7. International Percussion Ensemble Week - IPEW 2010
Dom kulture, Bjelovar
Fujii Trio and Uruki
VOĐA GRUPE / GROUP LEADER: Haruka Fujii
Nastupaju uz pomoć / Sponsored by: The Japan Foundation
Short bio:
The Fujii family’s passion for Japanese marimba music has led them to tour internationally for the past seven years. They have performed at major venues in the US including Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School, and University of Michigan, other recent tours has taken them to PASIC 09 showcase concert in the US, Switzerland and China. Mutsuko, a noted marimbist and teacher in Japan, is a first generation Keiko Abe student. She has aided and experienced the development of Japanese marimba literature since the 1950’s. She has commissioned over forty pieces from the titans of contemporary Japanese music including Akira Miyoshi, Maki Ishii, Toshi Ichiyanagi and Akira Nishimura. Her exhaustive research efforts in this area have resulted in the Fujii Database of Japanese Marimba Works now featured on the PAS website. Haruka, who has lived In New York City since 1998 and is pursuing an international career as a solo percussionist, and her sister Rika, who is an active freelancer in Tokyo, proudly join their mother Mutsuko in introducing an important and historical program of great Japanese marimba music.
Japan’s most up coming young Taiko Drum player, Machiko Asano is a daughter of Akitoshi Asano, the owner of the world-renowned and historical JapaneseTaiko Drum maker. She has been featured in the most popular annual national music show, and collaborated with internationally active artists including Kansai Yamamoto, Taiko band, and Takashi Hosokawa. Ms. Asano is a founder of female Taiko ensemble group Uruki.
Boomerang Quartet (Hrvatska) i Paolo Cimmino (Italija)
BOOMerang / HR & Paolo Cimmino / I & Monika Cerovčec / HR
VOĐA GRUPE / GROUP LEADER: Marko Mihajlović
ČLANOVI GRUPE – IZVOĐAČI / GROUP MEMBERS - PERFORMERS:
Marko Mihajlović
Josip Konfic
Krunoslav Benko
Hrvoje Sekovanić
Short bio:
The Boomerang quartet is consisted of the former and, alongside, the contemporary students of percussions at The Music Academy in Zagreb. Their first noted performance was given at The International Percussion Ensemble Festival (IPEW) in Bjelovar 2007, where it was given the excellent critics in the written medias and generous praises by the leaders of the renowned foreign percussion ensembles. Ever since, they perform throughout Croatia with their “Percussion vibes” project. The purpose of the project is to introduce percussions into the areas where they cannot be found, such as concert programmes, and, at the same time, to bring the audience closer to all the possibilities of making music on percussions. The project contains the rearranged classical compositions, well known percussion compositions and the contemporary works written exclusively for the quartet itself. All the quartet members have been awarded at the various state music and dance competitions within the percussion and chamber music categories, including numerous other competitions such as “The Rector’s Award”, Ivo Vuljevic etc
Monika Cerovčec / HR
Monika Cerovcec (Varaždin, 1983) graduated in the music education from the Zagreb Academy of Music and in 2009, she is expected to complete her studies in singing in the class of Lidija Horvat-Dunjko. In 2007, she won the first prize at the national competition in Dubrovnik as well as a student exchange scholarship which provided her with an opportunity to join the class of A. Karasiak in Mainz for one term. She made her stage debut as the Second Boy in The Magic Flute by W. A. Mozart under the baton of Vladimir Kranjcevic at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. In 2008, she appeared as a Nymph in Monteverdi’s Orfeo under the baton of Hervé Niquet. She is a regular member of the Croatian Radio and Television Choir.
Paolo Cimmino
Paolo Cimmino was born in Naples in 1964.
He teaches Percussion Instruments at the Academy of Music “ G. Martucci ” in Salerno.
Furthermore he teaches Percussion in the Ethnic Music Style for “MusicAteneo” at the University in Salerno and FrameDrums at the University of Music in Rome.
For twelve seasons he was member of the Teatro S. Carlo Orchestra in Naples, and at the same time, he cultivated the passion and the study of ethnic music working with several groups such as “ Tamburi del Vesuvio” and “Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare”.
