BELMA ŠARANČIĆ (BiH / B&H)
Belma Šarančić (1984) is accordion professor at the Music Academy, University of Sarajevo. She completed her studies at the Music Academy, UNSA, (department for music theory and pedagogy) and at the Music Academy in East Sarajevo (graduated accordion in the class of prof. Danijela Gazdić and gained master of arts degree in the class of prof. Radomir Tomić). She finished specialist studies in the class of prof. Claudio Jaccomuci at the Scuola Superiore di fisarmonica in Urbino, Italy, and she received her PhD at the Music Academy, UNSA in the class of prof. Geir Draugsvoll.
She participated and won many competitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and abroad. Since 2005 she was jury member in over 20 competitions (Competition of Federation BH, Akordeon Art (E.Sarajevo), Accordion competition (Pula), Euphonia (Novi Sad). She recorded for Bosnian TV stations and production houses as well as movie music. She performed with a many orchestras, including Chamber Orchestra of the Music Academy in Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra. Also, she has established a successful collaboration with BH composers which resulted with many premiered accordion pieces preformed at concerts and festivals, among them the Concert for accordion and string orchestra by Ivan Čavlović “For Belma Š.-N. “(2017).
She was an active participant in EPARM (European Platform for Artistic Research in Music) conferences (2014 – Stockholm and 2015 – Graz) where she presented her doctoral research, as well as in the ICON (Innovative Conservatoire Research) seminar in London organized by AEC.
Šarančić is continuously invited as accordion lecturer at the music academies of the universities of Vilnius (Lithuania), Copenhagen (Denmark), Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and Trieste (Italy), where besides masterclasses with students she also lectures Alexander Technique in Accordionism
In the pedagogical work, her students have numerous performances, as well as over 80 awards from international competitions.
Dr. Belma Šarančić završila je (2005) dodiplomske studije na Muzičkoj akademiji Univerziteta u Sarajevu (teoretsko-pedagoški smjer, dobitnica priznanja „Zlatna značka“) i Muzičkoj akademiji u Istočnom Sarajevu (smjer harmonika, dobitnica nagrade „Vojin Komadina“). Magistrirala je (2009) u klasi prof. Radomira Tomića iz oblasti Harmonika – koncertni izvođač na Muzičkoj akademiji u Istočnom Sarajevu. Specijalističke studije završila je (2012) u klasi prof. Claudia Jaccomucija na Scuola Superiore di fisarmonica u Urbinu (Italija). Doktorirala je (2015) harmoniku na Muzičkoj akademiji Univerziteta u Sarajevu pod mentorstvima: prof.Geir Draugsvolla – harmonika i prof.Senada Kazića – pisani rad, kao prvi doktor muzičkih umjetnosti u BiH.
Prvo radno iskustvo stekla je u Srednjoj muzičkoj školi Sarajevo (2005-2009) kao profesor harmonike i komorne glazbe. Na Muzičkoj akademiji Univerziteta u Sarajevu zasnovala je radni odnos 2008. u zvanju asistenta iz oblasti harmonika. Od 2010. do 2021. prošla je sva nastavna zvanja te je 2021. izabrana u zvanje redovnog profesora iz iste oblasti. U periodu 2017-2020 obnašala je dužnost prodekanese za koncertnu djelatnost Muzičke akademije Univerziteta u Sarajevu.
Učestvovala je i pobjeđivala na mnogobrojnim natjecanjima u Bosni i Hercegovini i inozemstvu. Bila je član žirija na preko 20 natjecanja (Federalna takmičenja BiH, Akordeon Art / Istočno Sarajevo, Susreti harmonikaša / Pula, Eufonija / Novi Sad), a od 2019. izabrana je za delegata BiH pri CMA (Confédération Mondiale de l’Accordéon). Snimala je za domaće televizijske stanice i produkcijske kuće, kao i glazbu za filmove. Bila je član postave predstave Kad bi ovo bio film Narodnog pozorišta u Sarajevu (2012-2014). Nastupala je s nekoliko orkestara, između ostalog s Kamernim orkestrom Muzičke akademije u Sarajevu i sa Sarajevskom filharmonijom. Uspješnu suradnju uspostavlja i sa bh. kompozitorima, čija djela premijerno izvodi na koncertima i festivalima. Član je SONEMUS (Samostalna Organizacija NovE Muzike Sarajevo) ansambla (2019).
Bila je aktivna učesnica na EPARM (European Platform for artistic research in Music) konferencijama (2014. – Stockholm i 2015. – Graz), gdje je izlagala svoja doktorska istraživanja, kao i ICON (Innovative Conservatoire) seminara u Londonu u organizaciji AEC-a (Association Européenne des Conservatories, Académies des Musique et Musikhochschulen).
Djelovala je u više navrata kao gostujuća profesorica na Lietuvos muzikos ir teatro akademija (Litvanija), Conservatiorio di Musica Giuseppe Tartini (Italija), te na Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium (Danska), gdje je, pored masterklasova i teorijskih predavanja s fokusom na Sarajevsku akordeonističku školu, održavala i praktična predavanja iz oblasti Aleksander tehnike u akordeonizmu.
U pedagoškom radu njeni studenti bilježe mnogobrojne nastupe kao solisti i u komornim sastavima. Pored javnih nastupa, studenti u klasi prof.Šarančić su u periodu 2010./2021. nastupili na preko 35 natjecanja i osvojili 80 nagrada i priznanja (29 prvih nagrada, 26 drugih nagrada, 14 trećih nagrada i 11 plasmana i pohvala).
MATEJA ZENZEROVIĆ (Španjolska | Hrvatska / Spain | Croatia)
Mateja Zenzerovic was born in Pula (Croatia) in 1983. Her musical training began in at the “Okud Istra” music school in Pula under Professor Damir Buzleta and Prof.Tatjana Lajic. From 2001 to 2012 she studied the accordion as well as music education under Professor Elsbeth Moser at Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover (HMTMH), University of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover. At hat time she obtained an Erasmus scholarship and was for a semester in the Basque city of San Sebastián in the well-known “Musikene” music school under Professor Iñaki Alberdi.
In May 2012 she concluded her studies with the Mitteldeutschen Chamber Orchestra under Christian Simonis.
She elicits from her instrument unusually warm and pleasant tones and links them with a clear musical statement and what particularly impresses is her especially delicate, balanced and interpretive borderline between the intention of the composer and her own understanding of the music and the work. Last but not least this is the reason to cooperate with large number of composers like: Juliane Klein, Hans Zender, Senezana Nesic, Sarah Nemtsov, Georg Katzer, Adriana Hölszky, Moritz Eggert, Gyorgy Kurtag, Markus Stockhausen…
She was invited as a guest to festivals like “Mozart Woche” (Mozart`s Week) in Salzburg, “Bruecken Festival” in Rostock or the “Tiroler Festspiele” where she played under Fabio Luisi, Hans Zender and Yannick Nezet-Seguin.
Mateja Zenzerovic rođena je 1983. godine u Puli (Hrvatska). Njezino glazbeno obrazovanje započinje 1991. godine u Okudu „Istra“ kod prof. Damira Bužlete. Nakon završene srednje glazbene škole „Ivan Matetić- Ronjgov“ u klasi prof. Tatjane Lajić, započinje svoj studij na Visokoj školi za glazbu, teatar i medije u Hannoveru (Njemačka), gdje 2011. godine završava Solisten klasse. Godine 2010./2011. kao Erasmus stipendist studira na glazbenoj akademiji Musikene u klasi prof. Inaki Alberdia u San Sebastianu (Španjolska).
U toku njezinog školovanja polazi majstorske tečajeve poznatih harmonikaških virtuoza i pedagoga, kao što su: Stefan Hussong, Matti Rantanen, Owen Murray, Inaki Alberdi, Claudio Jaccomucci, Aleksandar Skljarov, Juri Šiškin…i dr.
Između 1993./2009. godine nagrađivana je na brojnim državnim i internacionalnim natjecanjima, da li u solističkim ili komornim kategorijama.
Mateja Zenzerović svojom glazbom vodi publiku na glazbeno putovanje zvukovnim sferama do sasvim novih dimenzija ispunjenih novim zvukovima i bojama. Senzibilitetom i filigranom tehnikom dovodi glazbena djela u posebna ostvarenja te ujedinjuje zvukovne površine s osjetljivim, senzibilnim glazbenim motivima, te postiže transparentnu strukturu, koja usprkos njenoj metafizičnoj dubini ostaje jasna. Njen instrument diše neočekivanom toplinom, poklanja nam dobroćudne zvukove koji rezultiraju jasnom glazbenom porukom. Pored toga, ono što najviše impresionira je interpretacija koja odiše tankom crtom između skladateljeve namjere i osobnog glazbenog razumijevanja djela.
Najbitniji dio njenog glazbenog djelovanja je suradnja s kompozitorima te rad na novim skladbama za harmoniku. Surađuje s velikim kompozitorima današnjice kao što su Adrana Hölszky, György Kurtag, Sarah Nemtsov, Snežana Nešić, Moritz Eggert, Hans Zender, Juliane Klein, Georg Katzer…
MIA GROZDANIĆ (Hrvatska / Croatia)
“I was amazed by the superior interpretation of the young soloist Mia Grozdanić on bayan, who, accompanied by with the famous ensemble Zagreb Soloists, premiered my work The Seasons, dedicated to her and the aforementioned ensemble. In the recent Croatian history of musical performance on the given instrument, I have not met a musician with such a level of ability to perform on the accordion, so I decided, at the incentive of a young musician, to dedicate another work to her and that is composition Tears of Sv. Lawrence for bayan and strings. ”
Davor Bobić, Varaždin, August 25th, 2021
Mia Grozdanić (Pula, 1987) is a prominent musician of extraordinary musicality, as evidenced by her collaboration with the eminent Croatian composer Davor Bobić, who dedicated two works to her, of which she premiered The Seasons with the Zagreb Soloists. She is also one of the most successful young accordion pedagogues in Croatia.
She completed her accordion studies at the Faculty of Philology and Arts (Filološko-umetnički fakultet) in Kragujevac (Serbia) with the highest grade, and her Master’s Degree at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (Finland) also with the highest grade. She studied in the class of mr. Vojin Vasović, dr. Mika Väyrynen and Matti Rantanen, world-renowned pedagogues of this instrument. She also worked with prof. Elsbeth Moser, at the University of Music, Drama and Teater (Hochschüle für Musik, Theater und Medien) in Hanover (Germany). She is currently completing her doctorate in art at the Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac. She has performed in most European countries, in China and Australia and won about twenty first and second prizes in competitions, among which the following stand out: first prize at the national competition Državno natjecanje učenika i studenata glazbe i plesa (Rijeka, Croatia, 2002), first place and first prize at international competitions Fisa…armonie (Trieste, Italy, 2004), first prizes at the international competition Susret harmonikaša (Pula, Croatia, 2007 and 2008), first prize at the international competition The World of Accordion (Castelfidardo, Italy, 2013).
Among the performances, the premieres of works dedicated to her by Davor Bobić and Damir Bužleta and performances with Zagreb soloists need to be mentioned, as well as: solo recital in the finals of the multi-instrumental competition Ferdo Livadić (Samobor, Croatia), concert at the festival Večeri na Griču in the Atrium of Klović Palace (Zagreb, Croatia), concert in the concert hall Helsinki Music Center (Finland), solo concerts at the festivals Fažanski sutoni, Pulski umjetnici Puli and Poluotok radosti, solo performance at the 60th anniversary of OKUD Istria at the Istrian National Theater (Pula, Croatia), solo concert at the Great Concert Hall of the Croatian National Theater in Varaždin (Croatia) and concert as part of the 29th International Festival of Accordion Artists in Kragujevac with the City Chamber String Orchestra Schlesinger.
