COMPETITION BOOKLET 2022. - Daruvar Accordion Award by Marija Plentaj

MAY 14, 2022 ONLINE / DARUVAR

ORGANIZER

HARMONIKAŠKI CENTAR / ACCORDION CENTER Trg Antuna Gustava Matoša 6 43000 Bjelovar Croatia E-mail: info@harmonikaski-centar.hr Web: www.harmonikaski-centar.hr FB: Harmonikaški centar YT: Harmonikaški centar / Accordion Center (Croatia) IG: daruvar_accordion_award

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Dear competitors, mentors and all who support our work, last year our wish was to meet you all live this year in Daruvar. Well-known reasons did not allow us to achieve that, but it encouraged us to try a new challenge - the organization of competition on an international level. Your numerous applications are proof and confirmation that our decision was a good one. It makes us happy and proud to have competitors - soloists and chamber groups from 7 countries. We thank and congratulate all the mentors and competitors and wish they continue sharing their music and promoting our instrument. This year, we will not plan too far ahead, because previous years have taught us that circumstances are unpredictable. In any case, we thank everyone who recognizes and supports our work and we hope it will remain so in all our projects in the future.

Organisation committee: Biljana Bastalec, president Marija Plentaj, member Saša Bastalec, member Anamarija Nerad, member Ivan Golub, member Martina Golub, member 3

The schedule of performances is determined by the first letter of the competitor’s surname.

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CATEGORY

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SOLOISTS Peter Pan Category

SOLOISTS Category A

SOLOISTS Category B

SOLOISTS Category C

SOLOISTS Category D

SOLOISTS Category E

SOLOISTS Category F

CHAMBER GROUPS Category B

CHAMBER GROUPS Category C

CHAMBER GROUPS Category D

Daruvar Accordion Award SOLOISTS Peter Pan Category Link to the performances of Peter Pan category competitors: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=FwAsVH74Onw&list=PLFpl1HHFFqU4p2hY3vO-KaJUAH7KUfib1 1. HRŠAK, ROKO (23/03/2013) Primary Music School at August Cesarec Primary School in Krapina, Croatia • Hans Lüders / Arr. Vjera Odak, Stjepan Horvat: In the Smithy • Vjera Odak: Two Roosters • Vjera Odak: The Rain is falling, little Rain • Stjepan Horvat: Ski Jump Mentor: Stjepan Horvat 2. JURKOVIĆ, DORIAN (23/02/2014) Blagoje Bersa Music School, Zagreb, Croatia • Josip Matanović: Arrangement on Croatian folk song “Međimurski lepi dečki” • Yevgeny Derbenko: Polka • Oleg Gamayunov: Stetson Mentor: Valentina Mikulan 3. KUBIN, PETAR (23/08/2012) Zlatko Grgošević Music School in Sesvete, Zagreb, Croatia • Petri Makkonen: Töx • Saša Bastalec: Two Jumps Mentor: Biljana Bastalec

4. MAKOV, ANTUN (02/01/2013) Kontesa Dora Primary Music School, Našice, Croatia • Marija Matanović: Troubles of the Elephant • Vjera Odak: Twins Mentor: Novica Todić 5. MARČUN, FILIP (10/11/2012) Varaždin School of Music, Croatia • Croatian traditional song: “Iš, iš, iš” • Ivana Cvetkovski: Lullaby • Ivana Cvetkovski: My first etude • A traditional song from South Africa (the Zulu tribe): Parting Song Mentor: Karmen Antunović 6. MILINOVIĆ, LEON (07/11/2012) Zlatko Grgošević Music School in Sesvete, Zagreb, Croatia • Đeni Dekleva-Radaković: Little Train • Martina Wronski: Traveling with an old steam Locomotive, V. Finally at the finish Mentor: Valentina Mikulić 7. PLEČIĆ, VIKTORIJA (17/10/2012) Vatroslav Lisinski Music School in Bjelovar, Croatia • Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum • Wilhelm Bernau: On the Carousel • Josip Matanović: Suite “The Circus”, IV. Clowns Mentor: Zoran Maršić

Daruvar Accordion Award 8. ZDUNAJIĆ, TARA (31/12/2013) Vatroslav Lisinski Music School in Bjelovar, Croatia • Ivo Lhotka Kalinski: Seven Pullets • Ari-Matti Saira: Poke Rock • Anders Grøth: Tango della scala Mentor: Marija Plentaj 9. BOLŠEC, VIKTOR (08/03/2013) Primary Music School at Franjo Horvat Kiša Primary School in Lobor, Croatia • German traditional song: Schwarzwalder Schnicker • Leopold Mozart: Burlesque • Josip Matanović: Arrangement on Croatian folk song “Ljubav se ne trži” • Anonymus: Country Fair Mentor: Martina Jembrišak 10. BUDOŠ, GABRIEL (26/07/2012) Kontesa Dora Primary Music School, Našice, Croatia • William Duncombe: My first Sonatina • Josip Matanović: Arrangement on Croatian Folk Song “Jednu sem ružu mel” • Wilhelm Bernau: Girl’s Dance Mentor: Novica Todić 11. ČUMBREK, IVAN (11/09/2012) Varaždin School of Music, Croatia • Old dance from the 14th / 15th Century: Court dance • Belgian traditional song: “Anne Marieke” • Ivana Cvetkovski: Lullaby • Ivana Cvetkovski: My first Waltz Mentor: Karmen Antunović

