Jan GričarSAXOPHONE Jan Gričar (1992) is a Slovenian saxophonist and educator, teaching saxophone and chamber music at the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music and Ballet and serving as an assistant professor at the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana. He performs regularly across Slovenia, Europe, and Asia, appearing in prestigious venues such as Salle Cortot and Théâtre…
Carmen StepićPIANO BIO…
Vladimir ŠimunovGUITAR Vladimir Šimunov (Zagreb, 1986) is a Croatian guitarist and classical guitar teacher. He began his musical education at the Ferdo Livadić Music School in Samobor, where he studied guitar under the guidance of Michael Imbert and Vesna Faullend Heferer, and graduated in the class of Ivana Trogrlić Mandić. He continued his studies of…
Renata Sabljak Actress and singer Renata Sabljak excels equally on theatre stages and concert platforms in front of live audiences, as well as in front of cameras and microphones in the studio. A versatile artist, over more than two decades of an intensive performing career, she has explored nearly all areas of musical and dramatic…
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…
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…
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 25 – 28 2025 Hailed as “a startlingly subtle and visionary pianist” with “a rare blend of charm and mastery”, Croatian pianist Aljoša Jurinić [al-yo-sha YOO-ri-nich] has established himself as a laureate of the world’s most prestigious piano competitions. Following his win at the 2012 International Robert Schumann Competition in the composer’s…
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. 2026. 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…