Mia started teaching during her studies, and after graduating, she worked as an assistant at the Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac, Music Academy in Pula and music schools in Delnice and Rijeka. She currently works at music school in Pula (GŠ Ivana Matetića-Ronjgova Pula). Her students are laureates of national and international competitions, and some of them continued their education at world-renowned music academies.
„Ostao sam zatečen vrhunskom interpretacijom mlade solistice Mije Grozdanić na bayanu koja je uz slavni ansambl Zagrebačkih solista praizvela moje djelo Godišnja doba posvećeno upravo njoj i spomenutom ansamblu. U novijoj hrvatskoj glazbenoj povijesti izvodilaštva na danom instrumentu nisam susretao glazbenika takve razine sposobnosti interpretacijskog umijeća na harmonici stoga sam odlučio na poticaj mlade glazbenice posvetiti joj još jedno ostvarenje, a to je kompozicija Suze Sv. Lovre za bayan i gudače.”
Davor Bobić, Varaždin, 25. kolovoza 2021.
Mia Grozdanić (Pula, 1987.) istaknuta je glazbenica izvanredne muzikalnosti što dokazuje suradnjom s eminentnim hrvatskim kompozitorom Davorom Bobićem koji joj je posvetio dva djela, od kojih je ciklus Godišnja doba praizvela sa Zagrebačkim solistima. Također, jedna je od najuspješnijih mladih harmonikaških pedagoga u Hrvatskoj.
Studij harmonike završila je na Filološko-umjetničkom fakultetu u Kragujevcu s najvišom ocjenom, a magistrirala na Sibelius Akademiji u Helsinkiju (Finska), također s najvišom ocjenom. Studirala je u klasi mr. Vojina Vasovića, dr. Mike Väyrynena i Mattija Rantanena, priznatih svjetskih pedagoga ovog instrumenta. Radila je i s prof. Elsbeth Moser, na Hochschüle für Musik, Theater und Medien u Hannoveru (Njemačka). Trenutno završava umjetnički doktorat na Filološko-umjetničkom fakultetu u Kragujevcu. Nastupila je u većini europskih zemalja, u Kini i u Australiji i osvojila dvadesetak prvih i drugih nagrada na natjecanjima, od kojih se ističu: prva nagrada na Državnom natjecanju učenika i studenata glazbe (Rijeka, 2002.), prvo mjesto i prva nagrada na međunarodnom natjecanju Fisa…armonie (Trst, Italija, 2004.), prve nagrade na Međunarodnom susretu harmonikaša (Pula, 2007. i 2008.), prva nagrada na međunarodnom natjecanju The World of Accordion (Castelfidardo, Italija, 2013).
Od nastupa se ističu praizvedbe njoj posvećenih djela Davora Bobića i Damira Bužlete te nastupi sa Zagrebačkim solistima, a zapaženi su i: solistički recital u finalu multiinstrumentalnog natjecanja Ferdo Livadić u Samoboru, koncert na festivalu Večeri na Griču u Atriju Klovićevih dvora, koncert u koncertnoj dvorani Helsinki Music Centre (Finska), solistički koncerti na festivalima Fažanski sutoni, Pulski umjetnici Puli i Poluotok radosti, solistički nastup na 60. obljetnici OKUD-a Istre u Istarskom narodnom kazalištu u Puli, solistički koncert u Velikoj koncertnoj dvorani HNK-a u Varaždinu i koncert u sklopu 29. Internacionalnog festivala umjetnika harmonike u Kragujevcu uz Gradski komorni gudački orkestar Šlezinger.
Pedagoškim radom se počinje baviti još za vrijeme studiranja, a nakon završetka studija radila je kao asistentica na Filološko-umjetničkom fakultetu u Kragujevcu, Muzičkoj akademiji u Puli, GŠ Ive Tijardovića u Delnicama i GŠ Ivana Matetića Ronjgova Rijeka, a trenutno radi u GŠ Ivana Matetića-Ronjgova Pula. Studenti i učenici s kojima radi su laureati državnih i međunarodnih natjecanja, a neki od njih su svoje školovanje nastavili na renomiranim svjetskim glazbenim akademijama.
NEMANJA POTPARIĆ (Crna Gora / Montenegro)
Nemanja Potparić was born in 1991, in Pljevlja, Montenegro. He finished elementary school in Pljevlja, and finished high music school “Dr Vojislav Vuckovic” in Cacak in the class of Prof. Miljan Bjeletic.
As a student, he has won several awards and recognitions at many competitions and festivals. He completed his studies of classical accordion at the Academy of Music in the class of Prof. Vojin Vasović. As a student, he performed at many festivals as a solo performer and in many chamber ensembles. He won the “Manja Radulović” award for the best instrumental performer of the Music Academy in 2014. The award was given to him in Cetinje.
He began his pedagogical career as an accordion professor in 2014, at the Music School in Pljevlja. He won 12 first prizes with students on 12 international festivals. Nemanja Potparić was engaged as a member of the jury at many festivals in the country and abroad (Austria, Lithuania, Russia, France, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Argentina).
In addition to working in pedagogy, he was also actively involved in cultural work. He was a member of the negotiating team “Pantonale”, which dealt with the issue of cultural development in the Western Balkans. Exhibited at the General Congress of the World Confederation of Music in Kaunas- Lithuania.
In addition to pedagogical work, he is also very active as a concert performer. Within the Duo NeSte, classical accordion and piano with pianist Stevan Savić, he held a large number of concerts in the country and abroad. The repertoire includes works of contemporary, classical and tango music. They performed in Russia, France, Serbia, Montenegro, Austria, Lithuania, Slovenia.
As the only European representative, he participated in the tango music festival, which is held every year in Argentina in Buenos Aires, dedicated of the composer Astor Piazzolla. Held concert and masterclass. He is a member of the World Music Confederation of the CIA and CMA delegate of Montenegro.
Nemanja Potparić appeared in three editions of the American publishing house Times Square press – New York. In the world encyclopedia Accordion and the world’s best contemporary accordionist, he was included among the thousand best world performers on the classical accordion, and an interview was published in the book From the shadow of an accordion to eternity.
Nemanja Potparić rođen je u Pljevljima, Crna Gora. Osnovnu školu završio je u Pljevljima, a Srednju muzičku školu “Dr Vojislav Vučković” završio je u Čačku u klasi prof. mr. Miljana Bjeletića. Kao učenik dobitnik je više nagrada i priznanja na mnogim natjecanjima i festivalima. Fakultet muzičkih umjetnosti završava u klasi Prof. mr. Vojina Vasovića. Kao student nastupao je na mnogim festivalima kao solo izvođač i u mnogim komornim ansamblima. Dobitnik je nagrade “Manja Radulović” za najboljeg instrumentalnog izvođača Muzičke akademije 2014. godine. Nagrada mu je dodjeljena na Cetinju.
Pedagošku djelatnost započeo je 2014. god u Muzičkoj školi u Pljevljima. S učenicima je na 12 međunarodnih festivala osvojio 12 prvih nagrada. Nemanja Potparić bio je angažiran kao član žirija na mnogim festivalima u zemlji i inostranstvu,
(Austrija, Litvanija, Rusija, Francuska, Srbija, Slovenija, BiH, Crna Gora, Argentina).
Pored rada u pedagogiji aktivno se bavio i radom u kulturi. Bio je član pregovaračke grupe „Pantonale“, koja se bavila pitanjem razvoja kulture u zemljama zapadnog Balkana. Izlagao je na generalnom kongresu Svjetske muzičke konfederacije u Kaunasu- Litvanija. Pored pedagoškog rada veoma je aktivan i kao koncertni izvođač. U okviru Dua NeSte, klasična harmonika i klavir sa pijanistom Stevanom Savićem, održao je veliki broj koncerata u zemlji i inozemstvu. Na repertoaru su djela suvremene, klasične i tango muzike. Nastupali su u Rusiji, Francuskoj, Srbiji, Crnoj Gori, Austriji, Litvaniji, Sloveniji.
Kao jedini europski predstavnik sudjelovao je na festivalu tango glazbe koji se svake godine održava u Argentini u Buenos Ajresu u čast kompozitora Astora Piazzolle. Na Festivalu je pored koncerta održao i predavanje na temu: “Razvoj klasične muzike na Balkanu”.
Član je svjetske muzičke konfederacije CIA i CMA i punopravni delegat Crne Gore.
Nemanja Potparić se našao u tri izdanja američke izdavačke kuće Times Square press- New York. U svjetskoj muzičkoj enciklopediji koju je objavio Times Square uvršten je među hiljadu najboljih svjetskih izvođača u oblasti klasične muzike, a u knjizi From the shadow of an accordion to eternity objavljen je intervju. U 2019. godini dao je intervju za poznati američki časopis Accordion stars magazine New York.
MANOLIS STAGAKIS (Grčka / Greece)
Manolis Stagakis rođen je u Rethymnu na Kreti (Grčka). Počeo je učiti harmoniku u dobi od 6 godina. Pohađao je glazbenu školu u Rethymnu, pa nastavio studij harmonike na Helenskom konzervatoriju glazbe i umjetnosti. Nastavio je studij glazbene teorije i harmonike na Konzervatoriju Philippos Nakas u Ateni. U tom razdoblju pohađao je seminare Giorgosa Kyriakakisa i Iraklisa Vavatsikasa.
Tijekom studija u Ateni sudjelovao je na brojnim majstorskim tečajevima u Italiji i Njemačkoj kod Elsbeth Moser, Yurija Šiškina, Richarda Galliana, Mike Vayrynena i Luciana Bondinija.
Nakon stjecanja diplome iz oba predmeta, 2008. nastavlja studij na Visokoj školi za glazbu, teatar i medije u Hannoveru (HMTMH – Hochschule für MusikTheater und Medien Hannover) kod prof. Elsbeth Moser. Tamo završava i magistarski studij s najvišim ocjenama.
Od 2008. godine surađuje s mnogim europskim glazbenim skupinama i orkestrima te održava koncerte diljem Njemačke, Austrije, Italije, Poljske i Grčke.
Godine 2012. osniva kvartet harmonika Téssaress kojim osvaja prvu nagradu na Međunarodnom susretu harmonikaša u Puli 2014., kao apsolutni pobjednici u kategoriji komornih sastava.
Godine 2013. postaje stipendist fondacije Yehudija Menuhina Live Music Now (LMN) u Hannoveru.
Godine 2014. počinje predavati u glazbenoj školi Schaumburger Märchensänger u Bückeburgu u Njemačkoj gdje je 2019. imenovan ravnateljem.
Godine 2015. s violinisticom Angelinom Nalbantovom osnovao je tango i jazz duo ViAccord.
Godine 2016. sudjelovao je u programu Akkordeon im Klassenzimmer (Harmonika u učionici) i također na festivalu harmonike Musikland Niedersachsen kao voditelj projekta i izvođač. Gostujući je profesor na Helenskom konzervatoriju za glazbu i umjetnost na Kreti, te je član odbora za natjecanje mladih Jugend musiziert (Mladi muziciraju).