Daruvar Accordion Award SOLOISTS Category A Link to the performances of category A competitors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =9GeQg6QjtrY&list=PLFpl1HHFFqU65oReqMz8ceQurmr3zGBrs

1. FEHER, LEONARD (27/02/2012) Music Department at Vladimir Nazor Primary School in Pazin, Croatia • Josip Matanović: Suite “Circus”, III. On Trapeze • Petri Makkonen: Toothbrush Mentor: Rožika Banov Mijandrušić 2. FLANJAK, MARKO (09/08/2011) Kontesa Dora Primary Music School, Našice, Croatia • Vjera Odak: Etude No. 22 in C major • Arrangement on Croatian folk song “Vehni, vehni fijolica” • Sh. Suzuki: Allegro Mentor: Novica Todić 3. JAKOBOVIĆ, ANTUN (13/06/2011) Požega Music School, Croatia • Davor Horvat: Children’s Suite “Knight Stories”, I. Princess, II. Knights of the Round Table • Victor Vlasov: Royal Ball Mentor: Matej Marjanović

4. JELEČ, MANUEL (21/04/2010) Slavonski Brod Music School, Croatia • Ernst-Günter Rosenetzki: Sonatina No. 3, II. Andante • An unidentified composer, Franciscan monastery in Klanjec, Croatia: Andante Mentor: Anita Krajnović 5. KOVAČIĆ, LEONARDO (28/07/2010) Fran Lhotka Music School, Sisak, Croatia • Josip Matanović: Partita, I. Chorale, II. Aria • Reinhold Glière: Roosters Polka Mentor: Anamarija Filipović 6. MISBRENER, GABRIEL (27/01/2012) Kontesa Dora Primary Music School, Našice, Croatia • Vjera Odak: Carnival • Vjera Odak: Butterfly Waltz Mentor: Novica Todić 7. PISAČIĆ, KARLO (14/06/2010) Zlatko Grgošević Music School in Sesvete, Zagreb, Croatia • Josip Matanović: Arrangement on Croatian folk song “Vehni, vehni fijolica” • Jozef Powrroznik: Polka Mentor: Valentina Mikulić 8. RIZMAN, SIMON (25/07/2010) Primary Music School at Franjo Horvat Kiša Primary School in Lobor, Croatia • Michail Starokadomski: A Rabbit • Vjera Odak: Old Split Dances Mentor: Dario Šeremet 14

Daruvar Accordion Award 9. SMOLKOVIĆ, DORA (25/01/2011) Franjo Lučić Art School, Velika Gorica, Croatia • Egil Hauge: Prelude • Davor Bobić: Children’s Suite No. 3, IV. A Ride in Grandad’s Farme’s Cart • Saša Bastalec: Bingo Mentor: Marija Ostrugač Jugec 10. VINCE, BISZVURM (02/06/2010) Franz Liszt Music School in Pécs, Hungary • Geszler György: Version 6\8-ban - Version in 6\8 • Johann Sebastian Bach: Minuet in G minor • Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatina in G major, Anh. 5, No. 1, II. Romance Mentor: Kéméndi Tamás 11. BAN, HRVOJE (04/08/2011) Ivan Zajc Primary Music School, Zagreb, Croatia 1. Josip Matanović: Sonatina, I. Moderato 2. Davor Horvat: Waltz in E minor Mentor: Dejan Čolja 12. BIONDIĆ, SLAVKO (06/06/2010) Ivan Zajc Primary Music School, Zagreb, Croatia • Josip Matanović: Three faces of one Mary, I. Moderato • Johann Sebastian Bach: Bourrée • Saša Bastalec: Suite “Colors of the Rainbow”, IV. Violet, VI. Green Mentor: Dejan Čolja

13. BOTOND, KLEICS (07/04/2010) Franz Liszt Music School in Pécs, Hungary • Cornelius Gurlitt: Andante • Bogár István: Six small pieces, I. A Game, II. Lullaby, III. March, IV. In South Slavic Style, V. Recorder Tune, VI. Fiery Dance Mentor: Kéméndi Tamás 14. BULJAN, MATEJ (30/09/2011) Kontesa Dora Primary Music School, Našice, Croatia • Josip Matanović: Etude in G minor • James Hook: Minuet • Felice Fugazza: A Cat and a Ball of Wool Mentor: Novica Todić 15. BUŠIĆ, LUKA (20/05/2010) Fran Lhotka Music School, Sisak, Croatia • Josip Matanović: Children’s Suite “Regoč”, I. Legen City, III. Kosjenka, IV. Final • Günter Ketzscher: Dance from the Caucasus Mentor: Anamarija Filipović 16. BUTKOVIĆ, AMELIE (11/05/2011) Ivan Matetić-Ronjgov Music School in Pula, Croatia • Dora Pejačević: Song without Words, Op. 10 • Milomir Dojčinović: Suite No. 2 “Steps”, The Cheetah Mentor: Mia Grozdanić