For several years , after the meeting both with experts of traditional Italian Music (Alfio Antico, Nando Citarella e Antonio Matrone) and of other culture (T.R. Sunderasan, T.Sankaran, Ghatam Suresh) he improved the study of the South Italy Popular Music contaminating it with the musicality and the tradition of South India.
Nowadays, apart from being a co-founder of the Frame Drums Europe associations based
in Barcelona, he performs with the Trio Shadows (piano, violoncello, percussion),with Jingles & Frames (duo of percussion) and he gives concerts both in Italy and abroad, with his friends and players Glen Velez, Ganesh Kumar, (who played in Paolo’s CD “For Gaya”) and Ghatam Suresh.
Paolo has written extensive educational materials on the tamburello and its Technique, such as A new way of Playing Tamburello and 5 tamburello solos published by Note Di Merito (Italy), distributed by Versand H. Brandt (Germany) and by Mr Glen Velez (www.glenvelez.com).
Paolo is endorser for Meinl Percussion
Kutztown University Percussion Ensemble i Frank Kummor (USA)
Kutztown University Percussion Ensemble
VOĐA GRUPE / GROUP LEADER: Frank Kumor
ČLANOVI GRUPE – IZVOĐAČI / GROUP MEMBERS - PERFORMERS:
Frank Kumor
Dr. Maria Asteriadou piano soloist
Elizabeth Carlisle - Soloist Assistant
Brittany Hassler - Conductor.
Nathaniel Labe
Anthony Merlino
Dante Marmo
Steve Dierkes
Tyler Chambers
Colin Walker
Terence Anderson
Matt Phillips
Mary Rose
Brook Ann Coco
Short bio:
Dr. Frank Kumor is currently on the music faculty at Kutztown University where he the Assistant Director of Percussion Studies and conducts the world percussion ensemble. This ensemble specializes in the drumming of West Africa, Ghana, and Brazil. His book, co-authored with Chalo Eduardo, Drum Circle, A Guide To World Percussion, has been released by Alfred Publishing Company which features twenty-eight world percussion instruments from five continents and an interactive CD-ROM. His online clinics can be viewed at the Alfred website.
Dr. Kumor presents solo recitals and workshops as well as concerts with the Kutztown University Percussion Ensemble worldwide. As a soloist, Dr. Kumor has performed at the Patagonia International Percussion Festival, Rio Negro, Argentina, at the Polish International Percussion Festival, Wroclaw and Opole, Poland, and has served as Artist-In-Residence at University of Montevideo, Uruguay, University of Campinas, Brazil, Kenyatta University, Kenya and Conservatorio Professional Municipale de Ribarojja, Spain. Nationally, he has presented workshops at music educator association meetings in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Texas and at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. Dr. Kumor and the Kutztown University Percussion Ensemble have performed at the Puerto Rico Percussion Festival(2005), Paris International Percussion Festival(2006), College Music Society International Conference in Bangkok Thailand (2007), and in March 2008, they will be serve a week residency at the American University in Athens Greece.
Dr. Kumor is a Performing Artist and Clinician for Paiste Cymbals, Yamaha Percussion, Remo Percussion, Mike Balter Mallets, Silver Fox Drumsticks and Alfred Publishing Company.
Ensemble Bio:
The Kutztown University Percussion Ensemble was formed in the fall of 1986. Since that time, over 150 students have participated in making music on percussion instruments. The ensemble began performing literature of a concert style. In other words, literature that uses orchestral percussion instruments, which perform music arranged or composed expressly for concert performance. Because this was the first percussion ensemble experience for most of the original members, the chosen repertoire consisted of music composed on an intermediate difficulty level. Under the direction of Dr. Will Rapp, the performance level was quickly raised and the ensemble began to experience performing on the artistic levels characteristic of university percussion ensembles across the country.
