Ivana ČrnjakACCORDION 20. – 25. 8. 2024. Ivana Črnjak finished the Accordion Study in 2000 at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz (Austria) in the class of renowned experts for the classical accordion James Crabb and Geir Draugsvoll. After graduating, she continued her postgraduate studies in the soloist class of professor James…
Ieva PranskuteVIOLIN August 26-30 2024 Ieva Pranskutė joined the Grammy award winning Kremerata Baltica, a chamber orchestra of musicians from the Baltic states led by the famous violinist Gidon Kremer since 2012. While touring in some of the most prestiges halls in the world, she has played with G. Kremer himself as well as other famous…
Petar ČulićGUITAR August 27-31 2024 Petar Čulić was born on 26 June 1986 in Split. He started learning the guitar at the age of seven, and his first teacher was Neno Munitić. He graduated from “Lovro pl. Matačić” Elementary School of Music in Omiš, and after finishing the third grade of “Josip Hatze” Secondary School…
Gal FaganelCELLO 26. – 31. 8. 2024. 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…
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…
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…