Daruvar Accordion Award SOLOISTS Category B Link to the performances of category B competitors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =VP1mNHUA61w&list=PLFpl1HHFFqU5VWEfilBBCUNWnAgtlS672 1. IVAKIĆ, EMANUEL (26/02/2010) Novska School of Music, Croatia • Josip Matanović: First Steps of little Ballerina • Saša Bastalec: Suite Colors of the Rainbow, I. Yellow • Yuri Soloviev: Russian folk Song Mentor: Ivan Golub 2. KREBER, MARTIN (03/08/2009) Zlatko Grgošević Music School in Sesvete, Zagreb, Croatia • Domenico Cimarosa: Sonata in G major • Saša Bastalec: Diptych • V. Eletsky: Children’s Waltz Mentor: Biljana Bastalec 3. MALEČIĆ, SARA (18/08/2009) Zlatko Baloković Music School, Zagreb, Croatia • Volodimir Balyk: A Spinning Top • Unto Jutila: Suite “The Little Accordion Player”, I. The Little Accordion Player, IV. The Dance of a Teddy Bear • Yevgeny Derbenko: Rock-Toccata Mentor: Ivana Cvetkovski 4. MEDVED, MAŠA (10/12/2008) Zlatko Baloković Music School, Zagreb, Croatia • Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV 771 • Davor Bobić: Children’s Suite No. 4, I. A Little Introduction, IV. Promenade • Yevgeny Derbenko: The Passing of Time Mentor: Ivana Cvetkovski 17

5. NIZEK, FRAN (10/07/2008) Music Department at Marija Jurić Zagorka Primary School in Vrbovec, Croatia • Robert Schumann: Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15, No. 7 “Dreaming” • Josip Matanović: Children’s Suite “Circus”, I. Promenade, II. Blue and White Elephant, (Promenade), III. On Trapeze, (Promenade), IV. Clowns Mentor: Marija Golub 6. OREČIĆ, JOSIP (04/02/2009) Franjo Lučić Art School, Velika Gorica, Croatia • G. Vasco: A theme for Amanda • Saša Bastalec: Heine • Yuri Gavrilov: Blizzard Mentor: Marija Ostrugač Jugec 7. PEŠTAJ, MARKO (22/06/2009) Boris Papandopulo Primary Music School in Kutina, Croatia • Johann Sebastian Bach / Arr. Vjera Odak: Minuet • Josip Matanović: Suite “Regoč”, II. Regoč, III. Kosjenka • Scott Joplin / Arr. Vjera Odak: The Entertainer Mentor: Josipa Vukelić 8. PETRIC, JAKOV (09/06/2009) Varaždin School of Music, Croatia • An unidentified composer from the island of Krk: Sonata for Harpsichord • Petri Makkonen: “Space Music”, IV. The Heroes of the Milky Way Mentor: Karmen Antunović

Daruvar Accordion Award 9. PODNAR, TONI (12/10/2008) Milko Kelemen Music School, Slatina, Croatia • Davor Bobić: Carnival Etude No. 1 • Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia No. 7 in E minor, BWV 793 • Georgy Shenderyov: Russian Dance Mentor: Robert Čavlović 10. SATRAPA, NIA (25/01/2009) Blagoje Bersa Music School, Zagreb, Croatia • Andray Byzov: Play the Accordion • Toma Resti: Theme and Variations, Var. I., ll. and lll. • Alexander Shashkov: Children’s Dance Suite No. 1, I. A Dance of Joy, IV. Fast Dance Mentor: Valentina Mikulan 11. SATRAPA, ZOA (25/01/2009) Blagoje Bersa Music School, Zagreb, Croatia • Davor Bobić: Children’s Suite No. 2 “Concert Suite”, I. Mischiefs • Mihaly Tabanyi: Valse musset • Andrey Kokorin: Children’s Suite No. 2, V. Cheerful Locomotive Mentor: Valentina Mikulan 12. STOŻEK, TOMASZ (24/01/2009) Ignacy Paderewski Music School, Białystok, Poland • Andrzej Krzanowski: From the Series “Four Novels”, Nowela No. 4, Larghetto Cantabile • Władimir Gruszewski: Toccata No. 2 Mentor: Jerzy Kozłowski

13. VÁÑA, JAN (28/04/2009) Franjo Lučić Art School, Velika Gorica, Croatia • Vladislav Zolotaryov: Children’s Suite No. 5, I. Karabas-Barabas • An unidentified composer from the island of Krk: Sonata for Harpsichord • Yevgeny Derbenko: The Passing of Time Mentor: Igor Jugec 14. AMIDŽIĆ, DAVID (12/07/2009) Kontesa Dora Primary School, Našice, Croatia Josip Matanović: Children’s Suite “Regoč”, II. Regoč I. Galaverni: Sad Doll Scot Joplin: The Entertainer Mentor: Novica Todić 15. BÁLINT MOLNÁR, IGNÁC (03/02/2009) Weiner Leó School of Music AMI and Music High School, Budapest, Hungary • Georg Friedrich Händel: Gavotte in G major • Saša Bastalec: Suite “Colors of the Rainbow”, I. Yellow, II. Orange, III. Red, IV. Violet, VI. Green Mentor: Zoltán Szokolai 16. BATISTA, ROBERT (29/03/2010) Zlatko Baloković Music School, Zagreb, Croatia • Rudolf Matz: The Old Clock plays a Polka • Wolfgang Russ-Ploetz: Fantasy • Vladimir Buchvostov: “Sports Suite”, IV. A Game with Tape, V. Motorcycle Racing Mentor: Maja Talajić