In 1989, the ensemble began its interest in performing world music. After acquiring a set of steel drums, the ensemble set off on its study and performance of the Calypso music developed on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. This is an area in which former students currently continue to perform professionally. As the ensemble continued to develop its concert repertoire, the interest in world music sparked by the Steel Drum Band would spread into other areas of percussion. Students who had their own collections of hand drums began to compose and arrange works for hand drum ensemble. This ensemble performed on conga drums (Latin America), djembes (Africa), ashikos (Africa), doumbeks (Middle East), and various shakers and rattles. This ensemble was formally organized as the KU World Percussion Ensemble in 1997. Since this time, the KU World Percussion Ensemble has studied and performed music and collected instruments from Brazil, West Africa, Ghana, the Middle East, and Latin America. Since this first residency, the ensemble has hosted African Percussionist, Leon Mobley (1999), Marimbist, Michael Burritt (2000), Brazilian Composer, Ney Rosauro (2001), Recording Artist / Composer / Arranger, Dick Schory (2002). 2002 also began a Fall Artist in Residence program as marimbist, Rebecca Kite performed with the ensemble. The featured Artist in Residence for Spring 2003 was latin percussionist Ruben Alvarez, highlights the 2003 Artist-In-Residence program. Other performing artists that have performed or taught the students of the KU percussion program include, Tony Vacca, John Riley, Steve Fidyk, Mat Britain, Dan Moore, Paulo Mattioli, Glen Velez, Paul Evans, Jeff Thomas, and William Moersch,
The KU Percussion Program is also active in the commissioning of new works. At the 2002 Fall Festival of the Arts the ensemble premiered two new works by composer David Himes, “Elements” for percussion ensemble, and “Requiem and Prayer” for choir and percussion ensemble. In 2003, KU Percussion was part of a consortium that commission composer, David Gillingham, to compose a new Concerto for Piano and Percussion Ensemble. This work was be premiered during the 2003-2004 academic year. Since then, the ensemble has premiered numerous new works three of which will be performed on this program. The ensemble has performed in Europe, Asia and South America and is delighted to be a part of this festival.
The Kutztown University Percussion Ensemble has been organized since 1986 under the direction of Dr. Will Rapp. Over the years since its foundation, the ensemble has explored music for percussion in all its forms. The Ensemble presents four concerts per year at the university which have traditional African, Brazilian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, Caribbean, as well as concert music from the standard percussion ensemble repertoire. The ensemble also actively commissions new works from internationally recognized composers such as those presented on this program. With its first International Invitation in 2005 to the Puerto Rico International Percussion Festival, the group has performed in Paris, France, Bangkok Thailand, and Athens, Greece. We are very honored to make our first tip to Croatia and we hope you enjoy our program.
Dr. Maria Asteriadou – solist
A native of Greece, MARIA ASTERIADOU is an acclaimed soloist and chamber musician highly praised as an artist with intense personality, virtuosic flair and beautiful tone.
Maria Asteriadou has performed in major halls throughout the United States and Canada as well as Austria, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Romania, Spain, Switzerland and Germany. Her orchestra engagements include appearances with the Moscow Radio Symphony, Academy of St. Martin of the Fields, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, Stuttgart Kamerata, Luxembourg Philharmonia, Bucharest Chamber Orchestra, Virtuosi Moldavi Romania, Iasi Philharmonic Romania, Manhattan School Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Chamber Academy, Athens State Orchestra, Kamerata (Athens Chamber Orchestra) as well as the Thessaloniki State and City Orchestras.
Her love for her native Greece and her enthusiasm for new music has resulted in prestigious premiere performances of works by many of Greece’s most important composers such as Manos Hadzidakis, Perikles Koukos, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Emilios Riadis, Christos Samaras, Yiorgos Sicilianos, Nikos Skalkottas, as well as American born Greek composer George Tsontakis.
As an active chamber musician, Maria Asteriadou has collaborated with members of the New York Philharmonic and performs regularly in Festivals and Summer Music Institutes. Together with violinist Kurt Nikkanen founded the Elektra Chamber Players an ensemble comprised of performers from the great orchestras and conservatories of New York City.
