 years

Tia ValentincSlovenija
Karolina GenorioSlovenija
Paola JurkićHrvaška
Kira Štruc-JuričkiSlovenija

12 singers made it to the finals.

(foto: Luka Rudman)

All of you who did not make it to the final, know that you share the excellent 4th place of the International Children’s Singing Festival Brežice 2022 with the other participants.

The first part of the finalists is known

We are publishing the list of the first part of the finalists, chosen by the expert jury and the audience at the first part of the semi-finals of the International Children’s Singing Festival Brežice 2022:

1st age group from 6 to 9 years

Tonka JadrićHrvaška
Nikolina KatavićHrvaška
Iva MozetičSlovenija



2nd age group from 10 to 13 years

Eva Brumen KošarSlovenija
Pia KraljSlovenija
Lea PućoHrvaška
Jora MulecSlovenija
Katarina KrebsSlovenija
Patricia SalkićSlovenija



3rd age group from 14 to 17 years

Eva Julija BorovšakSlovenija
Hana GrubičSlovenija
Lara Kim BuzovSlovenija
Lina BanićHrvaška



V finale se je uvrstilo 13 pevk.

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(foto: Luka Rudman)

All of you who did not make it to the final, know that you share the excellent 4th place of the International Children’s Singing Festival Brežice 2022 with the other participants.