Daruvar Accordion Award 17. BLAŽEVIĆ, LOVRO (07/06/2009) Jan Vlašimsky Music School, Virovitica, Croatia • An unidentified composer from Klanjec, Franciscan monastery, KlfC-93/6: Praeambulum • Alexandr Dorensky: “Sixth Suite”, I. Cakewalk, II. Blues, III. Jazz Waltz • Marija Kačurbina (Arr. A. Krupina): Bear with a Doll Mentor: Biljana Spasenovski 18. BOŽIĆ, BARBARA (18/04/2009) Boris Papandopulo Primary Music School in Kutina, Croatia • Johann Sebastian Bach / Arr. Vjera Odak: Aria • Saša Bastalec: Suite “Colors of the Rainbow”, II. Orange, VI. Green • Josip Matanović: “Three faces of one Mary”, I. Moderato Mentor: Josipa Vukelić 19. CVETKO, KARLO (21/06/2008) Primary Music School at Franjo Horvat Kiša Primary School in Lobor, Croatia • Ivo Lhotka - Kalinski / Arr. Vjera Odak: Children’s Suite “Little Međimurje”, Kukuvača kukuvala” • Samuil Majkapar: Children’s Dance • Scott Joplin / Arr. Vjera Odak: The Entertainer Mentor: Dario Šeremet

SOLOISTS Category C Link to the performances of category C competitors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =RXZQDLTb8sA&list=PLFpl1HHFFqU5SUT0E_82PmC1qfrp42wvd 1. KAPEŠ, TARA MARIJA (28/02/2008) Varaždin School of Music, Croatia • Bogdan Dowlasz: Sonatina Minima, I. Vivo e deciso, II. Andante e dolce, con calore • An unidentified composer from the island of Cres, Benedictine Monastery: Allegro Mentor: Karmen Antunović 2. KATALINIĆ, ANDRIJA (29/12/2007) Primary Music School at Dr. Jure Turić Primary School, Gospić, Croatia • Josip Matanović: Partita, I. Chorale, II. Aria, IV. Pastorale • A. Kozlowski: Little Organ Prelude • Boris Tikhonov: Karelo-Finnish Polka Mentor: Paulo Rušnov 3. KRESOVLJAK, DAVID (13/07/2007) Požega Music School, Croatia • Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV 772 • Đeni Dekleva-Radaković: “Suite of Joy”, IV. Glitter in the Water • Vladimir Merkushin: “Little Suite”, I. Winter Song, III. Buffoon’s Tale (Skomoroshina) Mentor: Nikolina Furić 4. MAGDIĆ, STJEPAN (28/03/2007) Karlovac Music School, Croatia • Miroslav Miletić: Toccata • Albin Repnikov: Capriccio Mentor: Tomislav Krvarić 22

Daruvar Accordion Award 5. MATEŠIĆ, MATEO (05/09/2006) Zlatko Grgošević Music School in Sesvete, Zagreb, Croatia • Miroslav Miletić: Istrian Sequence • Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 3 in D major, BWV 774 • Vladislav Zolotaryov: Children’s Suite No. 1, I. Minstrels at the Court, III. Jester Playing on a Squeeze-Box, V. Toy Soldiers’ March Mentor: Valentina Mikulić 6. MEDVED, MATEJ (03/04/2007) Zlatkov Baloković Music School, Zagreb, Croatia • Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 8 in F major, BWV 779 • Davor Bobić: Children’s Suite No. 2 “Concert Suite”, I. Mischiefs, VI. Final - A Play • Gorka Hermosa: Idiarena Mentor: Ivana Cvetkovski 7. PATARCSITS, BÁLINT (19/11/2007) Teleki Wattay School of Art, Pomáz, Hungary • Johann Sebastian Bach: Little Prelude in G minor • István Kardos: Arrangement on Hungarian folk song “A csitári hegyek alatt” • Bill Palmer: Variations on a Ukrainian theme Mentor: Zoltán Szokolai 8. PULIĆ, BORNA (31/10/2006) Ivan Matetić-Ronjgov Music School in Pula, Croatia • Jean-Philippe Rameau: Tambuourin • Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 13 in A minor, BWV 784 • Davor Bobić: Suite No. 3 “Kiev Suite”, II. Recitative, I. Introduction Mentor: Mia Grozdanić

Daruvar Accordion Award 9. RADIVOJAC, LAURA (21/07/2007) Music Department at Marija Jurić Zagorka Primary School in Vrbovec, Croatia • Bruno Bjelinski: “Music For Children”, VI. Deep Sadness in the Little Heart • Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Invention in F major, BWV 779 • Davor Horvat: Children’s Suite “Knight Stories”, II. Knights of the Round Table • Yevgeny Derbenko: The Passing of Time Mentor: Marija Golub 10. SMOLKOVIĆ, IVAN (27/01/2008) Franjo Lučić Art School, Velika Gorica, Croatia • Luka Sorkočević: “Four Studies”, I. Study • Simon Garcia: Mali-Malist • Viatcheslav Semionov: Bulgarian Suite, III. Gankino Horo Mentor: Igor Jugec 11. STANEŠIĆ, TOMISLAV (30/01/2008) Franjo Lučić Art School, Velika Gorica, Croatia • Yevgeny Derbenko’s Choral Prelude • Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Invention in F major, BWV 779 • Davor Bobić: Suite No. 1, IV. Allegro Vivo Mentor: Igor Jugec 12. VIEIRA ORNELAS, MARIA INÊS (20/04/2007) Conservatory - Professional School of the Arts of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal • Carlos Seixas: Sonata No. 24 in D minor • Yevgeny Derbenko: Suite “Contrasts”, III. Burlesque, IV. Interlude, V. Finale • Zoran Božanic: Toccata, Op. 2 Mentor: Slobodan Sarčević

