String Quartet "Accadémia" – Mojca Fortin, violin ( Prof. Dejan Bravničar), Beti Bratina, violin ( Prof. Monika Skalar), Gea Pantner Volfand, viola ( Prof. Mile Kosi) in Zoran Bičanin, cello ( Prof. Miloš Mlejnik) – was formed in the autumn of 2009 in the class of Prof. Tomaž Lorenz. Since their debut concert in February 2010, they have been regulary preforming in their country as well as abroad. In February 2010 they successfully represented the Ljubljana Academy of Music within the framework of the "Slovenian Month" in Hungary with concerts in Budapest and Békéscsaba. In April of the same year, the Quartet appeared in front of a Slovenian audience for the first time with a show in Ljubljana, part of the "Sounds of the Young" cycle of concerts. In February 2011 they held concerts in Kranj, Celje, Ljubljana and Koper within the framework of the GM ODER. In September of the same year they performed within the ''Autumn Serenades'' cycle in Ljubljana, Preska, Jesenice, Ajdovščina and Dravograd. The Quartet has also collaborated with the harpist Erika Gričar and the clarinettist Lovro Turin (at Lent 2011) as well as with the Polish saxophonist Grzech Piotrowski on the occasion of the Polish presidency of the European Union. In December 2011 the Quartet Accadémia performed within the framework of the International Music Youth in Zagreb and Belgrade. The Quartet was a finalist in the competition "Amici della Musica" in Udine and perfected their knowledge by participating in the Trio di Parma seminar. They were also recipients of the "Prešeren award" of the Academy of Music in Ljubljana.