DANIJELA RAKIĆ (Srbija / Serbia)
Na prijedlog Ministarstava prosvete RS zajedno s dr. Zoranom Rakićem radi na izradi Nastavnog plana i programa za srednju školu – harmonika, čitanje s lista, komorna glazba i orkestar (1996. godine). Kao savjetnik Zavoda za unapređivanje obrazovanja i vaspitanja Republike Srbije, 2018. godine napravila je Nastavne planove i programe za šest razreda niže muzičke škole, instrument harmonika (materijal objavljen na stranici ZUOV-a), a 2019. godine zajedno s kolegama dr. Rakić Zoranom i Eraković Gvozdenom, napravila je Nastavne planove i programe za srednju školu – harmonika, čitanje s lista, komorna glazba (materijal objavljen na stranici ZUOV-a).
Učenici i studenti Danijele Rakić nastupaju na brojnim javnim nastupima i natjecanjima u Srbiji, BiH, Sloveniji, Rusiji, Bugarskoj, Litvaniji, Letoniji, Crnoj Gori, Hrvatskoj, Italiji, Rusiji, Švajcarskoj, Portugalu, Sjevernoj Americi, Francuskoj, Češkoj, Estoniji, Kazahstanu, Australiji, Ajzerbedžanu, Velikoj Britaniji. Danijela Rakić je ostvarila značajne rezultate sa svojim učenicima i studentima s osvojene 443 nagrade u različitim starosnim kategorijama, od čega 154 specijalnih nagrada, mjesta i pobjeda, 161 prva nagrada, 81 druga nagrada, 40 trećih nagrada i 7 pohvala.
Danijela Rakić je bila angažirana i kao član žirija na domaćim i međunarodnim natjecanjima u Srbiji, BiH, Grčkoj, Makedoniji, Rusiji, Litvaniji, Letoniji, Švicarskoj, Hrvatskoj, Francuskoj, Australiji, Portugalu, Sloveniji, Americi, Ukrajini i Austriji.
Četiri godine za redom (2006., 2007., 2008. i 2009.godine) je dobitnik Nagrade „Kosta Manojlović” za postignute pedagoške rezultate s učenicima. Istu nagradu dobila je i 2016., 2017., 2018., 2019., 2020. i 2021. godine.
Pet godina za redom (2010., 2011., 2012., 2013. i 2014. godine) je dobitnik Priznanja dekana Muzičke akademije Univerziteta u Istočnom Sarajevu za ostvarene rezultate studenata na domaćim i međunarodnim takmičenjima. Na Internacionalnom festivalu 1. Akordeon art, Istočno Sarajevo, BiH, proglašena je za najuspešnijeg nastavnika (2010. godine).
Godine 2008. izabrana je za predsjednicu Beogradske sekcije harmonikaša. Rukovodi beogradskom i regionalnim sekcijama. Učestvovala je u radu Generalne ansamblije harmonikaša na zimskim i ljetnim kongresima Svjetske konfederacije harmonikaša (Velika Britanija, Kina, Italija, Austrija, Švicarska i BiH).
Angažirana je kao predavač na mnogim seminarima za nastavnike, učenike i studente u Srbiji, Ukrajini, Rusiji, Letoniji, Litvaniji, Australiji i Hrvatskoj. Održala je predavanje za nastavnike Belgorodske oblasti u Rusiji s temom Obrazovno – muzički sistem u Srbiji (2013. godine). Nastupila je na Međunarodnoj naučnoj konferenciji na Univerzitetu T. Ševčenko-Lugansk, Ukrajina. Zajedno s mr. Valentinom Dutinom u Belgorodu, Rusija održala je prezentaciju i predavanje na temu Srpska vokalna tradicija. Nastupila je na 6. Međunarodnoj naučnoj konferenciji – Narodna muzika u sistemu profesionalnog obrazovanja – Belgorod, Rusija (2015. godine). Sudjelovala je u radu Međunarodne naučne konferencije Narodna umetnost u savremenom društveno – kulturnom prostranstvu: tradicije i inovacije s temom Festivalska kretanja u sistemu pripreme muzičara – harmonikaša – Belgorod, Rusija (2017. godine). Nastupila je i na 7. Međunarodnoj naučnoj konferenciji – Narodna muzička kultura u savremenom svetu: zajedništvo nauke, obrazovanja i prakse s temom Srpski folklor i njegov razvoj, u Belgorodu, Rusija (2017. godine). Održala je predavanje Razvoj akademske harmonike u Srbiji i BiH u poslednje dve decenije, na Državnoj humanitarno – pedagoškoj akademiji u Jalti, Rusija (2019. godine). U Immocentru, Novi Beograd, održala je edukativnu radionicu Čarobna harmonika, u okviru projekta Volimo da učimo (2019. godine). Godine 2020. je nastupila na 7. Međunarodnoj naučnoj konferenciji Profesionalizam pedagoga psihološko – pedagoško praćenje uspešne karijere u Jalti, Rusija. Godine 2021. nastupila je na 6. Međunarodnoj naučno – praktičnoj konferenciji Muzička umetnost 21. veka – istorija, teorija, praktika, Dragobič, Ukrajina, s temom Stepeni muzičkog obrazovanja u Srbiji i BiH, na umetničko – obrazovnoj konferenciji Kultura poveznica Srbije i sveta s temom Pedagoški aspekti intelektualno-emocionalnog razvoja ličnosti u sistemu muzičke kulture kroz obrazovni sistem, i održala prezentaciju Kultura kao most – kultura Srbije kroz vreme na 3. Valjevskim umetničkim svečanostima.
Član je Svjetske asocijacije harmonikaša (Francuska) i Svjetske konfederacije harmonikaša (Velika Britanija). Član je Udruženja muzičara za negovanje akademske muzike “Muzičko sazvežđe” (Srbija). U udruzi za promociju akademske muzike Arpeđo (BiH) obavlja funkciju predsjednice skupštine. Član je sekcije harmonikaša pri Udruženju muzičkih i baletskih pedagoga Srbije.
Umjetnički direktor je 1. i 2. Internacionalnog festivala Valjevske umetničke svečanosti, Valjevo, Srbija (2019. i 2020.godine).
Od školske 2007.-2008. godine obavlja dužnost šefa odsjeka harmonike u MŠ „Kosta Manojlović“ – Zemun, a u periodu od 2011.-2015. godine obavlja dužnost šefa katedre na Muzičkoj akademiji u Istočnom Sarajevu.
Pomaže mladim kolegama kao mentor za pripremu stručnog ispita iz harmonike. Član je pedagoške komisije imenovane od strane Ministrastva prosvete nauke i tehnološkog razvoja Republike Srbije za licenciranje nastavnika.
Godine 2019. pripremila je Zbirku etida za harmoniku br. 1, izdavač Danijela Rakić i Udruženje muzičara „Muzičko sazvežđe“, Valjevo (ISMN 979-0-9014253-0-9).
Godine 2020. zajedno s Mirković Aleksom priređuje zbirku transkribiranih kompozicija E. Griga: Lirski komadi – transkripcije za harmoniku, izdavač UMMS (ISMN 979-0-802046-00-9).
Godine 2019. bila je recenzent za notna izdanja za harmoniku – D. Stevanović: Bojenjem do sviranja harmonike i A. Mirković: Bela knjiga, Nostalgija i Trijumf. Godine 2020. u okviru manifestacije Umetnički studio u Lazarevcu, održala je prezentaciju svoje knjige i obrazložila svoje recenzije navedenih notnih izdanja za harmoniku.
Godine 2014. u Enciklopediji Ko je ko u BiH, izašla je biografija Danijele Rakić.
Godine 2015. Danijela Rakić dobija Godišnju nagradu Zajednice muzičkih škola Srbije za višegodišnje svestrano delovanje u obrazovanju mladih talenata i za nesebičnu ljubav, požrtvovanje, prijateljstvo i znanje uloženo u odrastanje umetnika, Beograd, Srbija.
Godine 2015. Danijela Rakić dobija zvanje Pedagoškog savetnika, 2021. godine dobija zvanje Samostalnog pedagoškog savetnika Ministarstva prosvete nauke i tehnološkog razvoja.
Godine 2017. poznata stranica Accordion News uvrstila je Danijelu Rakić među pet najuspešnijih profesora Europe u 2017. godini.
U okviru projekta „Najbolji edukatori Srbije“, koje realizira Udruženje za podsticanje preduzetništva „Živojin Mišić“, Danijela Rakić izabrana je za jednog od najboljih edukatora Srbije u 2017. godini. Isto udruženje je 2019. godine predložilo Danijelu Rakić kao predstavnika Srbije za međunarodnu obrazovnu nagradu Yidan Prize.
Godine 2018. postaje savjetnica Zavoda za unapređivanje obrazovanja i vaspitanja Republike Srbije.
Danijela Rakić se našla i u dva izdanja američke izdavačke kuće Times Square press – NewYork. U svjetskoj enciklopediji Accordion worlds best contemporary accordionist je objavljena i biografija profesorice Rakić, a u knjizi From the shadow of an accordion to eternity, intervju s njom. Ova izdanja su obuhvatila najeminentnije i najpoznatije svjetske profesore i izvođače akademske harmonike.
U 2019. i 2020. godini je čak četiri puta dala intervju za poznati američki časopis ACCORDIONS STARS MAGAZINE New York. Isti časopis ju je uvrstio u 100 najutjecajnijih svjetskih lidera akademske harmonike i proglasio je za najboljeg nastavnika svijeta u 2019. i 2020. godini akademske harmonike.
Godine 2019. televizija Prva je snimila reportažu u okviru emisije Eksploziv o uspjesima prof. Danijele Rakić.
Godine 2019. biografija Danijele Rakić izašla je u Leksikonu stvaralaca (Klett, Srbija).
Godine 2019. Udruženje muzičkih i baletskih pedagoga Srbije dodjelilo je Danijeli Rakić Diplomu za postignute višegodišnje pedagoške rezultate.
Godine 2019. dodjeljena joj je Povelja za građanske zasluge sa zlatnom medaljom -zaslužni građanin Zemuna, Srbija.
Godine 2020. postaje član tročlanog tima ,,Accordion Constellation’’. Nakon višemjesečne pripreme materijala i organizacije, napravljena je i istoimena stranica na platformama Facebook i Instagram, kao i YouTube kanal. Ova stranica je za kratko vrijeme postigla veliku popularnost i u kolovozu 2020. postala zvaničan partner Svjetske konfederacije harmonikaša (Francuska). Stranica kroz video prezentacije promovira domaće i međunarodne umjetnike na harmonici (naročito mlađe generacije), komorne ansamble i orkestre, pedagoge, događaje.
Godine 2021. Udruženje za podsticanje preduzetništva “Živojin Mišić” u okviru partnerstva s Yidan Prize, dodijelilo je Danijeli Rakić Priznanje za izuzetno karijerno postignuće i doprinos obrazovanju.
Danijela Rakić was born in 1970 in Zemun, Serbia. She finished primary and secondary music school at the elementary school “Kosta Manojlović” in Zemun, Serbia in the class of prof. Darko Uzelac. As a student, she won several awards at domestic festivals and competitions. She completed her five-year accordion studies at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music in Moscow, Russia in the class of prof. V. P. Kuzovljeva.I n addition to her graduation concert, she also defended her dissertation “Transcription of Polyphonic Works for Accordion”, mentored by Phd M. J. Imhanjicki (1994). In 2012, she completed her master’s studies at the Faculty of Culture and Mediain Belgrade, defending the topic “Formation of music culture in the conditions of new media”.