SOLOISTS Category D Link to the performances of category D competitors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =uOSsPy3M44w&list=PLFpl1HHFFqU6TXDoIG2YGuUHlVXcHGsAl 1. JAKOVLJEVIĆ, ANTE (04/05/2004) Požega Music School, Croatia • Đeni Dekleva-Radaković: Metamorphosis • Franck Angelis: Hommage à Paco Mentor: Mateja Kovačević 2. JURIŠA, PETRA (09/05/2005) Elly Bašić School of Music, Zagreb, Croatia • Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in D major, K. 140 • Saša Bastalec: Children’s Suite No. 2 ‘’Pinocchio’’, V. The Lovely Maiden with Azure Hair • Ivo Josipović: ARAMbesque Mentor: Saša Bastalec 3. LAKETA, MOMČILO (16/10/2004) Varaždin School of Music, Croatia • Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in B major, K. 262 • Adalbert Marković: Golden Rocks in the moonlight • Vladimir Malich: Toccata Mentor: Karmen Antunović

Daruvar Accordion Award 4. RATKOVIĆ, MATEJ (06/03/2005) Varaždin School of Music, Croatia • Franck Angelis: Suite “Haiti”, I. mov. • Unidentified composer, Franciscan monastery in Omiš, Croatia: Concerto a flauto traverso Mentor: Karmen Antunović 5. RIČKO, DANIJEL (26/01/2006) Varaždin School of Music, Croatia • Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 815, VII. Gigue • Vyacheslav Semyonov: Four Pieces of the Renaissance, I. Green sleeves, 3. Vaghe Bellezze • Volodimir Balyk: Međimurska Mentor: Karmen Antunović 6. TOMAC, PATRIK (20/07/2004) Novska School of Music, Croatia • Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D minor (WTC II, No. 6), BWV 875 • Đeni Dekleva-Radaković: ASEDESAS • Vladislav Zolotaryov: Sonata No. 2, I. Allegro ingenuo Mentor: Ivan Golub 7. ULOŽNIK, PAULA (08/07/2005) Požega Music School, Croatia • Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia in D minor, BWV 790 • Davor Bobić: Suite No. 3, “Kiev Suite”, I. Introduction, II. Recitativo • Moritz Moszkowski: Tarantella Mentor: Jasmina Pamer

8. BARIŠIĆ, MARKO (04/09/2005) Blagoje Bersa School of Music, Zagreb, Croatia • Etienne Méhul: Sonata in A major, Op. 1 No. 3, I. Allegro • Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in F minor (WTC II, No. 12), BWV 881 • Richard Galliano: La Valse à Margaux • Davor Bobić: Children’s Suite No. 2 “Concert Suite”, I. Mischiefs Mentor: Valentina Mikulan

SOLOISTS Category E Link to the performances of category E competitors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =xug7EJhnU00&list=PLFpl1HHFFqU4hEJaVEIfFYmat5RgxKDf_ 1. MATEČAK, RENE (22/06/2004) Varaždin School of Music, Croatia • Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor (WTC II, No. 3), BWV 872 • Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in F minor K. 365 • Dora Pejačević: The Life of Flowers, Op.19, II. Violet • Franck Angelis: Concert Suite, I. Brel - Bach, III. Asia-Flashes Mentor: Kristijan Potočnjak 2. NIKOLIĆ, PETAR (24/05/2002) Faculty of Philology and Arts, Kragujevac, Serbia • Jean Philippe Rameu: The Indifferent • Jasna Veljanović: Elegy • Petri Makkonen: The Flight Beyond the Time Mentor: Vladimir Blagojević

Daruvar Accordion Award 3. SAULIĆ, SANDRO (04/10/2002) Varaždin School of Music, Croatia • Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in F sharp major (WTK I, No. 13), BWV 858 • Dora Pejačević / Arr. Kristijan Potočnjak: Papillon, Op. 6 • Vladimir Zubitsky: Partita concertante No. 1 in modo di jazz-improvisazione, II. ToccataBurletta • Mikhail Glinka / Mily Balakirev / Arr. Kristijan Potočnjak: The Lark Mentor: Kristijan Potočnjak 4. ULBRIH, MATIJA (09/02/2004) Bruno Bjelinski Music School in Daruvar, Croatia • Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G minor (WTC I, No. 16), BWV 861 • Bashkim Shehu: Elegy • Vyacheslav Semyonov: Sonata No. 1, III. Presto ritmico Mentor: Zoran Maršić

SOLOISTS Category F Link to the performances of category F competitors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =QdSdVOHYDHQ&list=PLFpl1HHFFqU5Tj96Mqf7ylfBktgCbfka0 1. HALITOVIĆ, AZRA (20/08/1999) University of East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina • Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in F sharp minor, K. 25 • Predrag Radisavljević: Puppets of blood, (I., II. mov.) • Davor Bobić: Suite No. 4, “Liturgical”, III. The Way of the Cross (Finale) Mentor: Danijela Gazdić

Daruvar Accordion Award 2. JAVOR-KORJENIĆ, IVOR (03/01/1999) Academy of Music, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina • Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D sharp minor (WTC II, No. 8), BWV 877 • Efrem Podgaits: Fantasy in Memory of Alfred Schnittke • Adalbert Marković: Golden Rocks in the moonlight Mentor: Belma Šarančić 3. MIRKOVIĆ, ALEKSA (22/08/1997) Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory, Russia • Yevgeny Derbenko: Golgotha (Calvary) • Aleksa Mirković: Nostalgia and Triumph Mentor: Alexander Dmitriev 4. SLIJEPČEVIĆ, JOSIP (18/9/2003) Varaždin School of Music, Croatia • Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in F minor (WTC II, No. 12), BWV 881 • Franck Angelis: Suite “Impasse”, I. Allegro Ritmico, III. Adagio Sostenuto • Massimo Brajković: Contrasts Mentor: Karmen Antunović 5. ŠARKOČEVIĆ, NIKOLA (22/05/1999) Faculty of Philology and Arts, Kragujevac, Serbia • Fermin Gurbindo: Fantasia para acordeon • Yuji Takahashi: Like a Water-Buffalo • Dragana Jovanović: F38 Mentor: Vladimir Blagojević

