Davorin Mori is one of the most prominent representatives of the younger generation of Slovenian conductors, currently based in Vienna.

Since autumn 2024, he has served as Principal Guest Conductor of the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra.

He made his breakthrough at the Opening Festival of the Salzburg Festival in 2016, where he conducted Karen Asatrian’s Mass Prayer Wheel for jazz ensemble and choir. The live recording of the performance was released by Universal Austria.

Since then, he has appeared with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of SNG Maribor, the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, the Armenian State Orchestra, the Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra Szeged, and the Camerata Sinfonica Austria, where he also serves as Artistic Director. From 2021 to 2024, Mori was Assistant to the Chorus Director Thomas Lang at the Vienna State Opera, and he has also worked as Guest Chorus Director at Malmö Opera.

Mori maintains regular collaborations with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as with the opera company Pro Artes Vienna. With the Camerata Sinfonica Austria, he has conducted operettas and operas such as Die lustige Witwe, Im weißen Rößl, Hänsel und Gretel, Die Csárdásfürstin, as well as a wide range of concert programs. With the Klagenfurt Ensemble, he has led the world premieres of two operas by American composer Erling Wold: YKCYC (2012) and Daphne's Garden (2023).

As a pianist, Mori has performed at international festivals including the Carinthian Summer, the International Arts Festival Shanghai, the Imagine Festival Antwerp, the St. Paul Cultural Summer, Classical Music in Klagenfurt, Proms on Stage: Young Artists Linz, and the Ljubljana Festival. He has appeared as soloist with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria, among others, and frequently performs with the renowned Slovenian mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink. Since 2022 he has taught piano at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he was appointed Senior Artist in Piano in 2025.

In 2025, his recording of the ballet music Man with the Knife by Slovenian composer Milko Lazar was released on both CD and LP. In total, Mori has recorded eleven albums as a chamber music partner, pianist, and conductor.

He studied piano and conducting at the Carinthian State Conservatory in Klagenfurt with Alexei Kornienko, piano at the Mozarteum University Salzburg with Claudius Tanski, and conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in the classes of Johannes Wildner and Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

Davorin Mori is a member of the Slovenian Society for Modern Music Janus Atelier.