She began her pedagogical activity in 1994 at the „Stanislav Binički“ Elementary School in Belgrade. Since 2001. works in the elementary school “Kosta Manojlović” in Zemun. Apart from her home schools, she was also engaged in the music schools “Mihajlo Vukdragović” in Šabac, “Božidar Trudić” in Smederevska Palanka and “Živorad Grbić” in Valjevo. In the period from 2005-2009. works at the Academy of Fine Artsin Belgrade. From the academic year 2009-2010. works as a professor at the Music Academy of the University of East Sarajevo, in the teaching title of assistant professor, and since 2014 until 2020 in the teaching profession of associate professor. In the academic year 2015-2016 she was engaged at the Academy of Slobomir University, Bijeljina, BiH, Department in Belgrade, Serbia. Since 2020, she has been working as a professor at the Accordiononlineacademy,Tampa, USA.
At the suggestion of the RS Ministry of Education, together with Phd Zoran Rakić, she is working on the development of the Curriculum for high school – accordion, reading from the paper, chamber music and orchestra (1996). As an Advisor to the Institute for the Advancement of Education of the Republic of Serbia, in 2018 she made curriculum for six grades of lower music school, accordion instrument (material published on the ZUOV website) and in 2019 together with colleagues Phd Rakić Zoran and Eraković Gvozden, Danijela Rakić did the Curriculum for high school – accordion, reading from the paper, chamber music (material published on the website of ZUOV).
Pupils and students of Danijela Rakić perform at numerous public appearances and competitions in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Russia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, Montenegro, Croatia, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Portugal, North America, France, Czech Republic, Estonia, Kazakhstan , Australia, Azerbaijan, Great Britain. Danijela Rakić achieved significant results with her pupils and students with 443 awards in various age categories, of which 154 special awards, places and victories, 161 first awards, 81 second awards, 40 third awards and 7 commendations.
Danijela Rakić was also engaged as a member of the jury at domestic and international competitions in Serbia, BiH, Greece, Macedonia, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Switzerland, Croatia, France, Australia, Portugal, Slovenia, America, Ukraine and Austria.
For four years in a row (2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009) she won the “Kosta Manojlović” Award for achieving pedagogical results with students. She received the same award in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Five years in a row (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014) is the winner of the Recognition of the Dean of the Music Academy of the University of East Sarajevo for the achieved results of students in domestic and international competitions. At the 1st International Accordion Art Festival, East Sarajevo, BiH, she was named the most successful teacher (2010).
2008 was elected president of the Belgrade section of accordionists. She manages the Belgrade and regional sections. She participated in the work of the General Accordion Ensemble at the winter and summer congresses of the World Confederation of Accordionists (Great Britain, China, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina). She has been engaged as a lecturer at many seminars for teachers, pupils and students in Serbia, Ukraine, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Australia and Croatia. She gave a lecture for teachers of the Belgorod region in Russia on the topic of the Educational Music System in Serbia (2013). She spoke at the International Scientific Conferenceat T. Shevchenko-Lugansk University, Ukraine. Together with Valentin Dutin, MA, in Belgorod, Russia held a presentation and lecture on the topic of Serbian vocal tradition. She performed at the 6th International Scientific Conference – FolkMusic in the System of Vocational Education-Belgorod, Russia (2015). She participated in the work of the International Scientific Conference Folk Art in Contemporary Socio-Cultural Space: Traditions and Innovations with the topic Festival Movements in the System of Preparation of Musicians – Accordionists – Belgorod, Russia (2017). She also performed at the 7th International Scientific Conference – Folk MusicCulture in the Contemporary World: Togetherness of Science, Education and Practice on Serbian Folklore and Its Development, in Belgorod, Russia (2017). She gave a lecture on the Development of the Academic Accordion in Serbia and BiH in the last two decades, at the State Humanitarian-Pedagogical Academy in Yalta, Russia (2019). In Immocentar, New Belgrade held an educational workshop Magic Accordion, within the project We love to learn (2019). 2020 she spoke at the 7th International Scientific Conference Professionalism of Teachers, Psychological and Pedagogical Monitoring of Successful Careers in Yalta, Russia. In 2021, she performed at the 6th International Scientific and Practical Conference Music Art of the 21st Century – History, Theory, Practice, Dragobič, Ukraine with the topic Degrees ofMusic Education in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the art-educational conference Culture of Serbia and the world with the topic Pedagogical aspects of intellectual andemotional development of personality in the system of music culture through the educational system and held a presentation Culture as a bridge-culture of Serbia through timeat the 3rd Valjevo Art Festival.
She is a member of the World Association of Accordionists (France) and the World Confederation of Accordionists (Great Britain). She is a member of the Association of Musicians for Nurturing Academic Music “Music Constellation” (Serbia). In the Association for the Promotion of Academic Music, Arpeggio (BiH) performs the function of the President of the Assembly. She is a member of the section of accordionists at the Association of Music and Ballet Teachers of Serbia. She is the artistic director of the 1st and 2nd International Festival of Valjevo Art Festival, Valjevo, Serbia (2019 and 2020).
From the school year 2007-2008 performs the duty of the head of the accordion department, in theMS “Kosta Manojlović” – Zemun and in the period from 2011-2015 performs the duty of the head of the department at the Music Academy in East Sarajevo.
She helps young colleagues as a mentor for the preparation of the professional exam in accordion. She is a member of the pedagogical commission appointed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development Serbia for teacher licensing.
2019 prepared the Collection of Etudes for Accordion No. 1, published by Danijela Rakić and the Association of Musicians “Music Constellation”, Valjevo (ISMN 979-0-9014253-0-9).
In 2020 together with Aleksa Mirković, she prepared a collection of transcribed compositions by E. Grieg: Lyrical pieces – transcriptions for accordion, published by UMMS (ISMN 979-0-802046-00-9) in 2019.
She was a reviewer for accordion music editions – D. Stevanović: Coloring to playing the accordion and A. Mirković: White Paper, Nostalgia and Triumph. 2020 as part of the Art Studio event in Lazarevac, she held a presentation of her book and explained her reviews of the aforementioned accordion music editions.
2014 in the Encyclopedia Who’s Who in BiH, a biography of Danijela Rakić was published.
2015 Danijela Rakić received the Annual Awardof the Association of Music Schools of Serbia for many years of versatile work in the education of young talents and for selfless love, sacrifice, friendship and knowledge invested in growing up artists, Belgrade, Serbia.
2015 Danijela Rakić received the title of Pedagogical Advisor, in 2021 received the title of Independent Pedagogical Advisor of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development.
2017 the well-known site Accordion News ranked Danijela Rakić among the five most successful professors in Europe in 2017.
Within the project “The best educators of Serbia”, which is realized by the Association for Encouraging Entrepreneurship “Živojin Mišić”, Danijela Rakić was chosen as one of the best educators in Serbia in 2017. The same association is in 2019 proposed by Danijela Rakić as the representative of Serbia for the international educational award Yidan Prize.
2018 becomes an Advisor to the Institute for the Advancement of Education of the Republic of Serbia.
Danijela Rakić was also published in two editions of the American publishing house Times Square press – New York. A biography of Professor Rakić was published in the world encyclopedia Accordion worlds best contemporary accordionists, and in the book From theshadow of an accordion to eternity interview with the professor. These editions included the most eminent and most famous world professors and performers of academic accordion.
In 2019 and 2020 has even given four interviews to the famous American magazine ACCORDIONS STARS MAGAZINE New York.The same magazine ranked him among the 100 most influential leaders in the world of academic accordion and named him the best teacher in the world in 2019 and 2020 academic accordions.
2019 television Prva recorded a report within the show Explosive about the successes of prof. Danijela Rakić.
2019 Danijela Rakić’s biography was published in the Lexicon of Creators (Klett, Serbia).
2019 The Association of Music and Ballet Teachers of Serbia awarded Danijela Rakić with the Diploma for the achieved long-term pedagogical results.
2019 she was awarded the Charter of Civil Merit with a gold medal -Meritorious Citizen of Zemun, Serbia.
2020 becomes a member of the three-member Accordion Constellation team. After several months of preparation of materials and organization, a page of the same name was created on the Facebook and Instagram platforms, as well as a YouTube channel. This site gained great popularity in a short time and in August 2020 became an official partner of the World Accordion Confederation (France). Through video presentations, the page promotes domestic and international accordion artists (especially the younger generation), chamber ensembles and orchestras, pedagogues, and events.
2021 The Association for Encouraging Entrepreneurship “Živojin Mišić” within the partnership with the Yidan Prize awarded Danijela Rakić the Recognition for Outstanding Career Achievement and Contribution to Education.
PETRI MAKKONEN (Finska / Finland)
PETRI MAKKONEN – AN ACCORDION COMPOSER, PERFOMER AND TEACHER FROM KUOPIO, FINLAND
Petri Makkonen was born in 1967 in Iisalmi, central Finland. He started his musical career by playing folk music with piano accordion in the age of eight. Six years later he began to get regular classical button accordion lessons from Heidi Velamo at Sibelius Academy Junior Department in Helsinki. In the year 1994 he graduated Sibelius Academy Professional Department with excellent marks after studying accordion (suprervised by Matti Rantanen) and composition (supervised by Heikki Valpola and Olli Kortekangas).
Petri Makkonen’s international achievements:
– The second prize in CIA international accordion tape-recording competition (cat. under 18 years) in 1985
– The Silver Disc –prize At Moscow accordion festival in 2006 for the work as an accordion composer
– The Best new Original Work Award for his composition Tango-Toccata in Coupe Mondiale accordion contest 2011 (Shanghai).
Nowadays Petri Makkonen works mainly as the accordion lecturer of Kuopio Conservatoire including conducting Kuopio Conservatoire Accordion Orchestra and teaching at Kuopio Music and Dance Academy. He also gives solo concerts presenting especially his own music, plays in several bands with many different music styles (tango, folk, classical) and works periodically as a theatre musician, too. Furthermore he works actively as a member of juries of international accordion competitions.
Petri Makkonen´s compositions for accordion consist of:
– Virtuoso pieces, well-known in international competitions and concert programs: Disco-Toccata, Disco-Tango, A Flight beyond Time, Tango-Toccata, Choral Prelude, Pater Noster, My Motherland (dedicated to the professor Xiaoqing Cao)
– Characteristic suites especially for children: Dance of Four Virtuosos, Space Music, Songs for Accordion, a dodecaphonic suite Ghost Party, Six Royal Canons, Five Pieces for Accordion, Chips from the Old Masters Workshop, Transition music, Real Stories!
– Other solo pieces in different styles: The Red Bike album (The Red bike, …Like swans, Stocking Rag, Polka Furioso and many others)
– Chamber music: pAn for accordion and string quartet, Blu Amore for viola, accordion, piano and double-bass, Longing for Primitivity for three accordions, Mute Swan for accordion and violin, Mbprschzdt! for junior accordion orchestra, Il Mondo Nuovo for accordion and string Orchestra, Moldavian Rock for accordion and piano, Sonatine for recorder and accordion, The Memory of love for three accordion etc.
He has also made a remarkable amount of arrangements for junior accordion orchestra and many other instrument combinations. He has played as a musician in many CD:s, his own solo CD (The Red Bike) was released in 2006 ( the Finnish Accordion Institute). The sheet books and PDF files of Petri Makkonen’s music are available in www.convertor.fi and www.harmonikkainstituutti.net.