6. TOMAŠEK, SVEN (30/08/2003) Varaždin School of Music, Croatia • Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G major (WTC I, No. 16), BWV 861 • Laura Mjeda Čuperjani: Becoming • Vladislav Zolotaryov: Partita No. 1, III. Andantino, IV. Presto Mentor: Karmen Antunović

CHAMBER GROUPS Categories B, C, D Link to the performances of chamber groups (B, C, D category): https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=5fjHysyLw1g&list=PLFpl1HHFFqU60qDsJqWpCtbqNBZRUyjTO Chamber Groups (Category B) 1. DUO ĐERDAP GINIĆ, NIKOLA (25/11/2008), accordion / BIRIĆ, STEFAN (04/11/2009), piano Konstantin Babić Music School in Kladovo, Serbia • Vidar Hansen: Norwegian Folk Song • Olga Kravchuk / Lyudmila Levina: Mraz Artist Mentor: Dušan Novčić, Danijela Birić

Daruvar Accordion Award Chamber Groups (Category C) 1. QUARTET “NOVA VIZIJA” SIMOVIĆ, LAZAR (16/04/2006), accordion / PETROVIĆ, DIMITRIJE (29/06/2004), accordion /JONČIĆ, LAZAR (19/05/2005), accordion / BLANUŠA, MAJA (26/10/2005), piano Kosta Manojlović High School of Music, Beograd, Zemun, Serbia • Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in D minor, RV 128 • Karl Jenkins: Palladio • Georgy Sviridov: Romance • Victor Vlasov: Concert Triptych on Theme of Picuture by Hieronymus Bosch “Doomsdag“, II. Temptation Mentor: Danijela Rakić 2. ACCORDION QUARTET ŠUDIGO KOLARIĆ, ANTONIO (22/02/2004) / POZNIĆ, KARLO (24/06/2004) / PETAK, ANTONIO (28/11/2004) / BAJCER, VEDRAN (21/12/2003) Zabok School of Art, Design, Graphics and Clothing, Croatia • Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 558 • Astor Piazzolla / Arr. Saša Bastalec: Novitango • Yevgeny Derbenko: The Rythm of Time Mentor: Nada Bilić

Chamber Groups (Category D) 1. DUO STJEPAN HORVAT & EDI ŠILJAK HORVAT, STJEPAN (1997), accordion / ŠILJAK, EDI (1991), violin • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise • Stjepan Horvat: Corona Virus • Richard Galliano: Tango pour Claude

JURY MEMBERS Belma Šarančić (B&H) Danijela Rakić (Serbia) Erand Kurani (Albania) Ghenadie Rotari (Moldova) Jovica Ivanović (Austria | B&H) Klemen Leben (Slovenia) Manolis Stagakis (Greece) Mateja Zenzerović (Spain | Croatia) Mia Grozdanić (Croatia) Nemanja Potparić (Montenegro) Petri Makkonen (Finland) Tatjana Marx (Australia) Vladimir Blagojević (Serbia) Volodymyr Kurylenko (Ukraine) Zoltán Szokolai (Hungary) Igor Krizman (Croatia)

ORGANISATION COMMITTEE Biljana Bastalec Marija Plentaj Saša Bastalec Anamarija Nerad Ivan Golub Martina Golub

PREPARATION Saša Bastalec Biljana Bastalec Marija Plentaj Anamarija Nerad

GRAPHIC DESIGN AND LAYOUT Marija Plentaj

BELMA ŠARANČIĆ (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.

DANIJELA RAKIĆ (Serbia) DANIJELA RAKIĆ MSc, Associate Professor, Independent Pedagogical Advisor MPNT, Advisor ZUOV Serbia 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, 36

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. ShevchenkoLugansk 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 EducationBelgorod, 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 37

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 979-0-90142530-9). 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 38

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.

ERAND KURANI (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 40

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 41

- 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

GHENADIE ROTARI (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. During the Covid-19 pandemic Ghenadie has initiated a project on Instagram called the “Quarantine diaries” which consists of newly commissioned short pieces depicting the composers’ vision of the pandemic. Future engagements include aperformance of Luciano Berio’s “Twice upon...” in collaboration with the Ensemble MusikFabrik and the Ensemble Intercontemporain at the Essen Philharmonic, a concert with the Ensemble MusikFabrik at the Kölner Philharmonie in May and the performance of “Freedom for notes and men” by Matthew Shlomowitz at open music in Graz in June, as well as a special concert for the “Nei suoni dei luoghi festival” in total darkness (in col42

