PRIMOŽ GRAŠIČ
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Primož Grašič playing guitar on stage

PRIMOŽ GRAŠIČ

Guitarist · Composer · Arranger · Educator
MORE THAN 35 YEARS ON STAGE. MORE THAN 30 YEARS TEACHING.
THE MUSICIAN
Over 35 years on stage.
Concerts, records and film music all around the world.
WATCH HIM PLAY
THE MENTOR
Over 30 years teaching.
His guitar school and student community, on grpguitarlessons.com.
LEARN WITH PRIMOŽ
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He has spent more than thirty-five years finding out what a guitar can say, and more than thirty teaching other people to say it.
Primož Grašič playing a Yamaha hollow-body guitar
A LIFE IN THE MUSIC
For more than three decades Primož Grašič has played jazz clubs, recording studios, festivals, big bands and symphony orchestras all around the world. Since 1990 he has been a soloist with the RTV Slovenia Big Band. He has played more than 2,000 concerts, recorded as a leader and appeared on more than 300 albums as a sideman, arranger and producer.
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SELECTED COLLABORATIONS
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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Martin Drew Steve Swallow Clark Terry Ray Brown Ed Thigpen Curtis Fuller Toots Thielemans Gary Burton Johnny Griffin Lenny White Buster Williams Ulf Wakenius Philip Catherine Boško Petrović Duško Gojković Georgie Fame Alvin Queen Mike Stern
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WATCH

ONE VIDEO, TREATED AS A STAGE
Introducing Primož Grašič
Making Of Mike Sponza & Central European Orchestra
2013
Talking to a Friend Jazz Continuo
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SELECTED MUSIC

Full discography →
Introducing — Primož Grašič Trio
INTRODUCING
Primož Grašič Trio — with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Martin Drew
Guitarist · Arranger
RECORDED IN ZAGREB, 1995
A Night Has a Thousand Eyes — Primož Grašič Quartet
A NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES
Primož Grašič Quartet
Guitarist · Arranger · Producer
ZLATI PETELIN, 1997
Body and Soul — Grašič, Catherine, Wakenius, Pedersen, Drew
BODY AND SOUL
Grašič · Catherine · Wakenius · Pedersen · Drew
Guitarist
JAZZETTE, RECORDED 1997
My Wish / Moja želja — Primož Grašič
MY WISH
Primož Grašič with the Big Band and Symphony Orchestra of RTV Slovenia
Composer · Arranger · Producer · Guitarist
2000
Two Faces — Primož Grašič
TWO FACES
Primož Grašič — double album: original compositions, and jazz standards for students
Composer · Guitarist
2015 · 2 CDS AND SCORES
Lost in a Lover's Dream — Georgie Fame
LOST IN A LOVER'S DREAM
Georgie Fame
Guitarist
STUDIO ALBUM, 2012
AS SIDEMAN, ARRANGER AND PRODUCER
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Boško Petrović Trio — Studio MGUITARIST
Ratko Divjak — CaravanGUITARIST, PRODUCER
Dominik Krajncan — BABn GABnGUITARIST, PRODUCER
Petar Ugrin — Ozri se v gnevuGUITARIST
Milko Lazar — Hunski hrbtiGUITARIST
Mike Sponza — Kakanic ProjectGUITARIST
Csaba Deseő — Magic ViolinGUITARIST
Braco Doblekar — Peace and LoveCOMPOSER, GUITARIST, PRODUCER
Janez Gregorc — For USGUITARIST
Oto Pestner — 30 YearsARRANGER, GUITARIST
Janez Bončina Benč — BendologijaARRANGER, GUITARIST
Greentown Jazz BandGUITARIST, PRODUCER
New Swing QuartetGUITARIST
Golden Box of BluesGUITARIST
SLEEVES
A SELECTION · SCANS AS FOUND
Primož Grašič Trio
My Wish
Body and Soul
Boško Petrović Trio — Live at Studio M
Boško Petrović — Round Midnight
Ratko Divjak — Caravan
Milko Lazar — Hunski hrbti
Petar Ugrin Quintet — Ozri se v gnevu
Dominik Krajnčan — BABn GABn
Mike Sponza — Kakanic Blues
Janez Gregorc — Hiša zvoka
Janez Gregorc — Za naju
Golden Box of Blues
New Swing Quartet — I Saw the Light
New Swing Quartet — We Shall Overcome
Greentown Jazz Band — Happy Years
Greentown Jazz Band
Big Band RTV Slovenia — 60
Big Band RTV Slovenia
Happy Christmas — Big Band RTV Slovenia
Jazz Fever 98
Emil Spruk — Without Return
Vitaly
Ura brez kazalcev
Nič ni nemogoče
Vse ob svojem času
Elda Viler
The Lake of Bled
Nihče ne ve
Nekaj je v zraku
Slovenska popevka 1998
Slovenska popevka 2001
Slovenska popevka 2003
Slovenska popevka 2005
Festival narečnih popevk 2006
Vesela jesen 2004
And more than 300 albums as a session guitarist, arranger and producer.
FILM & TELEVISION Babica gre na jug · Vrtičkarji · Predsednik · Petelinji zajtrk GUITARIST
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A LIFE IN MUSIC