PETRI MAKKONEN – SKLADATELJ ZA HARMONIKU, IZVOĐAČ I NASTAVNIK IZ KUOPIJA, FINSKA
Petri Makkonen rođen je 1967. u Iisalmiju u središnjoj Finskoj. Svoju glazbenu karijeru započeo je svirajući narodnu glazbu na klavirskoj harmonici u dobi od osam godina. Šest godina kasnije počeo je redovito pohađati satove klasične harmonike kod Heidi Velamo na Sibelius Academy Junior Department u Helsinkiju. Godine 1994. diplomirao je s odličnim ocjenama nakon studija harmonike pod vodstvom Mattija Rantanena i kompozicije pod vodstvom Heikkija Valpole i Ollija Kortekangasa.
Međunarodna postignuća Petrija Makkonena:
– 2. nagrada godine 1985. na međunarodnom CIA-inom natjecanju u snimanju kazete (kategorija do18 godina)
– srebrna medalja na festivalu harmonike u Moskvi 2006.kao skladatelj za harmoniku
-nagrada za najbolje novo originalno djelo, sa skladbom Tango-Toccata, na natjecanju Coupe Mondiale 2011. u Šangaju.
Danas Petri Makkonen radi kao predavač na Konzervatoriju Kuopio, vodi harmonikaški orkestar Konzervatorija i predaje na Akademiji za glazbu i ples u Kuopiju. Također održava samostalne koncerte na kojima posebno predstavlja vlastite skladbe, svira u nekoliko bendova različitih glazbenih stilova (tango, narodna, klasična glazba), a povremeno radi i kao kazališni glazbenik. Nadalje, aktivan je i kao član žirija međunarodnih harmonikaških natjecanja.
Skladbe Petrija Makkonenaza harmoniku možemo podijeliti na:
– virtuozne komade (često izvođene na međunarodnim natjecanjima i koncertima): Disco-Toccata, Disco-Tango, Flight beyond Time, Tango-Toccata, Choral Prelude, Pater Noster, My Motherland (posvećeno profesoru Xiaoqing Caou)
– karakteristične suite za djecu: Dance of Four Virtuosos, Space Music, Songs for Accordion, dodekafonska suita Ghost Party, Six Royal Canons, Five Pieces for Accordion, Chipsfrom the Old Masters Workshop, Transition music, Real Stories!
– ostale solo-skladbe u različitim stilovima: album The Red Bike (The Red bike, …Like swans, Stocking Rag, Polka Furioso i drugi)
– komorna glazba: pAn za harmoniku i gudački kvartet, Blu Amore za violu, harmoniku, klavir i kontrabas, Longing for Primitivity za tri harmonike, Mute Swan za harmoniku i violinu, Mbprschzdt! za mlađi harmonikaški orkestar, Il Mondo Nuovo za harmoniku i gudački orkestar, MoldavianRock za harmoniku i klavir, Sonatina za blok flautu i harmoniku, The Memory of love za tri harmonike itd.
Također je aranžirao veliki broj skladbiza mlađi harmonikaški orkestar i mnoge druge kombinacije instrumenata. Svirao je na mnogim CD-ovima, a njegov vlastiti solo CD (The Red Bike) izašao je 2006. pri Finskom institutu za harmoniku. Notna izdanja i PDF datoteke glazbe Petrija Makkonena dostupne su na: www.convertor.fi i www.harmonikkainstituutti.net
VLADIMIR BLAGOJEVIĆ (SRBIJA / SERBIA)
Born in 1980, Vladimir Blagojević obtained primary and secondary musical education in his hometown of Kragujevac, Serbia. In the year of 2007, he obtained his advanced MA degree (Solisten Diplom) at Hochschule der Künste-Bern (Switzerland), where he was mentored by prof. Teodoro Anzellotti. Currently, Vladimir is an accordion teacher at the Music Academy in Kragujevac – Serbia, where he currently carries a position of a Head of the department for the Accordion, and is a former president of the Faculty Senate.
Amongst numerous achievements as a renowned accordion player a number of first prizes at various international competitions is certainly worth mentioning. Vladimir is the winner of seven prestigious international accordion competitions such as “Coupe Monidale”, “Tropheo Mondiale” and “PIF Castelfidardo”.
He had soloand chamber concerts in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, France, Argentina, Austria, Nederland, United Kingdom, Poland, Serbia, Croatia, Georgia, Armenia etc; in a prestigious concert venues such as: The Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Oldopera house Frankfurt, KKL Lucerne Switzerland, Theatre Colon Buenos Aires, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall London etc.
He performed with many prestigious chamber ensembles and orchestras such as Ensemble „Modern“Frankfurt, “Klangforum” Vienna, SWR symphonic orchestra, BR symphonic orchestra, ensemble “Paul Klee”, ensemble “13”.
Vladimir is a regular member of the“Pre-Art” ensemble from Zurich and the “Studio6“ensemble from Belgrade.
His creativity is evident in joint efforts with numerous composers on the creation of new solo-accordion and chamber pieces.
He had over eighty premier performances with different chamber ensembles and as a soloist.
Vladimir Blagojević rođen je 1980. godine u Kragujevcu. Osnovnu i srednju glazbenu školu završio je u rodnom gradu u klasama Slobodana Stanića i Vojina Vasovića. Diplomirao je 2004., a magistrirao 2007. na Visokoj umjetničkoj školi u Bernu (Švicarska) u klasi Teodora Anzellottija.
Osim brojnih prvih i specijalnih nagrada na domaćim natjecanjima, Vladimir Blagojević laureat je velikog broja međunarodnih harmonikaških natjecanja, poput World Trophy, World Cup, natjecanje u Castelfidardu…
Pedagoško djelovanje se ogleda kroz članstvo u žirijima na brojnim važnim međunarodnim natjecanjima harmonike, komorne glazbe i kompozicije.
Zaposlen je u zvanju izvanrednog profesora na Filološko-umjetničkom fakultetu Univerziteta u Kragujevcu. Danas njegovi studenti postižu značajne uspjehe na domaćim i međunarodnim natjecanjima.
Gotovo dva desetljeća djeluje na koncertnoj sceni kao solist i komorni glazbenik u Njemačkoj, Švicarskoj, Italiji, Belgiji, Nizozemskoj, Francuskoj, Portugalu, Argentini, Austriji, Španjolskoj, Armeniji, Gruziji, Srbiji, Bosni i Hercegovini, Makedonija … Nastupao je u vodećim svjetskim koncertnim dvoranama kao što su Berlinska filharmonija, Wigmore Hall u Londonu, Frankfurtska opera, Zurich Opera, Colon Theatre u Buenos Airesu, KKL u Luzernu, Concertgebouw u Amsterdamu, Opera u Münchenu, itd.
Dugi niz godina je pridruženi ili stalni član nekoliko komornih sastava s velikom međunarodnom reputacijom, poput Ensemble Modern u Frankfurtu ili Pre-Art u Zürichu.
Jedan je od suosnivača kolektiva Studio 6, ansambla sastavljenog od istaknutih umjetnika iz cijele Srbije, čije je djelovanje usmjereno na izvođenje suvremene umjetničke glazbe.
Snimio je preko 20 skladbi gostujući u raznim studijskim projektima.
Posebno ga zanima zajednički rad s brojnim poznatim skladateljima s kojima je surađivao na stvaranju novih djela za harmoniku ili harmoniku u ansamblu. Tako je praizveo osamdesetak novih skladbi kao solist i član raznih komornih sastava.
KLEMEN LEBEN (Slovenija / Slovenia)
Klemen Leben is an accordionist, composer, improviser, pedagogue, researcher, and strong advocate for meaningful contemporary music. He studied accordion with Prof. Ivan Koval and Prof. Matti Rantanen at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music Weimar and Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Momentarily he is a doctoral student at the Doctoral School at the University of Arts Helsinki (Sibelius Academy).
Klemen Leben is actively playing as soloist and chamber musician in Europe and North America and has received widespread acclaim for his performances at prestigious festivals and venues (Salzburger Festspiele, Music Biennale Zagreb, Konzerthaus Berlin, Semper Oper Dresden, KKL Luzern, Waldbühne Berlin, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Helsinki Music Centre and others). He played with prominent orchestras such as Kammersymphonie Berlin, Mozarteum Salzburg, Staatskapelle Weimar, RSO Slovenia and Prague Philharmonic under renowned conductors including Christian Thielemann, Marco Armilliato, Ville Matvejeff, En Shao and Michael Sanderling.
His „exceptional concert“ at the 28th Music Biennale Zagreb (April 2015) has been praised as „the best moment“ of this year‘s edition of this renowned festival of contemporary music.
He is a winner of several international competitions – the most prestigious of them the 46th accordion competition Klingenthal 2009 – and records for many broadcasting companies (ORF, Deutschlandradio Kultur, SWR, ZDF, RAI, HRT, RTV Slovenia and others).
His repertoire covers a wide range of musical styles: from Renaissance to original contemporary music for accordion. An important part of his musical activities is cooperating with composers (Aho, Hosokawa, Katzer, Lebič, Pintscher, Šenk and others), resulting in a notable number of premieres. The highlight of the current concert season will be the world premiere of an accordion concerto by Urška Pompe with the RSO Slovenia. The concerto, which is dedicated to Leben, will be broadcasted live.
Believing that musicianship requires more than performing, Leben is also active as an improviser and a composer. His works, ranging from works for solo instruments, chamber music to orchestral music, are performed internationally. Leben‘s composition „Formula magica“ (fl, ob, sax, pno, acc, vlc) has been awarded 3rd prize at the 7th int. competition for composers preArt in Basel (CH).
Klemen Leben was teaching 2010/11 at the FRANZ LISZT Academy of Music in Weimar. In September 2011 he was appointed Professor of Accordion at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet Ljubljana. Since October 2012 he has been teaching at the Academy of Music Ljubljana.
Leben is also internationally active as a jury member at renowned accordion competitions.
Klemen Leben je harmonikaš, skladatelj, improvizator, pedagog, istraživač i snažan zagovornik smislene suvremene glazbe. Studirao je harmoniku kod prof. Ivana Kovala i prof. Mattija Rantanena na Muzičkoj akademiji Franz Liszt u Weimaru i Sibelius Akademiji u Helsinkiju. Trenutačno je doktorand na Doktorskoj školi Sveučilišta umjetnosti u Helsinkiju (Sibelius Akademija).
Klemen Leben aktivno svira kao solist i komorni glazbenik u Europi i Sjevernoj Americi te je dobio brojne pohvale za svoje nastupe na prestižnim festivalima i dvoranama (Salzburger Festspiele, Muzički biennale Zagreb, Konzerthaus Berlin, Semper Oper Dresden, KKL Luzern, Waldbühne Berlin, Gewand Leipzig, Helsinški glazbeni centar i drugi). Svirao je s istaknutim orkestrima poput Kammersymphonie Berlin, Mozarteum Salzburg, Staatskapelle Weimar, RSO Slovenije i Praške filharmonije pod dirigentskom palicom Christiana Thielemanna, Marca Armilliata, Villea Matvejeffa, Ena Shaoa i Michaela Sanderlinga.
Njegov „izuzetan koncert“ na 28. Muzičkom biennalu Zagreb (travanj 2015.) hvaljen je kao „najbolji trenutak“ tog izdanja ovog renomiranog festivala suvremene glazbe.
