Borut Kržišnik is a Slovenian contemporary composer, based in Ljubljana. He was born in Zagreb in 1961. The child of a diplomatic family, he moved frequently during his childhood, both within former Yugoslavia and abroad, before finally settling in Ljubljana. Living among different nationalities and experiencing different mentalities helped form his understanding of diversity, something which has certainly contributed to his broad approach to music.

He played piano as a child, eventually switching to guitar and building up his unique way of composing. He graduated in Psychology from the University of Ljubljana, but soon afterwards devoted himself to music.

Intensity, diversity and exciting changes are the main characteristics of his music. The key moment in his musical stories is not only emphasising contrasts but rather building bridges between them - crashing the differences till they burn or dance together. Using a polyglot musical language, the composer weaves a thread through all these contrasts and introduces them to us with inspiring optimism.