The recipient of numerous awards and prizes, Maria Asteriadou won first prize in performance from the State Conservatory in Greece as well as top prize in the Maria Callas International Piano Competition. Maria Asteriadou enjoys the distinction of being the only pianist selected from the Musik Hochschule in Freiburg to perform in honor of the composer-conductor Pierre Boulez in Baden Baden, Germany. Both her Geneva debut recital, as well as her debut at Weill Hall in New York’s Carnegie Hall, for which she won the sponsoring competitions, were greeted with rave reviews. In 1992 she won the Dora Zaslovsky piano competition at the Manhattan School of Music in New York and consequently was selected to collaborate with the renowned conductor, Christopher Keene in a critically acclaimed performance of Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto.
With violinist George Demertzis, Maria Asteriadou has recorded the complete piano and string chamber works by Nikos Skalkottas and the complete violin and piano works by Carl Nielsen for BIS (recording label). On the same label she has also recorded the Concertino for two pianos by Nikos Skalkottas. Other CD recordings include works by Greek composers Yiorgos Sicilianos, Emilios Riadis, Dimitri Mitropoulos as well as American composer Ron Wasserman. Maria Asteriadou has been heard frequently in live performances on radio and television in Europe and in the United States, including the WQXR-FM with Robert Sherman.
Maria Asteriadou holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Constance Keene. She received her Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School, as a scholarship student of Jacob Lateiner. Following her undergraduate studies at the State Conservatory of Music in Thessaloniki, Greece, Maria Asteriadou was accepted at the Musik Hochschule in Freiburg, Germany as a student of Tibor Hazay and received her Graduate Soloist Diploma with high honors. She has also worked with Gyorgy Sebok, Richard Goode, Domna Evnouchidou and Vitalji Margulis.
In addition to her performing career Maria Asteriadou is also an energetic and passionate teacher. She has been faculty at the Algonquin International Music Institute in Canada, the Summer Arts Institute in University of Michigan and the Summer Music Academy in Athytos, Greece. From 1992 to 2002, she has been the Artistic and Chamber Music Director of the Silver Bay Summer Music Festival in New York. She has also served as Chamber Music Coach at the New York Piano Competition. Maria Asteriadou is is on the Piano and Chamber Music faculty of Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. She is also teaching at the Manhattan School of Music, in the College and Preparatory Division.
The Kutztown University Percussion Ensemble has been organized since 1986 under the direction of Dr. Will Rapp. Over the years since its foundation, the ensemble has explored music for percussion in all its forms. The Ensemble presents four concerts per year at the university which have traditional African, Brazilian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, Caribbean, as well as concert music from the standard percussion ensemble repertoire. The ensemble also actively commissions new works from internationally recognized composers such as those presented on this program. With its first International Invitation in 2005 to the Puerto Rico International Percussion Festival, the group has performed in Paris, France, Bangkok Thailand, and Athens, Greece. We are very honored to make our first tip to Croatia and we hope you enjoy our program.
Martin & PER EX Orchestra (Makedonija)
MARTIN & per-ex orchestra
VOĐA GRUPE / GROUP LEADER: Frank Kumor
Nastupaju uz pomoć / Sponsored by:
ČLANOVI GRUPE – IZVOĐAČI / GROUP MEMBERS – PERFORMERS:
Martin Vučić
Marko Markovski
Atanas Aleksov
Vlatko Gjorgievski
Nikola Avtovski
Zoran Kirjakovski
Emran Nezirovski
MARTIN VUČIĆ - bio
Martin was born on 07.08.1982 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. He finished primary school in Skopje and even since he was just small child he expressed a great inters in music. His first contact with music was at the age of 3 when for the first time he started to play on drums. Meanwhile he had experienced his first contact with an audience playing at the solo concert of the popular Macedonian group in that period “Tavce Gravce”. At the age of seven he looks a part in the children’s musical festival for newly arranged songs “Pletenka”. As a solo interpretation he won the second prize given from the audience. During that period he continued with his education in the primary music school graduating with honors’. In the meantime he joined the youth theatre playing a role in a show “Memories in the night” from the director Bonjo Lungov. He played the role of a drummer who plays on small drums. In his secondary school he was a member of the percussion section. At that time he became a member of the group “Arija” as a drummer and