Pobjednik je nekoliko međunarodnih natjecanja – najprestižnije od njih je 46. harmonikaško natjecanje Klingenthal 2009. Snima za ORF, Deutschlandradio Kultur, SWR, ZDF, RAI, HRT, RTV Slovenija i dr.
Njegov repertoar obuhvaća širok raspon glazbenih stilova: od renesanse do izvorne suvremene glazbe za harmoniku. Važan dio njegova glazbenog djelovanja čini suradnja sa skladateljima (Aho, Hosokawa, Katzer, Lebič, Pintscher, Šenk i dr.), što je rezultiralo zapaženim brojem praizvedbi. Vrhunac aktualne koncertne sezone bit će svjetska praizvedba koncerta za harmoniku Urške Pompe s RSO Slovenije. Koncert je posvećen Lebenu, a prenosit će se uživo.
Vjerujući da muziciranje zahtijeva više od izvođenja, Leben je aktivan i kao improvizator i skladatelj. Njegova djela čine djela za solo instrumente, komorne i orkestralne skladbe, a izvode se u diljem svijeta. Lebenova skladba Formula magica (fl, ob, sax, pno, acc, vlc) nagrađena je 3. nagradom na 7. međunarodnom natjecanju za skladatelje preArt u Baselu.
Klemen Leben predavao je 2010./2011. na Muzičkoj akademiji Franz Liszt u Weimaru. U rujnu 2011. imenovan je profesorom harmonike na Konzervatoriju za glazbu i balet Ljubljana. Od listopada 2012. predaje na Akademiji za glasbo Ljubljana.
Leben je također međunarodno aktivan kao član žirija na renomiranim natjecanjima harmonikaša.
JOVICA IVANOVIĆ (Austrija | BiH / Austria | B&H)
Serbian accordionist Jovica Ivanovic was born in 1987 in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He studied accordion at the University of Music, Theater and Media in Hanover, Germany, in the class of Prof. Elsbeth Moser, where he successfully completed his undergraduate and master’s studies.
He was a scholarship holder from the Live Music Now Foundation – Yehudi Menuhin, as well as from the Deutschland Scholarship.
In his career so far, Jovica Ivanović has performed at numerous music festivals, the most important of which are Brucknerfest (Linz, Austria), MozArt (Lemberg, Ukraine), Cello Biennale (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), and prestigious concert halls including Großes Festspielhaus Salzburg, Brucknerhaus Linz, Hannover Congress Center, Muzikgebouw Amsterdam, Kiev Philharmonic, Odessa Philharmonic, Belgrade Philharmonic. He has performed with orchestras: “Philharmonie Salzburg Orchester”, Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra, NCE Orchestra “Kiev Soloists”, Inso Lviv Symphony Orchestra, Ukrainian Chamber Orchestra.
Since 2016 Jovica has been collaborating regularly with the Ukrainian violinist Valery Sokolov. Through this cooperation, numerous successful concerts and projects have been realized so far and cooperation has also been achieved with the Russian composer Vladimir Genin, who composed the work “Light and Shadow” for two musicians. After the successful premiere at the MozArt festival in Lviv in 2018, another work dedicated to Jovica Ivanović followed, “Concerto for accordion and string orchestra”.
In 2019, Jovica realized his concert cycle “Jovica Ivanović – music in connection”, in which the artist performed throughout the year on various stages around Salzburg with renowned musicians such as Gary Hoffman, Jeremy Menuhin, Matvey Demin, Valeriy Sokolov and others.
In 2020, his debut CD “Piazzolla & Galliano Concertos” was released by Navona Records, which he recorded in collaboration with the Ukrainian Chamber Orchestra, conductor Vitaly Protasov, and Valery Sokolov as concertmaster. The CD has been rated very well by reputable music magazines and portals including American Record Guide, New York Music Daily, Infodad, Textura, Music Web International, Lucid Culture, Accordion Magazine, Whole Note, Fanfare and Gapplegate. The New York Music Daily listed the CD among the 50 best albums of the year 2021.
Srpski harmonikaš Jovica Ivanović rođen je 1987. godine u Zvorniku, u Bosni i Hercegovini.
Harmoniku je studirao na Visokoj školi za glazbu, teatar i medije u Hannoveru u Njemačkoj, u klasi prof. Elsbeth Moser, gdje uspješno završava osnovne i master studije.
Dobitnik je stipendije fondacije „Live Music Now“ – Yehudi Menuhin kao i stipendije „Deutschland Stipendium“.
Jovica Ivanović u svojoj dosadašnjoj karijeri nastupao je na brojnim glazbenim festivalima od kojih su najznačajniji Brucknerfest (Linz, Austrija), MozArt (Lemberg, Ukrajina), Cello Biennale (Amsterdam, Holandija), te u uglednim koncertnim dvoranama među kojima su Großes Festspielhaus Salzburg, Brucknerhaus Linz, Hannover Congress Centrum, Muzikgebouw Amsterdam, kijevska filharmonija, odeska filharmonija, beogradska filharmonija.
Nastupao je s orkestrima kao što su Philharmonie Salzburg Orchester, Vojvođanski simfonijski orkestar, orkestar NCE “Kijevski Solisti”, Inso Lviv simfonijski orkestar, ukrajinski komorni orkestar.
S ukrajinskim violinistom Valerijem Sokolovim redovno surađuje od 2016. godine. Kroz tu suradnju realizirani su brojni uspješni koncerti i projekti, a ostvarena je i suradnja s ruskim skladateljem Vladimirom Geninom, koji je za dvojicu glazbenika skladao djelo Svetlost i Senka. Nakon uspješne premijere na festivalu MozArt u Lvivu 2018. godine, uslijedilo je još jedno djelo posvećeno Jovici Ivanoviću – Koncert za harmoniku i gudački orkestar.
Godine 2019. Jovica je realizirao svoj koncertni ciklus Jovica Ivanović – music in conection, u kojoj je umjetnik tokom cijele godine na raznim pozornicama u okolici Salzburga nastupao s renomiranim glazbenicima kao što su Gary Hoffman, Jeremy Menuhin, Matvey Demin, Valeriy Sokolov i drugi.
Godine 2020. u produkciji Navona Records-a izdan je njegov debitantski CD Piazzolla & Galliano Concertos kojeg je snimio u suradnji s Ukrajinskim komornim orkestrom, dirigentom Vitalijem Protasovim te Valerijem Sokolovim kao koncertmajstorom. CD je jako dobro ocijenjen od uglednih glazbenih magazina i portala među kojima su American Record Guide, New York Music Daily, Infodad, Textura, Music Web International, Lucid Culture, Akkordeon Magazine, Whole Note, Fanfare i Gapplegate, a New York Music Daily također je uvrstio CD među 50 najboljih albuma za 2021 godinu.
ERAND KURANI (Albanija / Albania)
Erand Kurani, born on January 27, 1991 in Albania is an accordionist who comes from a family of artists.
Musical Education and Pedagogical activity
He began studying accordion when he was 10 years old in the class of Elton Balla, at the Artistic Lyceum Onufri in Elbasan, (2001- 2009).
Between 2009- 2014 he finished his studies bachelor and master for classic accordion at the University of Arts in Tirana from which graduated with maximum results, with Elton Balla professor.
After graduating from the Master programme he was given the opportunity to work and teach Accordion and Chamber music at the University of Arts in Tirana, from 2014 until now.
Since 2015 he works as an accordion teacher at the Artistic Lyceum Jordan Misjab in Tirana and also is in charge of the accordion department.
Erand has attended the following masterclasses:
– Masterclass with the professor B. Jakova, University of Arts, Tirana, April 2012
– Masterclass with the russian professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory Yuri Shishkin, Macedonia, July 2016
Since 2021 he is attending a second master in the field of music pedagogy, at the University of Arts in Tirana, in order to grow and develop professionally.
Concert experiences and participations
Erand has performed in a lot of concerts as a solo accordionist and also in the chamber music in Albania, Kosovo, Austria, etc.
He has also participated in some competitions in Albania, Italy, Bulgaria, Macedonia and was invited as a jury member in international accordion competitions:
– concert for the 75th anniversary of the Artistic Lyceum Jordan Misja, December 2021
– concert for the 70th anniversary of albanian composer Aleksander Peci, December 2021
– concert “Sounds of gratitude” in the Tonin Harapi hall, Tirana (Albania), January 2020
– concert as a soloist with the RTSH orchestra in the Turbina hall, Tirana (Albania), – “Thank you for the music”, “Sounds of War”, November 2019
– concert with his students of the Artistic High School Jordan Misja in the Tonin Harapi hall, Tirana (Albania), May 2019
– “Spring Concert” in the Tonin Harapi hall, Tirana (Albania), May 2019
– “Spring Concert” in the Red Hall Pristina (Kosovo), May 2019
– “Spring Concert” in the Preng Jakova school, Shkoder (Albania), May 2019
– concert as a soloist with the wind band of Tirana (Albania), for the Christmas and New Year holidays, December 2018
– certificate of evaluation as a teacher, for the highlevel preparations of his students in the Tirana Talent competition, May 2018
– concert “A meeting with nature” on the occasion of summer day, organized by the Municipality of Tirana (Albania), March 2018
– concert “High School Teachers in Concert”, Tirana (Albania), December 2017
– concert “Magical Sweet Sounds”, Great Hall of the University of Arts, Tirana, with trio and quintet of Albanian Accordions, January 2015
– recital, Skampa Theater, Albania, June 2014
– concert of Albanian Accordions, in the International Human Rights Films Festival – Albania, September 2014
– concert with Mosaic Trio at the International Poetry Festival Pollip, Kosovo, May 2013
– concert at Skampa Theater, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Independence of Albania, November 2012
– concert at the Marubi Film and Multimedia Academy, Albanian Accordions formation, Tirana (Albania), September 2012
– concert as a soloist and chamber group member at the University of Arts of Tirana with the compositions of Aleksander Peci, April 2011
– concert as a soloist at the Opera and Ballet Theater, Tirana, September 2009
– concert as a soloist in Austria in collaboration with the artistic high school Onufri, June 2008
– participant in the Remusica International Festival of Pristina with the Albanian Accordions, 2011/2013
– member of the Albanian Accordions and Mosaic Trio, 2009 – till now
– participant in the international competition for accordion in Castelfidardo, Italy, October 2008
– participant in the international competition for accordion Ohrid Pearls, Macedonia, June 2005
– participant in the international accordion competition in Bulgaria, third prize winner, May 2003
– jury member in the international accordion competition Australian International Accordion Championships, August 2021
– jury member in the international accordion competition Accordion Star International 2021, USA, April 16-25, 2021
– jury member at the 1st International Igor Zavadsky Accordion Competition-Festival, Ukraine, 2022
– jury member in the international accordion competition Accordion Star International 2022, USA, April 16-25, 2022
Erand Kurani, rođen 27. siječnja, 1991. u Albaniji, harmonikaš je iz umjetničke obitelji.
Glazbeno obrazovanje i pedagoška djelatnost
Harmoniku je počeo učiti u dobi od deset godina u klasi Eltona Balle u Umjetničkoj školi Onufri u Elbasanu (2001. – 2009.).
U periodu od 2009. – 2014. završava preddiplomski i magistarski studij klasične harmonike na Sveučilištu umjetnosti u Tirani na kojem je diplomirao s najvišom ocjenom kod profesora Eltona Balle.
Nakon završetka studija dobio je priliku raditi i predavati harmoniku i komornu glazbu na Sveučilištu umjetnosti u Tirani, od 2014. do danas.
