Every September the Maribor Festival Orchestra is formed by both, renowned soloists, as well as orchestral and chamber musicians from all over the world.

The leadership of the artistic director 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.

I. VIOLIN
Richard Tognetti, Satu Vänskä, Janez Podlesek, Majda Petrič, Sören  Elbaek, Oliver Dizdarevič,Kristupas Keller, Gregor Traven, Filip Feguš, Silva Katavič, Jelka Glavnik, Inkeri Vänskä

II. VIOLIN
Irina Kevorkova, Rok Zgonc, Nina Smej, Miladin Batalović, Nina Pirc, Rado Šteharnik, Žiga Cerar, Simon Feguš, Đorđe Berak

VIOLA
Chaim Steller, Maja Rome, Alexandre Razera, Nejc Mikolič, Tomaž Malej, Mateja Ratajc, Andrej Feguš

VIOLONCELLO
Igor Mitrovič, Monika Leskovar, Gregor Marinko, Niko Sajko, Gorazd Strlič, Maruša Bogataj, Jernej Feguš

DOUBLE-BASS
Christian Braica, Slobodan Gerić, Petar Brčarević, Darko Kovačič, Branimir Vulič

FLUTE
Matej Grahek, Milena Lipovšek, Eva-Nina Kozmus, Mateja Kremljak

OBOE
Christopher Bouwman, Matej Šarc, Melina Todorovska

CLARINET
Jure Hladnik, Davor Reba, Gregor Kovačič

BASSOON
Paolo Calligaris, Nenad Janković, Sergio Lazzeri

HORN
Boštjan Lipovšek, Borut Pahič, Joško Rošer, Felix Hetzel

TRUMPET
Stanko Arnold, Jure Gradišnik, Jure Močilnik , Laszlo Toth, Matjaž Klemenc, Urška Kurbos, Horvath Bence, Igor Konečnik, Simon Štelcer, Molnar Zoltan, Anžej Remšak, Matjaž Kaučič

TROMBONE
Miha Šuler, Jure Smej, Marko Ilič, Matej Krajter

TUBA
Gabor Adamik, Gyorgy Gyivicsan, Toni Verzelak

PERCUSSION
Tomislav Kovačić, Barbara Kresnik, Matevž Bajde, Goran Gorše, Špelca Mastnak, David Slatinek, Tomaž Lojen, Jože Bogolin, Marina Golja 

HARP, CELESTA, PIANO
Diana Grubišić-Čiković, Anja Kožuh

PIANO
Adriana Magdovski

HARPSICHORD, ORGAN
Tomaž Sevšek