Inara Duo

The piano duo consists of pianists Ina Krajnc (born in 2000) and Klara Lužnik (born in 2001), who met in 2016 at the Maribor Conservatory of Music and Ballet, where they both successfully completed their secondary music education. In 2020, they continued their studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Austria), where they graduated in June 2024 – Ina under the guidance of Prof. Till Fellner and Klara under the guidance of Prof. Zuzana Niederdorfer.

They started as a piano duo in 2021 in the class of the duo Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg. In October 2024, they continued their master’s studies in piano duo performance at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz under their guidance.

They have achieved success at several international competitions. In March 2023, they won the absolute first prize at the TEMSIG national competition, as well as a special prize for their interpretation of Scriabin’s Fantasy for Two Pianos. In November 2024, they won first prize at the International Piano Competition in Rome, and in December of the same year, they also received an award at the Martha Debelli Competition, held at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. In November 2025, they won joint first prize (ex aequo) at the 11th Premio Internazionale Giangrandi-Eggman.

In October 2025, they successfully passed the audition for the Piano-Piano Academy in Paris (France), which offers opportunities for further artistic development with renowned pianists and teachers. They will continue their studies at the academy in the 2026/2027 academic year.

In March 2026, they were among the six finalists of the Ilmari Hannikainen Piano Chamber Music Competition in Finland. As soloists, they performed Francis Poulenc’s Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor with the Jyväskylä Sinfonia and became laureates of the competition, receiving third prize.

In recent years, they have performed at numerous concert venues in Slovenia and abroad and taken part in various festivals and concert tours. Highlights include a concert in Verona, concert at the Arsana Festival and Festival Lent, performance at Salle Cortot in Paris, concert tours in Sicily (Italy) and Lapland (Finland), and performances at the Oropa Music Festival in Italy and the Rungis Piano-Piano Festival in France.

They regularly further develop their musical skills with renowned pianists and teachers, including Ludmila Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle, Marie-Josèphe Jude, Paul Schenly and Peter Eicher.