Od 2015. radi kao profesor harmonike u Umjetničkoj školi Jordan Misja u Tirani, a također je i voditelj odjela harmonike.
Erand je pohađao sljedeće majstorske tečajeve:
– majstorski tečaj kod profesorice B. Jakove, Sveučilište umjetnosti, Tirana, travanj 2012.
– majstorski tečaj s ruskim profesorom Konzervatorija u Sankt Peterburgu Jurijem Šiškinom, Makedonija, srpanj 2016.
Od 2021. pohađa drugi magisterij, iz područja glazbene pedagogije, na Sveučilištu umjetnosti u Tirani, kako bi se dodatno profesionalno usavršio.
Koncertna djelatnost i sudjelovanja
Erand je nastupao na mnogobrojnim koncertima kao solist i član komornih sastava, u Albaniji, Kosovu, Austriji, itd.
Također je sudjelovao na natjecanjima u Albaniji, Italiji, Bugarskoj i Makedoniji te je bio pozvan kao član komisija na međunarodna natjecanja harmonikaša.
– koncert povodom 75. obljetnice Umjetničke škole Jordan Misja, prosinac 2021.
– koncert za 70. rođendan albanskog skladatelja Aleksandra Pecija, prosinac 2021.
– koncert Zvuci zahvalnosti u dvorani Tonin Harapi, Tirana (Albanija), siječanj 2020.
– solistički koncert s orkestrom RTSH u dvorani Turbina, Tirana (Albanija), – Hvala na glazbi, Zvuci rata, studeni 2019.
– koncert s njegovim učenicima Umjetničke škole Jordan Misja u dvorani Tonin Harapi, Tirana (Albanija), svibanj 2019.
– Proljetni koncert u dvorani Tonin Harapi, Tirana (Albanija), svibanj 2019.
– Proljetni koncert u Crvenoj dvorani, Priština (Kosovo), svibanj 2019.
– Proljetni koncert u školi Preng Jakova, Skadar (Albanija), svibanj 2019.
– solistički koncert s puhačkim orkestrom Tirane (Albanija), za božićne i novogodišnje praznike, prosinac 2018.
– certifikat izvrsnosti za pripremu učenika na visokoj razini na natjecanju Tirana Talents, svibanj 2018.
– koncert Susret s prirodom, u organizaciji općine Tirana (Albanija), ožujak 2018.
– koncert Srednjoškolski učitelji na koncertu, Tirana (Albanija), prosinac 2017.
– koncert Čarobni slatki zvuci, Velika dvorana Sveučilišta umjetnosti, Tirana, s triom i kvintetom Albanske harmonike, siječanj 2015.
– koncert u kazalištu Skampa, Albanija, lipanj 2014.
– koncert Albanskih harmonika, na međunarodnom festivalu filmova o ljudskim pravima – Albanija, rujan 2014.
– koncert s triom Mosaic na međunarodnom festivalu poezije Pollip, Kosovo, svibanj 2013.
– koncert u kazalištu Skampa povodom 100. godišnjice nezavisnosti Albanije, studeni 2012.
– koncert na filmskoj i multimedijskoj akademiji Marubi, s Albanskim harmonikama, Tirana (Albanija), rujan 2012.
– koncert solista i komornih sastava na Sveučilištu umjetnosti u Tirani sa skladbama Aleksandra Pecija, travanj 2011.
– koncert u Kazalištu opere i baleta, Tirana, rujan 2009.
– solistički koncert u Austriji u suradnji s Umjetničkom školom Onufri, lipanj 2008.
– sudionik međunarodnog prištinskog festivala Remusica, s Albanskim harmonikama, 2011./2013.
– član Albanskih harmonika i tria Mosaic, 2009. – do danas
– sudionik međunarodnog natjecanja za harmoniku u Castelfidardu, Italija, listopad 2008.
– sudionik međunarodnog natjecanja za harmoniku Ohridski biseri, Makedonija, lipanj 2005.
– sudionik međunarodnog natjecanja harmonikaša u Bugarskoj, dobitnik treće nagrade, svibanj 2003.
– član komisije na međunarodnom natjecanju harmonikaša Australian International Accordion Championship, kolovoz 2021.
– član komisije na međunarodnom natjecanju harmonikaša Accordion Star International 2021, SAD, 16. – 25. 4. 2021.
– član komisije na 1. međunarodnom natjecanju harmonikaša Igor Zavadsky – Festival, Ukrajina 2022.
– član komisije na međunarodnom natjecanju harmonikaša Accordion Star International 2022, SAD, 16. – 4. 2022.
TATJANA MARX (Australija / Australia)
Tatjana Marx (Australia), is a world-renowned accordionist, teacher, and international adjudicator.
A Laureate of two of the world’s most prestigious International Accordion Competitions: Klingenthal and the Coupe Mondiale, Tatjana majored in accordion at the Kiev Conservatorium of Music in Ukraine, achieving both her Bachelors and Masters degrees in music, studying with the late Professor V. Besfamilnov. After graduating, Tatjana embarked on a successful solo concert performance career, appearing throughout Europe, Australasia and China, before settling in Australia and establishing a reputation as one of Sydney’s leading music educators.
With 25 years as the Director of her own Music School, her students have competed nationally and internationally, winning awards at the AAA (USA), ATG (USA), the South Pacific Accordion Championships (New Zealand) Harbin International Accordion Art Week (China)and the Coupe Mondiale (world accordion championships) festivals.
Tatjana has taught and continues to teach students within Australia and internationally including those from New Zealand, Serbia and Austria. Her Australian students have received some of the most prestigious accordion qualifications from the Australian Music Examination Board (AMEB). Several of Tatjana’s students have completed Music Associate and Licentiate Diploma Examinations in accordion – the highest accordion qualifications available within Australia. With this wealth of teaching knowledge, she is very much in demand to give workshops and masterclasses all over the world.
As an international adjudicator, Tatjana is regularly invited to serve on the jury at events such as the AccoHoliday International Accordion Competition (Ukraine), South Pacific Accordion Championships (New Zealand), Tianjin International Accordion Competition (China), “Akordeon Art” International Accordion Competition (Sarajevo, Bosnia), Coupe Mondiale (Germany, England, Slovakia), International Accordion Art Week in Harbin (China), and the Accordion Games Festival (Slovenia).
In 1994, Tatjana was instrumental in founding The Australian Accordion Teachers Association Incorporated. A premiere voting member of the “CIA” – The Confederation Internationale Des Accordionistes (IMC – UNESCO) the Association hosts the Australian International Accordion Championships and Festival in June each year. Tatjana has served as President of this respected organisation for over 24 years is proud to share her enormous international experience with a new generation of accordionists. Her hard work and dedication to the accordion was acknowledged by the CIA when it presented Tatjana with its MERIT AWARD “In recognition of her outstanding services to the International Accordion Movement”.
Tatjana (Lukić) Marx je rođena u Beogradu 1964., a odrasla u Kragujevcu. Srednju muzičku školu, odsjek harmonike, je završila u Kragujevcu, u klasi profesora Radomira Tomića.
Bila je u prvoj generacija učenika profesora Tomića, a za vrijeme školovanja u srednjoj muzičkoj školi osvaja:
1. nagradu na Republičkom takmičenju
1. nagradu na Saveznom takmičenju harmonikaša tadašnje Jugoslavije.
Godine 1983. nastavlja svoje školovanje u Kijevu, na Ukrajinskoj nacionalnoj muzičkoj akademiji, gdje je završila redovne i postdiplomske stuidije u klasi profesora Vladimira Besfamiljnova.
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3. mjesto na Međunarodnom natjecanju harmonikaša u Klinghentalu (Njemačka) u kategoriji seniori (1986.)
2. mjesto na Međunarodnom natjecanju harmonikaša “Svjetski Kup”( Njemačka) u kategoriji seniori (1988.)
Tatjana je ujedno i prvi harmonikaš s prostora bivše Jugoslavije koja je postala Laureat ovih prestižnih međunarodnih natjecanja u kategoriji seniori.
U toku studija i neposredno poslije studija, nastavlja aktivnu koncertnu karijeru i nastupa u: Kini, Novom Zelandu, Australiji, Poljskoj, Njemačkoj, Ukrajini, Rusiji, Latviji, Sloveniji, Hrvatskoj.
Svoj životni i radni put, od 1991. godine, Tatjana nastavlja u Sidney-u, Australiji, gdje i danas živi i radi. U Australiji je Tatjana osnovala Udruženje nastavnika harmonike koje djeluje već 26 godina. U cilju popularizacije instrumenta, Australsko udruženje nastavnika harmonike (Australian Accordion Teachers Association) organizira svake godine Međunarodno natjecanje i festival harmonikaša. Ovu manifestaciju posjetili su natjecatelji i gosti festivala iz: Kine, Novog Zelanda, Srbije, Hrvatske, Bosne i Hercegovine, Rusije, Bjelorusije, Slovačke, Litve, Australije. Udruženje ima svoju web stranicu na: www.aata.org.au.
Pedagoški rad je nastavila u svojoj privatnoj skoli u Sidney-u, koju vodi već 30 godina. Odgojila je plejadu mladih harmonikaša Australije i time podigla opći nivo harmonike u Australiji.
Tatjana je često pozivana na međunarodne manifestacije harmonikaša kao član žirija i predstavnik Australije. Kao član žirija, predstavljala je Australiju u Engleskoj, Slovačkoj, Rusiji, Kini, Novom Zelandu, Ukrajini.
Za doprinos razvoju harmonike, 2005. godine Međunarodna organizacija ”The Confedaration Internationale des Accordeonistas (CIA)”, je nagradila Tatjanu diplomom MERIT AWARD “In recognition of her outstanding services to the International Accordion Movement”.
ZOLTÁN SZOKOLAI (Mađarska / Hungary)
Szokolai Zoltán was born in 1967 in Novi Sad. He finished primary and secondary music school in 1986 at the Isidor Bajić Music School in his hometown. In 1991, he passed the exam for accordion teacher at the Pedagogical Institute of Vojvodina in Novi Sad. In 2012 he graduated in music and accordion at the Bratislava Conservatory. He worked as an accordion teacher in Yugoslavia for eight years, first at the Music School in Senta, and then in Novi Kneževac.
He moved to Hungary in 1994 where he started the accordion department at the Lukin László Music School in Érd, where he still teaches today. Since 1996 he has been a professor of accordion at the Teleki-Wattay Art School in Pomáz, and since 2017 at the Weiner Leó Catholic Primary and Secondary Music School in the capital city.
For seven years he was a member of the accordion ensemble “Sonja Marinković” in AKUD, Novi Sad. The conductor of the orchestra at that time was Milana Baračkov Malenica. In her pedagogical work, she primarily applies the principles of accordion methodology developed by her and her mother Margit Baračkov.
It is important for him to raise his accordion education in Hungary to the highest possible professional level. He has attended accordion competitions and masterclasses in many european countries where he has developed personal contacts and gained experience in the culture and teaching habits of other countries. Thanks to that, a connection was established between the Teleki-Wattay Art School in Pomaz and the Josip Slavenski Music School in Novi Sad, which lasts successfully for 25 years.
With his students he is a regular participant in domestic and international accordion competitions. He has played in several bands over the years. For example, for thirteen years he was a member of a tango ensemble, a quartet that performed compositions by a hungarian contemporary composer, the Klezmer ensemble and an ethno folklore ensemble. He participates in many theatrical performances as a musician in Budapest and around the country.
