Domen Koren was born in Ljubljana in 1995. He began his studies with prof. Betka Bizjak Kotnik at Music School Moste-Polje at the age of 8 and later continued his studies at the Conservatory of music and ballet in Ljubljana in the class of Lev Pupis. He is currently in the first year of Master studies in the class of Matjaž Drevenšek at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. As an exchange student he was improving skills at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, in the class of Joonatan Rautiola. Koren has been awarded several first prizes and golden plaques in national and international competitions. As a soloist he has performed twice with the wind orchestra of the Conservatory of Music in Ljubljana and twice with the Slovenian Philharmonics. He is very active as a chamber musician. As a member of  different groups he has performed numerous concerts around Slovenia as well as across the Europe. Apart from his busy concert schedule, Koren collaborates with young Slovenian and foreign composers and regularly substitutes in many professional orchestras, such as the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana, the RTV Symphonic orchestra, Slovenian Police Orchestra and Orchestra of Slovenian Army. After the audition, he was accepted both to Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and Schleswig-Holstein Festival orchestra with which he performed in famous concert halls.