CLAUDIA FRANCESCA D'AMMASSA

This graduated geological engineer started building guitars in 2000 with his first work being electric guitars. He has been dedicated to classical guitars since 2020, and his goal is to have an individual approach to each guitar, to give them an individual character with small changes in the thickness of the vocal cords, grinding angles, thickness and number of ribs, and combinations of different materials. As of this year, he has been using exclusively Swiss spruce from the Bergun area and Lebanese cedar to make the body of the guitar.

CONTACT: www.guitarseustache.com

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The music instruments workshop Sever has been making classical guitars for more than 40 years. The workshop was founded by Želimir Sever, and today his sons Pavao, Petar and Ivan also make classical guitars. Many prominent guitarists, such as István Römer, Goran Listeš, Dejan Ivanović, Srđan Bulat and Ana Vidović, have played, or still play, instruments from the family workshop.

CONTACT: luthiersever@gmail.com

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Ivana Kiš je rođena u Zagrebu 1979. godine. Diplomirala je kompoziciju na Zagrebačkoj muzičkoj akademiji u klasi Marka Ruzdjaka, a magistrirala na Royal Conservatory u Den Haagu u Nizozemskoj u klasi Louisa Andriessena, Giliusa van Bergeijka i Diederik Haakma Wagenaara.

Kompozicije Ivane Kiš izveli su mnogi ansambli (ASKO, MAE, Cantus ensemble, Nederlands blaazers ensemble, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Croatian Television Symphonic Orchestra, Ensemble21). Napisala je dvije predstave muzičkog teatra na narudžbu nizozemske Diamantfabriek produkcije (“Robe of feathers”, “Look at her Look at her Look at her”).

Balet “Selfish gene machine” je izveo baletni ansambl HNK-a. U svojim djelima Ivana Kiš povezuje muziku sa dramom i/ili vizualnim elementima, te istražuje emocionalnu ekspresivnost muzike.

Ivana Kiš živi i radi u Izraelu.

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Lovro Peretić is an internationally award winning classical guitarist from Zagreb (Croatia) currently based in Geneva (Switzerland) where he is doing his postgraduate studies with Judicaël Perroy at the Haute Ecole de Musique Genève.

Lovro started studying guitar at a young age under tuition of prof. Xhevdet Sahatxhija in music school “Pavao Markovac” in Zagreb. After that, he graduated with distinction at the Music academy in Zagreb in the class of prof. Darko Petrinjak studying for one year in a student exchange program at L’École Supérieure Musique et Danse Hauts-de-France in Lille (France) with prof. Judicaël Perroy. He has been awarded the Dean's award and Rector's award of University in Zagreb. Today, he is regarded as one of the leading guitarists of the younger generation, regularly giving concerts in Europe and winning numerous awards at some of the most prestigious classical music competitions.

Lovro has greatly benefited from numerous masterclasses with musicians and scholars such as Zoran Dukic, Marcin Dylla, Lorenzo Micheli, Ana Vidović, Paolo Pegoraro, Łukasz Kuropaczewski, Ricardo Gallén, Marco Socías and more. He has given 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 worlds most prestigious guitar festivals and music concert series’, including Paris 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.

He has won over 30 prizes in international competitions, including the International Concert Artist competition of GFA (USA), 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). Lovro’s biggest success in a competition so far was in 2020 when he won the 3rd Eurostrings competition, one of the most important competitions for guitar which brought him an opportunity to give numerous concerts and master classes in 18 countries of Europe, as well as in Asia and the USA.Except as a soloist, he regularly performs in various chamber music groups among which the most significant ones are duo with violinist Katarina Kutnar and guitar trio Evocación, with whom they recently released their first album named Evocación. As a soloist, he played with the Symphony orchestra of Croatian radio television, Dubrovnik symphony orchestra, Zagreb soloists and more.

Krešimir Bedek, guitar
Ivana Kiš: Supertramp's journal for guitar and video
Big John Campbell's last song

Photo credit: Liat Chen

Video animation: Roy Shapira

Both compositions belong to the field of program music. Composer Ivana Kiš dedicated them to Krešimir Bedek. Big John Campbell's last song is her first work for guitar, and the composition is unique in the guitar repertoire since it starts with a theatrical verbal introduction. Furthermore, it is also the first work of Croatian guitar composers for solo guitar in which a prepared instrument is being used. Big John Campbell's last song is nostalgically dedicated to the time of famous rock guitarists, and the program character is evident in the visual moments of the performance which at the end of the composition irresistibly remind of the spectacle that could often be witnessed on stages during rock concerts.

While the story about Big John Campbell is a fictional composition, Supertramp's journal is based on a true event - inspired by a diary written by Christopher McCandless, also known as Alexander Supertramp, who was writing during his tragic Alaska adventure without writing many words to describe emotions and experiences. Our renowned composer, who grew up in Samobor and currently lives and works in Israel, chose two Israeli artists for the visual component of the work - Liat Chen and Roya Shapiru. Inspired by selected quotes from Supertramp's diary and Bedek's interpretation of Ivana Kiš' music, academic artist Liat Chen made paintings for each of the ten movements, and Roy Shapira used her paintings to make a video animation as part of the composition. This big suite for guitar and video is about 40 minutes long and it is a significant work not only for Croatian music, but also worldwide because even the greatest compositions for guitar solo do not exceed thirty minutes, and compositions for guitar and video are rare.

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