MIHAEL MITEV, bassoon
ANDREJA KOSMAČ, piano

Programme:

C. Saint-Saens: Bassoon Sonata in G major, Op 168
O. Nussio: Variations on an Arietta by Pergolesi
M. Djordjević: “Nailing clouds” for bassoon solo
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G. Rossini: Six Arias from The Barber of Seville (Luka Mitev, bassoon)
E. Bozza: Recitative, Siciliane et Rondo

After completing his studies at the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music and Ballet, Mihael Mitev went on to the Ljubljana Academy of Music, where he graduated with distinction under his father Z. Mitev. He is continuing his bassoon studies at the Zurich University of the Arts under G. Mandolesi. He has performed at festivals including the Ljubljana Festival, Jeunesses Musicales Ljubljana and Jeunesses Musicales Slovenia, the Zermatt Festival and the Grafenegg Festival. Since primary school he has been taking part and impressing in national TEMSIG competitions and international competitions. On the basis of his recordings, he was invited to take part in the international ARD competition in Munich in September 2019, where he reached the second round. He has been solo bassoonist for the SNG Maribor Orchestra since October 2019, and has appeared as a guest for, among others, the Orchestre de Paris, Musikkolegium Winterthur, Kammerorchester Basel and the Slovenska Filharmonija. From 2015 to 2019 he was a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO) and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (GMJO). He has appeared with them at a wide of range of festivals and concert halls in Europe and around the world with conductors such as Jonathan Nott, Matthias Pintscher, Daniel Harding, Gianandrea Noseda and Bernhard Haitink. In 2016, as part of the EUYO, he was accepted into the Chamber Orchestra of Europe academy programme after an audition. In May 2017 he performed Heitor Villa Lobos’s “Ciranda das sete notas” as a soloist with the Young Ljubljana Soloists orchestra as part of the Ljubljana Academy of Music’s concert season.