Free tickets for the concert are available at the Križanke Box Office.
Matija Raičević, clarinet (Serbia)
Duško Švonja, piano (Serbia)
Programme:
R. Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94
E. Chausson: Andante et Allegro
L. Bassi: Concert Fantasia on motives from Verdi’s opera Rigoletto
Matija Raičević was born in Novi Sad and began playing the clarinet at the age of seven at the Isidor Bajić Music School in her hometown. From the very beginning he showed a lot of love for music and the clarinet, and quickly developed his talent under the watchful eye of Đuro Pete, which was soon reflected by his results in the first competitions he took part in, as he won the top prizes. As a result of his exceptional progress he completed primary and secondary school two years early.He is currently a first year master’s student at the Ljubljana Academy of Music under Tadej Kenig, and a first year master’s student at the City of Basel Music Academy under François Benda. Matija regularly enters competitions for young musicians, in which he has so far won more than 30 prizes. Three times he has been a laureate at the Republic competition in Belgrade, twice a laureate in the Anton Eberst international competition in Novi Sad, he won the golden plaque at the Emona international competition in Ljubljana, and was also successful in the Woodwind & Brass Competition in Varaždin, and the Davorin Jenko Competition in Belgrade. He has also participated actively as a member of the chamber ensemble, with which he has won many first prizes. As a promising young clarinettist he has had the opportunity to perform in Hungary, Italy, Belgium, Slovenia and Croatia. As member of the Symphony Orchestra, Matija has collaborated with a range of conductors such as Igor Coretti Kuret, Gerardo Estrada and Catherine Larsen-Meguire, and attended seminars with internationally renowned professors such as François Benda, Olivier Faure, Nikola Srdić, Bela Kovacs, Wenzel Fuchs, Gabor Varga and other.
Pianist Duško Švonja was born in Novi Sad and began playing the piano at the age of seven in the Josip Slavenski Primary Music School under Ivana Branovački and Iris Kobal. He later continued his training at the Isidor Bajić Secondary Music School and during his time there he also attended a special school for young talents “Nulta Grupa”, which was founded at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad in cooperation with the Academy of Music, in the class taught by Jokut Mihajlović. In 1998 he enrolled in the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, graduated in 2001 under Tatiana Franjova, and two years later obtained his master’s in the same class. As a student he was supported by grants from the Open Society Institute. He also attended masterclasses with renowned teachers such as: Kemal Gekić, Jokut Mihailović, Tatiana Franjova, Konstantin Bogino, Falvay Šandor, Kerek Ferenc, etc. He has been active as a concert pianist since 1998. Duško has performed in Austria, Italy, Hungary, Slovenia and in 2003 he succeeded in performing the whole opus of sonatas for four hands by W. A. Mozart in cooperation with the Slovak pianist Martin Tomek. He is currently working as a piano teacher and répétiteur for the wind department of the Isidor Bajić Secondary Music School in Novi Sad.