for the first time he made his debut as a composer. At the Music Academy he entered as an extraordinarily gifted student and popular percussionist. He then started with his solo carrier as a vocal artist and excellent reviews. With the song “Rano mi e da se vrzam” at “Ohrid fest” he won the second place prize given from the audience, the same song was the most popular song of the year 2002 in the Republic of Macedonia. At the festival Budva 2002 (Montenegro) he won the prize from the journalist and critics. He was “discovery of the year” 2002 in Serbia and entering in an album contract with BK sound. Discovery of the year 2002 in Macedonia. Interpretation award at the festival “Makfest” for the song “Harem”. Journalists awarded for most successful song at the International festival in Zrenjanin (Serbia ). Grand Prix at the Ohrid fest 2003. 2003 3-rd place on the international evening. 2nd palce given from the audience at the International festival in Banja Luka B&H. Grand prix at Radiski festival in Zenica(B&H) 2004. Singer of the year 2004 in Macedonian at the manifestation “Stars night” and also duet of the year at that manifestation. In response to the invitation from the Turkish radio television he is appearing in the most popular shows in Istanbul where, he is known as “Macedonian Tarkan”. In 2005 he has been voted to represent his country at the Eurovision song contest with the song “Make my Day”. He has been selected as an executive star for CITY RECORDS. In the year 2004 he produced his second album named MUZA. He is one of the most popularly rated artistes on the Macedonian and Balkan music scene. He graduated at the Music Academy in June 2006, at the percussions department - prof. Mojca Sedeu, with the highest GPA. He had several successful concerts in the country, and abroad during his undergraduate studies. He was a member of the SONANT ensemble, and together they won the second prize at the World Festival for percussion instruments in Sofia, Bulgaria.
His last project was etno and was performed at the “Ohrid summer festival- 2008”- 02.08.2008.
BING BANG (HRVATSKA)
Ansambl udaraljki Muzičke akademije / Zagreb Music Academy Percussion Ensemble
biNg-bang i gosti / biNg-bang & guest stars
Matej Meštrović & Kristina Bjelopavlović / HR, Paolo Cimmino /
VOĐA GRUPE / GROUP LEADER: Igor Lešnik
ČLANOVI GRUPE – IZVOĐAČI / GROUP MEMBERS – PERFORMERS:
Kruno Benko, Josip Konfic, Kaja Farszky, Anita Primorac, Spela Mastnak, Nikola Sinković,Tomi Spasevski, David Slatinek, Boris Žuvela, Luka Pešutić, Milan Filić, Ivan Ježek
biNg bang percussion ensemble was founded in 1999 under artistic leadership of Igor Lesnik during one of summer festivals organized by Jeunesses Musicales in JM International Cultural Center in Groznjan. Ensemble’s performing members are the best percussion students of Croatia and laureates of various percussion competitions. In addition to standard percussion ensemble repertoire biNg bang is also premiering works of Croatian composers. Currently, the list of ensemble’s guest soloists includes renowned artists such Ney Rosauro, Jean Geoffroy, John Beck, Michael Udow, Payton MacDonald, Fernando Hashimoto, Angel Frette, Ludwig Albert and others.
biNg bang is a winner of the Percussive Arts Society 2004 percussion ensemble competition and as 2004 world’s best university level percussion ensemble performed showcase concert at PASIC in Nashville/USA. biNg bang is recipient of Special Rector’s prize of Zagreb University in 2005 and 2009 and was proclaimed the best chamber ensemble in 2005 winning also “Ivo Vuljevic” Prize. Among ensembles important successes is also invitation to perform as official accompanying ensemble of 2007 Universal Marimba Competition in Belgium. biNg bang is also the first prize winner at 2009 EMJ Festival & Competition in Neerpelt, Belgium.
biNg bang recent international touring includes Argentina, Austria, Belgium, China, France, Italy, Poland, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Uruguay and USA. They also appeared at important international percussion festivals such Perkumania in Paris, Crossdrumming in Warsaw, Nights of Percussion in Graz, Percussion Days in Valencia, Patagonia Percussion festival in Argentina, TIPC in Taipei to name only few…
Their debut recording entitled biNg bang plays lesnik appeared at American label Equilibrium and receives wide international acclaim.
gosti / guest stars
Matej Meštrović & Kristina Bjelopavlović / HR
MATEJ MEŠTROVIĆ
A composer and artist, born on 16th June 1969 in Zagreb to an artistic family. After graduating in the class of the professor Ljerka Čavić-Tomčik at the secondary school of music, he enrolled into The Music Academy in Novi Sad, in the class of the professor Arbo Valdma. In 1988, he transfers his studies to The Zagreb Music Academy in the class of the professor Pavica Gvozdić, where he completes his studies in the year 2000. He participated as the youngest composer in The Days of Croatian Music.