Szokolai Zoltán rođen je 1967. godine u Novom Sadu. Osnovnu i srednju glazbenu školu završio je 1986. godine u Glazbenoj školi Isidora Bajića u rodnom gradu. Godine 1991. polaže ispit za učitelja harmonike na Pedagoškom zavodu Vojvodine u Novom Sadu. Godine 2012. diplomirao je glazbu i harmoniku na bratislavskom konzervatoriju. Osam godina radio je kao profesor harmonike u Jugoslaviji, prvo u Glazbenoj školi u Senti, a zatim u Novom Kneževcu.
U Mađarsku se preselio 1994. godine gdje je pokrenuo odsjek harmonike u Glazbenoj školi Lukin László u Érdu, gdje i danas predaje. Od 1996. je profesor harmonike u umjetničkoj školi Teleki – Wattay u Pomázu, a od 2017. u Katoličkoj Weiner Leó osnovnoj i srednjoj glazbenoj školi u glavnom gradu.
Sedam godina bio je član harmonikaškog sastava „Sonja Marinković” u AKUD-u, Novi Sad. Voditeljica orkestra u to vrijeme bila je Milana Baračkov Malenica. U svom pedagoškom radu prvenstveno primjenjuje principe metodike harmonike koju su razvili ona i njena majka Margit Baračkov.
Važno mu je da svoje obrazovanje harmonike u Mađarskoj podigne na što viši profesionalni nivo. Pohađao je natjecanja i majstorske tečajeve harmonike u mnogim europskim zemljama gdje je razvio osobne kontakte i stjecao iskustvo kulture i nastavnih navika drugih zemalja. Zahvaljujući tome uspostavljena je veza između Umjetničke škole Teleki-Wattay u Pomazu i Glazbene škole Josipa Slavenskog u Novom Sadu koja uspješno djeluje već 25 godina.
Sa svojim učenicima redoviti je sudionik domaćih i međunarodnih natjecanja harmonikaša. Tijekom godina svirao je u nekoliko bendova. Primjerice, trinaest godina bio je član tango ansambla, kvarteta koji je izvodio skladbe mađarskog suvremenog skladatelja, ansambla Klezmer i etno folklornog ansambla. Sudjeluje u mnogim kazališnim predstavama kao glazbenik u Budimpešti i širom zemlje.
GHENADIE ROTARI (Moldavija / Moldova)
Accordionist Ghenadie Rotari, hailed as “a magnificent of the accordion, a true revelation” (Formula AS) was born in Moldova and has performed across Europe, North America and Asia in venues such as the Carnegie Hall, the Berliner Philharmonie, St. Martin in the Fields, Vienna Konzerthaus and others.
Ghenadie Rotari is the creator and the host of the “Everything Accordion”podcast, which has gained thousands of streams across more than 20 episodes and is currently teaching accordion at the Musikschule Montafon in Austria.
Harmonikaš Ghenadie Rotari, prozvan “veličanstvenim harmonikašem te pravim otkrićem” (Formula AS) je rođen u Moldaviji, a nastupao je diljem Europe, Sjeverne Amerike i Azije u dvoranama kao što su Carnegie Hall, Berliner Philharmonie, St. Martin in the Fields, Vienna Koncerthaus i drugima.
Tijekom pandemije Covid-19, Ghenadie je inicirao projekt na Instagram-u pod nazivom “Quarantine diaries”, koji se sastoji od novonaručenih kratkih komada u kojima skladatelji prikazuju svoju viziju pandemije.
Njegovi budući angažmani uključuju izvedbu djela “Twice upon…”, Luciano-a Berio-a, u suradnji s Ensemble MusikFabrik i Ensemble Intercontemporain u Essen Philharmonic, koncert s Ensemble MusikFabrik u Kölner Philharmonie u svibnju, izvedbu “Freedom for notes and men”, Matthew-a Shlomowitz-a na otvorenim večerima glazbe u Grazu u lipnju, kao i specijalni koncert za “Nei suoni dei luoghi festival” u potpunom mraku (u suradnji s Rittmeyer institutom za slijepe).
Ghenadie Rotari je često pozivan kao izvođač, podjednako kao solist i član komornog sastava,
na festivale poput Wien modern, Essen Now!, Innersound New Arts Festival u Bukureštu, Nei suoni dei luoghi Festival te ostale. Osvajač je i dobitnik prvih mjesta i raznih nagrada međunarodnih glazbenih natjecanja, a najzapaženije su prve nagrade na “Svirél” natjecanju u Sloveniji i na “Sony Classical Talent Scout Award”.
Prvotno potican da počne učiti klavir, zbog manjka slobodnih mjesta u klasi, postao je harmonikaš te je na kraju to ispao sretan ishod sudbine. Ghenadie Rotari nastavio je svoje školovanje na Conservatory of Trieste u Italiji, Sibelius Academy u Finskoj i na Hochschule für Musik und Theater u Munchenu, diplomirajući harmonikašku izvedbu te suvremen glazbene studije.
Njegov interes za suvremenu glazbu, kao sredstvo izražavanja, ponukao ga je na suradnju s istaknutim skladateljima i sastavima. Među skladateljima s kojima je Ghenadie Rotari surađivao su Rebecca Saunders, Chaya Czernowin, Mark Andre, Matthew Shlomowitz i drugi. Ghenadie Rotari se često pojavljivao, između ostalih, i u izvedbama s Ensemble PHACE, Ensemble Oktopus, Webern Kammerphilharmonie, Ensemble MusikFabrik, Augsburger Philharmoniker.
Ghenadie Rotari je izdao album “Elegia”, u cjelosti posvećenom novoj glazbi za harmoniku te izdanim od strane Elektramusic. Pojavljivao se i na radijskim i televizijskim kanalima: ORF, Radio Ars, BR – Klassik, Radio Vaticana, Radio Belgrade, Moldova1. Također je bio i finalist Romania got talent show, koji je bio gledan od strane više milijuna gledatelja. Njegove snimke imaju tisuće pregleda na svim važnijim platformama, uključujući Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon Music i ostale.
Ghenadie Rotari je tvorac i domaćin “Everything Accordion” podcast-a, koji ima na tisuće pregleda u preko više od 20 epizoda, a trenutno predaje harmoniku na Musikschule Montafon u Austriji.
VOLODYMYR KURYLENKO (Ukrajina / Ukraine)
Volodymyr Kurylenko was born on the 15th of March 1973 in a small town Krolevets, which is situated in the Northern-Eastern part of Ukraine.
When he was 9 years old he started playing bayan at children musical school. His first teachers were Olexandr Bobryk and Victor Zinchenko.
After 6 years of training he entered Sumy musical college in 1988 to the class of Genady Cherkashyn.
In 1991 V.Kurylenko won the 1st Prize at the regional competition for Bayan and Accordion players in Belgorod, Russia.
In 1992 he won the 1st Prize at the competition for performers on folk instruments amongst students of musical colleges from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus in Bryansk, Russia. Friedrich Lips was the head of the jury. Then V.Kurylenko also won a special Prize for the best performance of the arrangement of a national folk tune.
Having graduated the college in 1992, V.Kurylenko entered Sumy Pedagogical Institute to the department of teachers of music. In 1993 he was transferred to Donetsk Conservatoire (High School on Music) to the class of Prof. Vyacheslav Voyevodin.
In 1996-1998 V.Kurylenko took part in International Accordion Competitions in Klingenthal, Germany.
In the period 1998-2001 he studied at Kyiv National University, Institute of Foreign Affairs. V.Kurylenko has a degree of Master of International Law.
In 2019 V. Kurylenko gave a concert and was a jury member at Accordion competition ‘Concurso de Acordeão e Guitarra portuguesa’ in Santarém, Portugal.
Currently Volodymyr Kurylenko gives various concerts, masterclasses, gives lessons on Bayan in his own country and abroad in the coutries like the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Germany and other.
His repertoire includes pieces by composers starting from Bach up to modern times, from classical till jazzy and entertaining music. Mostly, he performs pieces by Soviet, Ukrainian and Russian composers specially written for bayan. Not too modern, music is there, still.
Volodymyr Kurylenko composes as well and performs his own pieces at the concerts. He wrote music to several documentary films.
Volodymyr Kurylenko provides service of finding the repertoire for bayan / accordion. He helps composers/arranges from Ukraine with publishing their works and arrangements for bayan / accordion.
He has his own Accordion YouTube channel – http://www.youtube.com/kurylenko – where he posts his own performances as well as helps other bayan/accordion players to promote their skills.
Volodymyr Kurylenko website: http://www.volod.com.ua
Volodymyr Kurylenko rođen je 15. ožujka 1973. u gradiću Krolevets koji se nalazi u sjeverno-istočnom dijelu Ukrajine.
S 9 godina počeo je svirati harmoniku u glazbenoj školi. Njegovi prvi učitelji bili su Olexandr Bobryk i Victor Zinchenko.
Nakon 6 godina školovanja upisuje se 1988. na glazbeni koledž Sumy u klasi Genadyja Cherkashyna.
Godine 1991. Kurylenko je osvojio 1. nagradu na regionalnom natjecanju harmonikaša u Belgorodu, Rusija.
Godine 1992. osvojio je 1. nagradu na natjecanju za izvođače na narodnim instrumentima među studentima glazbenih fakulteta iz Ukrajine, Rusije i Bjelorusije u Brjansku u Rusiji. Friedrich Lips bio je predsjednik ocjenjivačkog suda. Tada je Kurylenko dobio i posebnu nagradu za najbolju izvedbu obrade narodne pjesme.
Nakon što je 1992. završio koledž, Kurylenko počinje studirati pedagoški smjer na Institutu u Sumyju.
Godine 1993. prebacuje se na Konzervatorij u Donetsku (srednja glazbena škola) u klasu prof. Vjačeslava Vojevodina.
Od 1996.-1998. Kurylenko je sudjelovao na međunarodnom natjecanju harmonikaša u Klingenthalu, Njemačka.
U razdoblju od 1998.-2001. studirao je na Kijevskom nacionalnom sveučilištu, na Institutu za vanjske poslove. Kurylenko je, između ostalog, i magistar međunarodnog prava.
2019. godine Kurylenko je održao koncert i bio član žirija na natjecanju Concurso de Acordeão e Guitarra portuguesa u Santarému, Portugal.
Volodymyr Kurylenko održava koncerte, majstorske tečajeve te drži predavanja u svojoj zemlji i inozemstvu (Nizozemska, Belgija, Portugal, Njemačka, i dr.).
Njegov repertoar uključuje skladbe skladatelja od Bacha do modernog doba, od klasične do jazz i zabavne glazbe. Uglavnom izvodi djela sovjetskih, ukrajinskih i ruskih skladatelja napisana za harmoniku. Ne previše moderno, ali glazba je tu, i dalje.
Kurylenko također sklada i izvodi vlastite skladbe na koncertima. Napisao je glazbu za nekoliko dokumentarnih filmova.
Pruža uslugu pronalaženja repertoara za harmoniku. Pomaže skladateljima/aranžerima iz Ukrajine u objavljivanju njihovih djela i aranžmana za harmoniku.
Ima svoj YouTube kanal – http://www.youtube.com/kurylenko – na kojem objavljuje vlastite nastupe te pomaže drugim harmonikašima da promoviraju svoje vještine.
Web stranica: http://www.volod.com.ua