Karlovac Piano Festival

Karlovac Piano Festival is a diverse musical project taking place in Karlovac, Croatia. The festival is hosted by Karlovac Music School, which is the oldest musical institution in Croatia, founded in 1804.[1] The festival was established in 2013, and has been held annually during the month of July.[2] Its program consists of educational activities such as master-classes, individual lessons, as well as guest artist and student recitals.[3] Since 2014, the festival also features Karlovac International Piano Competition,[4] which in 2016 has been endorsed by Alink-Argerich Foundation.[5][6] The faculty and competition jury list includes Dang Thai Son,[7] Kemal Gekić, Anna Malikova, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Liu Shikun, Vladimir Viardo,[8] Piotr Paleczny,[9][10] and others.

Karlovac Music School
Faculty and summer school participants (2019)

Karlovac International Piano Competition

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The list of First Prize winners:[11]

  • 2014:   Karolina Nadolska /   Maria Tretyakova, (tie)
  • 2015:   Lovre Marušić
  • 2016:   Hei Wan Rhythmie Wong
  • 2017: First Prize not awarded, Second Prize:   Maja Gombač
  • 2018:   Elena Ovcharenko
  • 2019:   Xu Guo

References

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  1. ^ Družak, Damien Cullen (15 February 2015), Karlovac: 25 Things to Know about the City on 4 Rivers, Total-Croatia-News, archived from the original on 16 February 2016, retrieved 16 February 2016
  2. ^ "Drugi Karlovac Piano Festival". Culturenet.hr (in Croatian). 8 July 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Chinese Pianist Performed at Croatian International Music Festival". Art Exchange. CFLAC. March 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Počeo "Drugi Karlovac Piano Festival"". Dalje.com (in Croatian). 7 July 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  5. ^ "AAF Calendar". Alink-Argerich Foundation. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Karlovac Piano Festival u svim svjetskim kalendarima nakon certifikata Zaklade Alink – Argerich". KAportal (in Croatian). 10 January 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  7. ^ "News". Dang Thai Son. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Koncert svjetskih pijanista u zagrebačkoj Mimari". Večernji list (in Croatian). 7 August 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
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  10. ^ Glodić, Kristina (8 July 2014). "U Glazbenoj školi započeo Piano&Guitar Festival" (in Croatian). Trend. Retrieved 16 February 2016.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Karlovac International Piano Competition - Laureates". Karlovac Piano Festival. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
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