He and the group of musicians named “In Ripples” took part in 17th Music Biennale in Zagreb in 1993.
This concert was the only one sold out at 17th Music Biennale.
In cooperation with the director Ivo Roco and the accompanied musicians, he brought to stage the first video-aleatoric composition, the pioneering endeavour in the field of integrating the audio and the video in the live performance.
In 1994, he brought about one more concert project named “NEW AGE FOR EVERY AGE”, again in The Croatian Institute of Music. This concert was presented in three parts, solely on a piano, without any electronic instruments, including the performance given in the second part by saxophonist Igor Grežina.
In October 1994, he went to Amsterdam where he spent two years composing the opera “Gypsy Girl” for the Italian conductor and the producer of the opera music Giuseppe Raffa.
He composed the music for the full 360° circular projection film “One day in Croatia” by a director Vinko Brešan in April 1998, which was shown at EXPO 1998, the world’s exhibition in Lisbon.
In November 1999, he was a winner of “The City of Zagreb Award” for the outstanding presentation of the Croatian Pavilion and the EXPO ’98 exhibition in Lisbon.
He wrote the music for yet another 360° circular projection film, “Dreamscape” by Tomislav Rukavina in June 2000, which was presented at EXPO 2000 in Hannover.
In October 2002, he won Grand Prix for the best national tourist film “CROATIAN DREAM HVAR” at “The Inernational Tourfilm Festival “ in Split SWITF CRO 2002.
The Mayor of Karlovy Vary presented him with the Special Mayor Award for the film CROATIAN DREAM DUBROVNIK in September 2004.
He began his cooperation with Tonči Huljić, working on CD recordings “A New World”, “Electric” and “Pure” by Maksim Mrvica.
He is just about to finish material for two pianos titled as “Twenty Fingers”, which will be published soon in the music sheet edition by Croatian Music Information Centre in Zagreb.
He is the full member of HDS (The Croatian Composers Society) and Croatian Freelance Artists Association.
KRISTINA BJELOPAVLOVIĆ
Young accomplished pianist, born in Zagreb in 1983. She is the laureate of the International Pianistic Competition in Senigallia as well as the winner of several international competitions in Pietra Liguri, Pinerola, Cortemilla etc., not to forget altogether six first place awards that she has won competing in the state competitions for students of music (among whom she has been awarded with the absolute Grand Prix playing in a pianistic duo at the chamber ensemble competition).
Also, The Rector’s Award of the academic year 2003/04 has been won by her.
She was the holder of Zagreb scholarship from 1997 to 2003. She enrolled The Music Academy in Zagreb in the age of 16, graduated in the class of the professor Sretna Mitrović and, also at the same institution, accomplished her postgraduate studies in the class of the professor Marina Ambokadze.
She has been improving her pianistic skills taking part in domestic and various foreign seminars with the prominent piano pedagogues such as Ph. Fowke, P. Donohoe, A. Valdma, K.H. Kämmerling,
E. Indjic, A. Ciccolini, N. Flores.
Eugen Indijic, a pianist and a professor at The Academy in Paris and Amsterdam, describes her as “ an amazing young pianist with the extremely developed musical personality, sophisticated technique and specific musical sensibility”.
Noel Flores, a professor at The Academy in Vienna recognises in her “a powerful and very intriguing musical personality. She has her own ideas about the music pieces she performs and she interprets them in an interesting way, with temper and expressively, with the brilliant playing technique. In an instant, when she starts to play, it is quite clear that she is a musician of a powerful presence and a pianist of a huge soloist talent”.
