Lana Kuščer

Slovenian flutist Lana Kuščer performed as soloist in Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, and Houston’s Jones Hall. She has given recitals throughout Europe, United States, and Asia, including performances at London’s Houses of Parliament and Lizbon’s Palácio Foz. She performed Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto at the Sarasota Music Festival and was a featured artist at Festival Imago Sloveniae, Ávila International Music Festival, London August Music Festival, Shanghai Conservatory Jazz Music Season, Festival ARTIS, Lent International Summer Festival, and as contemporary chamber musician at Opus XXI Festival in France and Germany. Kuščer is an Assistant Professor of Flute at Sam Houston State University and serves on the faculty at Ávila International Music Festival in Spain. She is a member of the Richardson Symphony Orchestra and regularly performs with the contemporary music ensemble Aperio, her past positions including Orchester Jakobsplatz München, Classical Concert Chamber Orchestra, and collaborations with English National Opera. Prizes include Elise Meyer Competition (Germany), Euritmia (Italy), TEMSIG (Slovenia), and the National Presser Foundation Award (USA). Kuščer is an Honors graduate of the Royal College of Music London (BM), Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (MM), Royal Danish Academy of Music (MM exchange), and holds a Doctorate degree from the University of North Texas, where she was a Toulouse Fellowship Scholar. Her principal teachers were Mary Karen Clardy, Susan Milan, Moshe Aron Epstein and Toke Lund Christiansen.