Marco GrazianiVIOLIN 21. – 26. 8. 2024. MARCO GRAZIANI was born on 20 June 1988 in Rijeka, Croatia. From 1995-2000 he attended the Music School «Ivan Matetić Ronjgov» in Rijeka. In 2000, he started taking violin classes with Prof. Leonid Sorokow from the Vienna University of Music who later became his professor at the Zagreb…
Krešimir BedekGUITAR 22. – 26. 8. 2021. Krešimir Bedek graduated from the Zagreb Music Academy in the class of Darko Petrinjak and continued his studies in The Netherlands at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague where he gained master degree with Zoran Dukić. He has performed as a soloist, with orchestra and in various chamber…
Tobias StosiekCELLO 19. – 23. 8. 2024. Tobias Stosiek was born in Schwerin, Germany. He studied with prof. Tobias Kühne at the University of Music in Vienna, Austria. During his studies he participated in many masterclasses with cellists such as Daivid Geringas, Frans Helmerson and Mstislav Rostropovich. Stosiek won many prizes including: 1st prize at…
Nataša VeljkovićPIANO 19. – 23. 8. 2024. Born in Belgrade, Natasa Veljkovic lives and works in Vienna, where she holds an associate professorship for piano at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts.Ever since she was four, her life has centred around the piano. After her studies with Professor Arbo Valdma in Belgrade, at…
Nenad MerleVIOLIN 20. – 28. 8. 2024. Prof. Adviser NENAD MERLE (Zagreb, 1956) graduated at the Music Academy in Zagreb under prof. Martin Barić. He was a violin and chamber music teacher for many years at Pavao Markovac Music school in Zagreb and was head of strings department. From 1988 to 1991 he served as…
Tomislav VukšićGUITAR 8. 2021. Tomislav Vukšić (Zagreb, 1980.) stekao je osnovno i srednje glazbeno obrazovanje u Glazbenoj školi Vatroslava Lisinskog u razredu Ratka Podvorca. Gitaru je diplomirao na Muzičkoj akademiji Sveučilišta u Zagrebu u razredu Darka Petrinjaka 2005., a dvije godine kasnije završio je poslijediplomski studij na Kraljevskom konzervatoriju u Den Haagu u razredu Zorana…
Lovro MerčepSAXOPHONE 27. – 31. 8. 2024. Lovro Merčep (1990, Zagreb, Croatia) graduated saxophone in 2014, at Academy of Music in Zagreb under Dragan Sremec. At the same time, he studied at Conservatoire a rayonnement Régional in Lyon with Jean-Denis Michat, and later at the Conservatoire a rayonnement Régional in Versailles with Vincent David. From…
Pedro Ribeiro RodriguesGUITAR 20. – 26. 8. 2021. Pedro Ribeiro Rodrigues (born in 1984, Mira De Aire, Portugal) began playing classical guitar and clarinet at the age of ten. He began his music studies in his hometown in the class of Dejan Ivanović. He won 1st Prize in São João da Madeira Guitar Competition in…
Mihael PaarCLARINET 24. – 28. 8. 2024. Clarinetist Mihael Paar started his musical education at the age of ten and graduated from the Music Academy (Prof. J. Tonzetic) in Zagreb in 2002. He continued his studies at the Mozarteum School of Music Salzburg with Prof. A. Brandhofer, earning his MA with distinction in 2006. As…
Marko ZupanFLUTE 26. – 30. 8. 2024. Flutist Marko Zupan enjoys a diverse international career as a soloist, chamber artist, orchestral player, imoproviser, teacher and arranger. He graduated at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, Slovenia in the class of prof. Matej Zupan. Later he entered the class of Prof. Pierre-Yves Artaud at ENMP “Alfred…