THEN TO NOW
1993
1993
Umbria Jazz, Perugia — one of Europe’s premier jazz festivals
1994
Amsterdam — EBU Big Band, under Jerry van Rooijen and Henk Meutgeert
1995
Azur Jazz Cruise, led by Clark Terry, with Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen and Curtis Fuller
1995
Introducing — recorded in Zagreb with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Martin Drew. Nominated for best jazz album of the year in Croatia.
1996
European Jazz Night — trio with Steve Swallow and Dennis Mackrel
1997
Zlati petelin — Slovenia’s top national music award, jazz category, for Noč ima tisoč oči / A Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1998
Cork Jazz Festival, Ireland, and Sarajevo — with the B.P. All-Stars
1999
Ljubljana Jazz Festival, under Maria Schneider. Back in Cork with the B.P. All-Stars and Lew Soloff.
2000
My Wish, with the RTV Slovenia Big Band and Entertainment Orchestra. Maribor Philharmonic under Lalo Schifrin.
2001
Johnny Griffin · Copenhagen Jazz Festival · three concerts in Tehran with the Manfred Josel Quintet
2003
Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana — Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue for guitar and symphony orchestra, conducted by David de Villiers
2004
Jazz Kamp Kranj founded, with his brother Gregor. Still running.
2005
Official Yamaha Artist, with an international endorsement
2006
Gorenjska Prešeren Award for cultural achievement
2009
Lincoln Center, New York — with Lenny White, Buster Williams and George Colligan
2011
GRP Guitar Lessons founded. University of Ljubljana’s highest cultural award.
2012
Studio album with Georgie Fame. GRP Studio opens.
2013
A project with Mike Sponza, conducting the Central European Orchestra — released on CD and DVD
2015
Two Faces — double album of original compositions and jazz standards for students
2019
Prešeren Award of the Municipality of Kranj, with Gregor, for Jazz Kamp Kranj
Primož Grašič quartet at Lincoln Center, New York, 2009
Lincoln Center, New York — with George Colligan, Buster Williams and Lenny White
2009
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FROM THE ARCHIVE

CONTACT SHEET
with the Yamaha SA2200
with Duško Gojković
a clinic poster, pinned up
with Mike Stern
PRINT SCAN · GRAIN LEFT AS FOUND
with Vlatko Stefanovski
soundcheck, New York
at work, behind the stands
with Alvin Queen and Georgie Fame
rehearsal, with the Revstar
in the studio, 2025
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THE
INSTRUMENT
YAMAHA ARTIST SINCE 2005
Yamaha SA2200·CPX15·CPX1200·RGX420·SG1800·Revstar·AC3n
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GRP GUITAR LESSONS

LEARN WITH
PRIMOŽ

Guitar is a language. You learn it by playing, listening and playing with other people — not by watching another video.
HOW YOU ACTUALLY GET BETTER
FOUR STEPS · EVERY WEEK
1 YOU PLAY
Record yourself and post it in the community.
2 HE ANSWERS
Primož replies in the thread. Short and specific.
3 HE TAKES IT APART
Your video goes up in the next live session. He plays it back, works through it, and shows you on the guitar what worked and what didn't.
4 EVERYONE LEARNS
The whole group is in the room. You learn from other players' recordings as much as from your own.
You are not paying for access to videos. You are paying for a teacher who listens to your recording and tells you what to work on next.
—STRUCTURED PATH: BASIC LESSONS, THEN JAZZ / ADVANCED
—WEEKLY LIVE SESSIONS AND LIVE WORKSHOPS WITH PRIMOŽ
—SMALL GROUPS, LIVE, WITH A MENTOR PRESENT
—MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS OF TEACHING
Primož Grašič in the GRP studio
THE TEACHER
Primož has been teaching for more than thirty years. He prepares students for entry into Europe’s leading music conservatories, and has lectured in improvisation at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. What he teaches is not a collection of exercises. It is how to improvise, how to listen, and how to find your own voice on the instrument.
Primož Grašič with a Yamaha guitar in the studio
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JAZZ KAMP
KRANJ
Founded in 2004 with his brother Gregor, in their home town. A summer camp and festival where students, teachers and international guests play together for ten days. It has been running ever since.
jazzkamp.com ↗
Jazz Kamp Kranj
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CONTACT

Concerts, festivals, studio sessions, arranging and press. Messages from this form go straight to Primož.
info@primozgrasic.com
Want to learn with Primož? Lessons, live sessions and the student community are on grpguitarlessons.com ↗
Your name, email and message are sent to Primož by email and kept only so he can reply to you.
Primož Grašič in concert
PRIMOŽ GRAŠIČ
Guitarist · Composer · Arranger · Educator