laboration with the Rittmeyer Institute for the Blind). Ghenadie Rotari has been frequently invited to perform, both as a soloist and a chamber musician, in festivals like Wien modern, Essen Now!, Innersound New Arts Festival in Bucharest, Nei suoni dei luoghi Festival and others. He is the recipient of first prizes and various awards in international music competitions, most notably the first prize at the “Svirel” competition in Slovenia and the “Sony Classical Talent Scout award”. Originally encouraged to take up the piano,a lack of free spaces in the class made him become an accordionist, it ended up being a fortunate twist of fate. Ghenadie Rotari continued his studies at the Conservatory of Trieste in Italy, Sibelius Academy in Finland and at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich, graduating in accordion performance and contemporary music studies. His interest for contemporary music, as a mean of expression, drew him to collaborate with many prominent composers and ensembles. Among the composers with whom Ghenadie Rotari collaborated are Rebecca Saunders, Chaya Czernowin, Mark Andre, Matthew Shlomowitz and others. Ghenadie Rotari has frequently appeared in performances with Ensemble PHACE, Ensemble Oktopus, Webern Kammerphilharmonie, Ensemble MusikFabrik, Augsburger Philharmoniker, among others. Ghenadie Rotari has released an album, “Elegia”, entirely dedicated to new accordion music and published by Elektramusic. He has also appeared on radio and television programmes: ORF, Radio Ars, BR-Klassik, Radio Vaticana, Radio Belgrade, Moldova1. He was also a finalist of the Romania got talent show, seen live by millions of viewers.His recordings gained thousands of streams on all the major platforms, including Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon Music and more. 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.

JOVICA IVANOVIĆ (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.

KLEMEN LEBEN (Slovenia)

(Sibelius Academy).

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

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. 45

VOLODYMYR KURYLENKO (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 46

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

PETRI MAKKONEN (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: DiscoToccata, Disco-Tango, A Flight beyond Time, Tango-Toccata, Choral Prelude, Pater Noster, My Motherland (dedicated to the professor Xiaoqing Cao) 47

- 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.

MANOLIS STAGAKIS (Greece) Manolis Stagakiswas born in Rethymno, Crete (Greece). He started to concern himself with the accordion at the age of 6. He attended the music school of Rethymno, while also deepening his accordion studies at the Hellenic Conservatory of Music and Arts. He continued his studies in advanced music theory and bayan at the Philippos Nakas Conservatory in Athens, Greece. During the same period, he took lessons from Giorgos Kyriakakis and Iraklis Vavatsikas. During his studies in Athens he participated in numerous courses and master classes in Italy and Germany, including with Elsbeth Moser, Yuri Shishkin, Richard Galliano, Mika Vayrynen, and Luciano Bondini. After receiving his diploma in both subjects, he continued his studies in 2008 at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (hmtmh – Hochschule für Musik Theater und Medien Hannover) in Hannover, Germany with Prof. Elsbeth Moser. After graduating, he also completed the Master course receiving the degree with honors. Since 2008 he has been working with many European music groups and orchestras and gave concerts in several cities in Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland, and Greece. In 2012 he founded the accordion quartet „Téssares“, with which he won the first prize at the international competition in Pula, Croatia. 48

In 2013 he became “Yehudi Menuhin” – scholarship holder at „Live Music Now“ (LMN) in Hannover. In 2014 he started teaching at the musical school “Musikschule Schaumburger Märchensänger” in Bückeburg, Germany, to which he was appointed a director in 2019. In 2015 he co-founded the Tango and Jazz Duo “ViAccord” together with Angelina Nalbantova. In 2016 he participated in the program “Akkordeon im Klassenzimmer” and also in the “Akkordeon Festival” of “Musikland Niedersachsen” as project leader and performer. He is a visiting professor and teaches workshops at the “Hellenic Conservatory of Music & Arts” in Crete, Greece, and serves as a panel member for the youth competition “Jugend musiziert.”

TATJANA MARX (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. 49

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”.

MATEJA ZENZEROVIĆ (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.

Christian Simonis.

In May 2012 she concluded her studies with the Mitteldeutschen Chamber Orchestra under

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… 50

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.

MIA GROZDANIĆ (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 (Filološkoumetnički 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, 51

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.

NEMANJA POTPARIĆ (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 52

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.

VLADIMIR BLAGOJEVIĆ (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”. 53

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.

ZOLTÁN SZOKOLAI (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 hungar54

an 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.

IGOR KRIZMAN (Croatia) Born 1983 in Pula, Croatia. After finishing primary and secondary music school in Pula in the class of prof. Orhide Antunović, he studied accordion at the Music Academy in Pula in the class of prof. Slavko Magdić, and at HMTM in Hannover (Germany) in the class of prof. Elsbeth Moser. In addition to the regular studies, he developed further in master classes of renown accordion virtuosos and pedagogues: A. Skliarov, P. Soave, V. Semionov, O. Murray, M. Rantanen, S. Hussong, I. Alberdi, T. Anzellotti, I. Battiston, C. Jacomucci, M. Väyrynen, B. Lenko, R. Tomić, J. Đorđević, M. Bjeletić and others. He received the prestigious DAAD scholarship for artists in 2009 and 2010. His education was further supported by scholarships from the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia and the City of Pula. From 1997 to 2010 he participated with great success, and won numerous prizes, as a soloist and member of various chamber ensembles and orchestras in numerous national and international competitions including some of the most renowned ones: CMA Trophee Mondial, CIA Coupe Mondiale, PIF Castelfidardo, International Accordion Competition in Klingenthal, International Accordion Competition in Pula. As a soloist, member of chamber ensembles and orchestras he has performed in many European countries at music festivals including Niedersächsische Musiktage, Braunschweig Classics, RE Musica, Prishtina International Young Music Festival, Music Tribune in Pula, and in concert halls and venues including Arena of Pula, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Staatsoper Hannover, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Slovenian Philharmonic Hall. He performed as a soloist with orchestras and participated in the premiere performances of Đeni Dekleva-Radaković, Sanja Drakulić, Bashkim Shehu, Damir Bužleta, Arta Zeqiraj, Wolfgang Fernow and others. From 2010 to 2015 he was a lecturer for classical accordion and chamber music at the Music Academy in Pula. He currently lives and works in Hanover, Germany where he is an external collaborator of the Hannover State Opera, and is the conductor of two orchestras, BAO Braunschweig and 1st AO Langenhagen. In addition to artistic activity, he is also engaged in pedagogical work. 55

He is the president of the organizing committee of the prestigious International accordion competition in Pula, organizer of the International Summer Accordion School in Pula, international coordinator of the International Competition for Accordion Orchestras and Ensembles organized by the CMA, as well as national delagate for Croatia by the CMA organisation. Regularly taking part in juries at various international accordion competitions and gives master classes in various European countries.

