Ante MilićPIANO August 21-25 2023 ANTE MILIĆ was born in Paris in 1969. He graduated (1988) and got his Masters Degree (1994) in piano at the Academy of Music in Zagreb, under Professor Zvjezdana Bašić. During his studies, he was awarded at several competitions in Croatia and Italy: Senigalia (1984) – 3rd prize, Udine (1985)…
Lovro PeretićGUITAR 25. – 30. 8. 2023. Lovro Peretić is an internationally award winning classical guitarist from Zagreb (Croatia). Lovro started studying guitar at a young age under tuition of prof. Xhevdet Sahatxhija in Zagreb. After that, he graduated with distinction at the Music academy in Zagreb in the class of prof. Darko Petrinjak spending…
Davor KelićCONDUCTER In 2011, he enrolled in conducting studies at the Music Academy of the University of Zagreb under Professor Uroš Lajović. In June 2016, he obtained the title of Master of Music (mag. mus.) in the class of Mladen Tarbuk. His important conducting achievements include collaboration with Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Zagreb…
Gal FaganelCELLO 21.-28.8.2023. Gal Faganel je hvaljeni izvođač na violončelu, učitelj i glazbeni umjetnik. Opisan kao “violončelist velike topline”, hvaljen je u tisku zbog svoje “izuzetno osjećajne interpretacije”, svog “snažnog i lijepog tona” i njegove “briljantne virtuoznosti i mladenačke snage”. Kao izvođač, Faganel često nastupa na recitalima, na koncertima komorne glazbe i kao solist s…
Aljoša JurinićPIANO August 27th-30th 2023 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 was also…
Claudia ViscaVOICE 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 Rossel-Majdan and Anton Dermota. During…
Marco GrazianiVIOLIN 19. – 25. 8. 2023. 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. 2023. 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. – 30. 8. 2023. 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 27. – 30. 8. 2023. 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…