20240222_GFA Peretic

THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music in cooperation with the Guitar Foundation of America presents

Guest Artist Recital

Lovro Peretić, Guitar Guitar Foundation of America 2022 Rose Augustine Grand Prize Winner

Thursday, February 22, 2024 7:30 p.m. | Dohnányi Recital Hall

PROGRAM Sonata, K. 380 Sonata, K. 208 Sonata, K. 178

Domenico Scarlatti (1685 – 1757)

The Seasons, Op. 37a VI. June: Barcarolle Reflections on the Dranyen

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)

­— Commissioned by the Augustine Foundation —

Mazurka appassionata Oración por todos Valse de la primavera

Andrea Clearfield (b. 1960)

Augustín Barrios (1885–1944)

INTERMISSION Rondo, Op. 129

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)

Cadran lunaire I. Saturnal

Maurice Ohana (1913–1992)

Introduction and variations on a theme from Der Freischütz

Karel Arnoldus Craeyvanger (1817–1868)

To Ensure An Enjoyable Concert Experience For All… Please refrain from talking, entering, or exiting during performances. Food and drink are prohibited in all concert halls. Recording or broadcasting of the concert by any means, including the use of digital cameras, cell phones, or other devices is expressly forbidden. Please deactivate all portable electronic devices including watches, cell phones, pagers, hand-held gaming devices or other electronic equipment that may distract the audience or performers.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST Lovro Peretić is an internationally award-winning classical guitarist from Zagreb (Croatia).

He has performed concerts all around Croatia and in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Russia, Poland, Spain, Finland, Estonia, Italy, France, Austria, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Hungary and Greece as a soloist and a chamber musician. He has performed and given masterclasses in many of the world’s most prestigious guitar festivals and music concert series’, including Paris International Guitar Festival, London International Guitar Festival, Music Festival “Vladimir Spivakov” in Moscow, Zagreb Guitar Festival, Antwerp International Guitar Festival, José Tomás Villa de Petrer International Guitar Festival and many more.

Last year Peretić won the International Concert Artist competition of the Guitar Foundation of America (USA). As the winner, he will depart on an extensive concert tour, playing around 50 concerts throughout USA and Canada in 2023/2024 concert season, and performing at the GFA 50th Anniversary Convention at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City this June.

Peretić also recorded his debut album for the Naxos Records, the world’s leading classical music label, which was released in June 2023. In 2020, Peretić won the 3rd Eurostrings competition, arguably the biggest competition for guitar in Europe, which brought him an opportunity to give numerous concerts and master classes in 18 European countries.

As well as his solo performance career, Peretić regularly performs in various chamber music groups, among which the most significant one is guitar trio Evocación, who released their first album, Evocación, in 2020 though the Italian publishing label Dotguitar. As a soloist, Peretić has played with the Symphony orchestra of Croatian radio television, Dubrovnik, and Zagreb symphony orchestras, to name a few.

Peretić has won over 30 prizes in international competitions, including first place in the International Concert Artist competition of GFA (USA), Eurostrings guitar competition, Changsha International Guitar Competition (China), Andres Segovia guitar competition in Velbert (Germany), Anna Amalia guitar competition in Weimar (Germany), Zagreb Guitar Festival (Croatia), Boris Papandopulo music competition in Zagreb (Croatia), Antwerpen Guitar Festival (Belgium), Enrico Mercatali guitar competition in Gorizia (Italy), Fernando Sor guitar competition in Rome (Italy), Volos Guitar Competition (Greece), Concours international de guitare d’Antony (France), Peja International Guitar Festival (Kosovo), Sarajevo International Guitar Festival (B&H), “Paola Ruminelli” international chamber music competition (Italy), Split Guitar Festival (Croatia), Mörski festival kitare (Slovenia), International guitar competition ”Porečki tirando”, Brussels International Guitar Competition ”Ilse and Nicolas Alfonso” (Belgium), International guitar competition ”Ida Presti” (Croatia).

Peretić started studying guitar at a young age under tuition of Professor Xhevdet Sahatxhija in Zagreb. After that, he graduated with distinction from the Music academy in Zagreb in the class of professor Darko Petrinjak, spending one year in a student exchange program at L’École Supérieure Musique et Danse Hauts-de-France in Lille (France) with professor Judicaël Perroy. Later, he specialized in music performance in Geneva (Switzerland) where he studied with Judicaël Perroy at the Haute Ecole de Musique Genève. Peretić has greatly benefited from numerous masterclasses with musicians and scholars such as Zoran Dukic, Marcin Dylla, Lorenzo Micheli, Ana Vidović, Paolo Pegoraro, Łukasz Kuropaczewski, Marco Socías and more. He has been awarded the Dean’s award and Rector’s award of University in

Zagreb. Today, Peretić is regarded as one of the leading guitarists of the younger generation with his impressive catalogue of awards and performances, and he is invited to perform concerts at the most prestigious classical music festivals and organizations in the world.

This performance was made possible in cooperation with the Guitar Foundation of America.