Volodja Balzalorsky at Bol Summer Festival July 12, 2006

Bol Summer Festival - 5th Brac Island Music Festival (Croatia)

Volodja
Balzalorsky, violin

Jaksa Zlatar, piano





Programme : Robert Schumann

1: 3 Romanzen, Op 94



Johannes Brahms

2: Sonata for Violin and Piano No 2 in A, Op 100



Andjelko Klobucar

3: Sonata for violin and piano No. 1



Ernest Bloch

4: Baal Shem



Jacques Ibert

5: Entracte



Johannes Brahms

6: Scherzo in C minor, 'FAE Sonata', Wo02





Slovenian violin virtuoso Volodja
Balzalorsky will again perform at
Pucisca Summer Festival.He will perform in Duo with renowned Croatian
pianist Jaksa Zlatar.



Volodja
Balalorsky is one of the
leading Slovenian violinists, and a frequent performer throughout Europe and North America.
Critics have described him as an artist with a sensitive,
intelligent and intuitive gift of interpretation, a polished technique,
and a rich, full tone. He is a member of the Amael Piano Trio, artistic
director of Ensemble Ouverture, and Professor of Violin at the Academy
of Music of the University of Ljubljana. After graduating from the
class of professor Igor Ozim at the Hochschule f?r Musik in Cologne,
Germany, he continued his studies in Moscow with Galina Barinova at the
Conservatorium P.I.Tchaikovsky, with Josip Klima at the Music Academy
in Zagreb, where he received his Master's Degree, and with the eminent
Czech violinist Josef Suk at the Universitat Musik in Vienna. He
has made many solo and chamber music appearances in concert and on
broadcasts and recordings in Slovenia and abroad, and has been a
regular guest at international festivals in Belgium, Germany, Austria,
Italy, Great Britain, Croatia, Yugoslavia and the Czech Republic. He is
particularly active in the field of chamber music. He works with many
ensembles, and for several years has successfully performed in duet
with pianists Christoph Theiler and Hinko Haas. Critics comment on the
degree to which he is able to develop and maintain unity with his
musical partners in this milieu, presenting "an exceptional harmony of
ease and authenticity of performance." He was solo violinist and
concert master of the Freiburger Barocksolisten in Germany, with whom
he recorded two CD's, and has been a soloist with orchestras in
Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, and the Czech Republic. He is also very
interested in contemporary music, and regularly performs works written
for him by Slovenian composers. He has also performed with the
Percussion Plus Project in Prague, Venice, and the USA. Volodja
Balzalorsky considers teaching an important and complementary part of
his artistic career (Violin class at the Music Academy in Ljubljana),
and regularly gives master classes in Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Great
Britain, and the United States.



Jaksa Zlatar graduated from Zagreb University in piano (Music
Academy under professor Ladislav Saban), as well as in psychology and
sociology (Faculty of Arts and Letters). He got an MA in piano.
Professor Zlatar also received further training at the S. Cecilia
Conservatory in Rome. He is a professor of piano and piano teaching
methods at music academies in Zagreb and Ljubljana. Apart from being a
performing artist, Mr. Zlatar has held seminars on piano teaching and
has been a member of juries at international piano competitions. He has
also written two textbooks on piano teaching methods, and numerous
essays on the history of piano playing. He is Artistic director of the
Croatian Youth Music Scene and the vice-president of EPTA-Croatia . He
has won several awards which the award "Svetislav Stancic" stand out.




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