LIST OF MENTORS (43) AND NUMBER OF COMPETITOR PER MENTOR (88)

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Antunović, Karmen – 9 Banov Mijandrušić, Rožika – 1 Bastalec, Biljana – 2 Bastalec, Saša – 1 Bilić, Nada – 4 Blagojević, Vladimir - 2 Cvetkovski, Ivana – 3 Dmitriev, Alexander – 1 Filipović, Anamarija – 2 Furić, Nikolina - 1 Gazdić, Danijela – 1 Golub, Ivan - 2 Golub, Marija - 2 Grozdanić, Mia – 2 Horvat, Stjepan – 1 Jembrišak, Martina - 1 Jugec, Igor – 3 Kovačević, Mateja – 1 Kozłowski, Jerzy – 1 Krajnović, Anita – 1 Krvarić, Tomislav - 1 Marjanović, Matej – 1

23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43.

Maršić, Zoran - 2 Mikulan, Valentina - 4 Mikulić, Valentina - 3 Novčić, Dušan / Birić, Danijela – 2 Ostrugač Jugec, Marija – 2 Pamer, Jasmina – 1 Plentaj, Marija - 1 Potočnjak, Kristijan – 2 Rakić, Danijela – 1 Rušnov, Paulo – 1 Sarčević, Slobodan – 1 Spasenovski, Biljana – 1 Szokolai, Zoltán - 2 Talajić, Maja – 1 Tamás, Kéméndi – 2 Todić, Novica – 6 Vukelić, Josipa - 2 Čavlović, Robert – 1 Čolja, Dejan – 2 Šarančić, Belma – 1 Šeremet, Dario – 2

LIST OF INSTIT AND NUMBER OF COMPETI

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1. Academy of Music, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 competitor) 2. University of East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 competitor) CROATIA 1. Blagoje Bersa Music School, Zagreb, Croatia (4 competitors) 2. Boris Papandopulo Primary Music School in Kutina, Croatia (2 competitors) 3. Bruno Bjelinski Music School in Daruvar, Croatia (1 competitor) 4. Duo Stjepan Horvat i Edi Šiljak, Croatia (2 competitors) 5. Elly Bašić School of Music, Zagreb, Croatia (1 competitor) 6. Fran Lhotka Music School, Sisak, Croatia (2 competitors) 7. Franjo Lučić Art School, Velika Gorica, Croatia (5 competitors) 8. Ivan Matetić-Ronjgov Music School in Pula, Croatia (2 competitors) 9. Ivan Zajc Primary Music School, Zagreb, Croatia (2 competitors) 10. Jan Vlašimsky Music School, Virovitica, Croatia (1 competitor) 11. Karlovac Music School, Croatia (1 competitor) 12. Kontesa Dora Primary Music School, Našice, Croatia (6 competitors) 13. Milko Kelemen Music School, Slatina, Croatia (1 competitor) 14. Music Department at Marija Jurić Zagorka Primary School in Vrbovec, Croatia (2 competitors) 15. Music Department at Vladimir Nazor Primary School in Pazin, Croatia (1 competitor) 16. Novska School of Music, Croatia (2 competitors) 17. Požega Music School, Croatia (4 competitors) 18. Primary Music School at August Cesarec Primary School in Krapina, Croatia (1 competitor) 19. Primary Music School at Dr. Jure Turić Primary School, Gospić, Croatia (1 competitor) 20. Primary Music School at Franjo Horvat Kiša Primary School in Lobor, Croatia (3 competitors) 21. Slavonski Brod Music School, Croatia (1 competitor) 22. Varaždin School of Music, Croatia (11 competitors) 23. Vatroslav Lisinski Music School in Bjelovar, Croatia (2 competitors) 24. Zabok School of Art, Design, Graphics and Clothing, Croatia (4 competitors) 25. Zlatko Baloković Music School, Zagreb, Croatia (4 competitors) 26. Zlatko Grgošević Music School in Sesvete, Zagreb, Croatia (5 competitors)

TUTIONS (37) ITORS PER INSTITUTION (88)

HUNGARY 1. Franz Liszt Music School in Pécs, Hungary (2 competitors) 2. Weiner Leó School of Music AMI and Music High School, Budapest, Hungary (1 competitor) 3. Teleki Wattay School of Art, Pomáz, Hungary (1 competitor) POLAND 1. Ignacy Paderewski Music School, Białystok, Poland (1 competitor) PORTUGAL 1. Conservatory - Professional School of the Arts of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal (1 competitor) RUSSIA 1. Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory, Russia (1 competitor) SERBIA 1. Faculty of Philology and Arts, Kragujevac, Serbia (2 competitors) 2. Konstantin Babić Music School in Kladovo, Serbia (2 competitors) 3. Kosta Manojlović High School of Music, Beograd, Zemun, Serbia (4 competitors)