Every September Festival Maribor Orchestra is formed by both, renowned soloists, as well as orchestral and chamber musicians from all over the world.  The leadership of Richard Tognetti is based on excellence, which evokes enthusiasm and joy in playing together. The Orchestra’s core principles are opening up to each other, listening to each other, and getting unique experience.

The Festival Orchestra assures cross-pollination of various creative approaches, which also became festival's tradition. This year it joins musicians from the Slovenian Philharmonic orchestra, the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozart Orchestra, Graz and Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestras and Symphony Orchestra of the Slovenian National Opera and Ballet Maribor. 

1. VIOLINS
Dunja Bontek, Evgenia Murtazaeva, Gregor Traven, Janez Podlesek - Concert master, Jelena Dragnić, Matjaž Porovne, Matjaž Žižek, Miona Vujović, Oksana Pečeny, Oliver Dizdarević, Sarah Drake, Satu Vänskä – Concert master, Tijana Milošević - Concert master, Viktor Petek, Živa Ciglenečki

2. VIOLINS
Daša Savič, Irina Kevorkova - Principal, Ivan Pejić – Principal, Lucija Krišelj, Marko Hvala, Marko Jerbić, Matej Haas, Miladin Batalović, Neža Klinar, Rok Zgonc - Principal, Simon Petek, Slavica Perić, Žiga Faganel

VIOLAS
Christian Marshall, Eva Koprivšek, Hindenburg Leka - Principal, Klemen Bračko,Ladislau Cristian Andris, Levente Gidro, Marija Rome, Nejc Mikolič, Tamara Marinković, Tomasz Wabnic – Principal

CELLOS
Andrej Petrač – Principal, Gorazd Strlič, Jaka Stadler - Principal, Katja Meljnikov, Klemen Hvala, Martin Sikur, Maruša Bogataj, Niko Sajko, Sebastian Bertoncelj, Tamara Gombač

DOUBLE BASSES
Darko Kovačič – Principal, Dimitar Ivanov – Principal, Grega Rus, Todor Marković, Zoran Marković - Principal, Žiga Trilar

FLUTES
Mateja Kremljak, Milena Lipovšek

OBOES
Astrid Kukovič, Claudia Pavarin, Enrico Cossio, Eva Drolc

CLARINETS
Jure Hladnik, Lovro Turin, Mitja Ritlop

BASSOONS
Anzhelika Chernykh, Žarko Perišić, Matko Smolčić

HORNS
Borut Pahič, Boštjan Lipovšek, Jože Rošer, Viktor Kirčenkov

TRUMPETS
Franc Kosem, Peter Firšt, Urška Kurbos

TROMBONES
Jure Smej, Marko Ilić, Urban Turjak, Wolf Hagen Hoyer

TUBE

Uroš Vegelj

SAXOPHONE

Rok Volk

HARPSICHORD
Tomaž Sevšek

TIMPANI
Jože Bogolin

PERCUSSION
Simon Klavžar, Špela Mastnak

HARP
Anja Gaberc

PIANO
Klemen Golnar

CELESTA
Nikolaos Zafranas

ACCORDION

David Novak