Ana Kavčič Pucihar

Flutist, assist. Ana Kavčič Pucihar, Ph.D., researches instrumental music pedagogy at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, Slovenia. There, she graduated in the class of Prof. Fedja Rupel (1999) and completed her artistic specialization (2001). Under his mentorship with the co-supervision of associate prof. Branka Rotar Pance, she completed her Master’s degree in 2011 and her Doctoral degree in 2019 under the latter’s supervision.

As a flute teacher, Ana Kavčič Pucihar has designed a flute method that enables joyful musical experiences for aspiring young flute players. She has presented the method at numerous teachers’ seminars in Slovenia, Croatia, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the USA.
Ana is the author of Igramo se flavto, the first Slovenian flute tutor book accepted in the Slovenian State Music School flute curriculum. With Blaz Pucihar, they created a translation and adaptation of her flute method book Fluting Stars, winner of the Newly Published Music Competition 2016 of the National Flute Association in the USA.

Young flute players worldwide love to join the adventures of Luna’s Magic Flute and Flute at Play, Ana and Blaz’s musical collections for flute and piano. In 2023, they created a new musical journey for young flute players, From Dinosaur to Virtuoso, illustrated by award-winning illustrator Korky Paul.

In 2015 Ana was a Fulbright Scholar at Boise State University/USA, researching effective teaching strategies in flute instruction, teaching, performing, and presenting her flute method at the University of Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran University/USA.
Ana Kavčič Pucihar received the prestigious Slovenian Music Educators’ Gerbič Award (2015) for outstanding performing and flute teaching accomplishments.
Currently, she is an assistant for Woodwind Pedagogy and a researcher at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. She also leads her private music school, Glasbénium.