Jelena Očić Jelena Očić The late Siegfried Palm, great interpreter of contemporary music, wrote of Jelena Očić, “she is one of the leading talents for contemporary music”. Bernard Greenhouse, founding cellist of the Beaux Arts Trio, said “I know no superior female cellist in her generation.” Jelena Očić was born in Zagreb, the capital of…
Aljoša JurinićPIANO August 27 – 30 2024 Hailed as “a startlingly subtle and visionary pianist” with “a rare blend of charm and mastery”, Aljoša Jurinić has established himself on the international stage at the world’s preeminent piano competitions. Best known for winning the 2012 International Robert Schumann Competition in the composer’s hometown of Zwickau, he…
Claudia ViscaVOICE August 18 – 23 2024 Born in New York, soprano Claudia Visca graduated from the acclaimed Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where she studied with Anna Moffo’s teacher, Eufemia Giannini. A Fulbright Scholarship took her to the Hochschule fur Musik Wien where she finished her education under the direction of Ks. Hilde…
Morana Pešutić Morana Pešutić graduated from Music Academy in Zagreb in the class of Darko Petrinjak and continued her studies with Zoran Dukić at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague where she gained master degree. Besides formal education Morana also had lessons with world’s famous guitarists such as P. Steidel, L. Brouwer, C. Marchione, A.…
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…
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…
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…
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…