Her concerts are very well accepted by the audience, and the critics describe her as “a jewel of the music world” as we quote G.F. Jelović, who comments for Croatian Radio. She was described as „an imaginative pianist whose immaculate stylistic interpretation is interwoven with the charming grace, with the crystal clear yet wonderfully warm sound”, by P. Venuzzi Merzo for La Voce del Popolo.
Her performances have been given attributes as “ a concert to remember”, “an extraordinary experience of virtuosity in piano playing”, and as concluded by Nenad Turkalj for Vjesnik: “there appears a star in the pianistic sky”.
She successfully performed as a soloist alongside with “I Solisti di Zagreb”, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Dubrovnik Philharmonic Orchestra, Croatian National Theatre(HNK)”Ivan pl. Zajc” Opera Orchestra in Rijeka.
She holds the status of a freelance artist since 2004, does the regular recordings for The Croatian Radio, and lectures at The Theological Faculty ”Matija Vlačić Ilirik”.
There are several recent concerts standing out - her series of concerts within the action “More music, less mines”, Tour of Japan (Tokyo, Kawasaki, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Akita etc.), the excellent concert at Croatian Music Festival in Berlin. And there is one more upcoming performance at Croatian Music Festival in Vienna.
PROGRAM KONCERATA / CONCERT PROGRAMME:
14. 01. 2009. u 19,30 sati - Fujii Trio and Uruki / Japan
- Nico Muhly - Fast Music with Folk Songs
- Mutsuko Fujii - Miyako Jyongara
- Isao Matsushita - Interwaves II
- Machiko Asano - Daichi
- Akira Miyoshi - Conversation
- Haruka Fujii - Shingashi Uta
15. 01. 2009. u 19,30 sati – BOOMerang / HR, Kutztown University Percussion Ensemble / USA
Program BOOMerang:
- Igor Lešnik: Hommage a Ball
- Credo, Religious Chant in Latin
- Pas de Deux, French Love Song
- Deadly Unplugged, Obscure Rap
- All‘Inizio, Italian Fairy-Tale
- gost / guest: Monika Cerovčec, sopran
- Srđan Berdović: Yamato Uta
- gost / guest: Paolo Cimmino, Tamburello
- Paolo Cimmino: Man behind the drum
Program Kutztown University Percussion Ensemble
- Brett William Dietz: Samsara
- David Gilingham: Concerto for Piano and Percussion Orchestra solist / soloist: Maria Asteriadou, dirigent / conductor: Brittany Hassler
- Frank Kumor: It’s About Time
- Brett William Dietz: Sharpened Stick
16. 01. 2009. u 19,30 sati - MARTIN & per-ex orchestra / Makedonija, biNg-bang / Hrvatska
Program MARTIN & per-ex orchestra:
- Živojin Glišić (prema makedonskim folklornim temama / on Macedonian folk themes):
- Dance cucuk
- Samba de Kalajdzi
- Sunset in topaana
- Preludium & Pajduska
- Jana’s day Jana’s dance
- There was little fox
- Rum dum tehno dum
- Stamena
- Improvisation for 4 tapans
- Komita’s oro
- Pirinska suita
Program biNg-bang
- Matej Meštrović, arr. I. Lešnik: Childs Play 123-12-12 & Interlude & East West
- Igor Lešnik: Dwarfs
gosti / guest stars
Matej Meštrović & Kristina Bjelopavlović & Paolo Cimmino
radionice / workshops
15. 01. – 09,00-09,45 Japanese Taiko Drum work shop
16. 01. – 09,00-09,45 Tamburello Masterclass with Paolo Cimmino
Pokrovitelji: Ministarstvo kulture, Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija, Grad Bjelovar, Hrvatska turistička zajednica, Turističke zajednice Bjelovarsko-bilogorske županije i Grada Bjelovara, Informativni centar i BBR
sponzori kojih će, nadam se biti još: Hotel Central Bjelovar, biNg bang d.o.o., ABS95 d.o.o., Muzička Akademija Zagreb, Metalind d.o.o., Iveta prozori i vrata, Ljekarna Bjelovar, Bolero d.o.o., Pizzerija "Palma".
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