Alja Velkaverh-Roskams

Alja Velkaverh began her musical education at the music school in Piran, Slovenia, and continued her studies at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, later at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Hansgeorg Schmeiser. In parallel, she completed postgraduate studies in Italy with Peter-Lukas Graf. In 2005, Alja Velkaverh became an academy member of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and in the following years was engaged as principal flutist with the Bamberg Symphony, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and the Stuttgart Philharmonic. Since 2010, she has been the principal flutist of the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln.

In addition, she regularly performs with ensembles such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Orchestra, and at La Scala in Milan. She is also active in chamber music, notably with the Ensemble Spira Mirabilis and as a founding member of the concert series “Kammermusik für Köln.” Since 2015, Alja Velkaverh has held a teaching position at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.