TOMISLAV VASILJ CLASSICAL GUITAR, SOPRANO GUITAR

KRUNOSLAV PEHAR CLASSICAL GUITAR, ALTO GUITAR

MELITA IVKOVIĆ SEVEN-STRING CLASSICAL GUITAR

FRANE VERBANAC CLASSICAL GUITAR

ZAGREB GUITAR QUARTET

www.guitar4.com CONTACT: MELITA IVKOVIC, PHONE: +385996354824 E-MAIL: MELITA.IVKOVIC@GMAIL.COM

!After their performance, all that one could do was to get out and scream: Viva guitarra! !This experienced ensemble has given a multitude of concerts in Croatia and in other countries, from Canada to India, from Rus-sia to South Africa. It has successfully appeared at several pres-tigious international competitions, premiered 10 dedications by contemporary Croatian composers, and has given a world pre-miere of Johann Sebastian Bach's The Art of the Fugue arranged for four guitars, receiving rave reviews from the well-known magazine Classical Guitar: one of the most extraordinary and vivid experiences including the guitar I can remember.!For more information about the Zagreb Guitar Quartet, please visit: www.guitar4.com

!BIOGRAPHY

!!The Zagreb Guitar Quartet was founded in 1990 by Ante Čagalj, one of the leading guitar teachers in Croatia. The Quartet’s current members are Tomislav Vasilj, Krunoslav Pehar, Melita Ivković and Frane Verbanac. !This experienced ensemble of young musicians has given a multitude of concerts in Croatia and in other countries, from Canada to India, from Rus-sia to South Africa – including appearances at the Austrian Parliament in Vi-enna, Pontificio instituto di musica sacra in Rome, Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Kamani Auditorium in New Delhi, Amici del Loggione del Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow. It has successfully ap-peared at several prestigious international competitions, winning first prize at Trofeo Kawai in Tortona, Italy (1996) and at Simone Salmaso in Viareg-gio, Italy (1998), as well as the Grand Prix at the Ghitaralia Festival Compe-tition in Przemysl, Poland (1998, when Zbigniew Dubiella wrote in Swiat Gi-tary: For more than few years I haven’t heard something so exciting - after their performance, all that one could do was to get out and scream: Viva gui-tarra!). At the Varaždin Baroque Evenings in 1998, the Quartet won the Ivan Lukačić Award for the best performance of the festival. !Two years later at this same festival, the Quartet treated the audience to the world premiere of Bach’s The Art of the Fugue arranged for four guitars, re-ceiving rave reviews from Colin Cooper, the editor of the well-known maga-zine Classical Guitar: it was one of the most extraordinary and vivid experi-ences including the guitar I can remember. !The Quartet has mastered a huge repertoire ranging from Renaissance and Baroque masters to contemporary composers. It is not afraid to make ex-cursions into jazz and other music, and has made brilliant arrangements of traditional compositions from the Croatian coast and mainland. The Zagreb Guitar Quartet members are also distinguished by the special attention they pay to living Croatian composers amongst whom Željko Brkanović, Miroslav Miletić, Anđelko Klobučar, Vlado Sunko, Adalbert Marković, Sanda Majurec, Tomislav Uhlik, Ivo Josipović, Krešimir Seletković and Ivan Josip Skender have all dedicated original works to this artistically inquisitive ensemble. !They have released 2 CDs: Da fuga a milonga (2005) and Preludes and Fugues (2014). For more information about the Zagreb Guitar Quartet, please visit: www.guitar4.com

PRESS REVIEWSFor more than few years I haven’t heard something so exciting - after their performance, all that one could do was to get out and scream: VIVA GUITARRA! Swiat Gitary, Poland !The performances by the Zagreb Guitar Quartet mesmerized the audiences. Asian News International, India

!World-class level ensemble. Jutarnji list, Zagreb !Guitarists capture music’s intelligence. The Citizen, Johannesburg

!The rich tone, intense involvement and perfect coordination were brilliant. The Telegraph, Calcutta !

RECITAL JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU GAVOTTE ET 6 DOUBLES !JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH FUGUE IN G MINOR, BWV 578 !ADALBERT MARKOVIĆ THREE IMPRESSIONS OF OSOR DEDICATED TO THE ZGQ MORNING CYPRESSES AT NOON MISTRAL !ASTOR PIAZZOLLAFUGA Y MISTERIO !

ERNESTO LECUONADANZAS CUBANAS DANZA NEGRALA PRIMERA EN LA FRENTELOLA ESTÁ DA FIESTALA CONGA DE MEDIA NOCHE AARON COPLAND DANZA DE JALISCOFROM THREE LATIN AMERICAN SKETCHES EVGENIY MIKHAILOVICH RUSANOFF

GYPSY SUITE !!

JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU GAVOTTE ET 6 DOUBLES !FRANÇOIS COUPERIN FROM PIÈCES DE CLAVECIN LE PETIT-RIENLA LINOTTE ÉFFAROUCHÉELET PETITS MOULINS À VENTLES BARRICADES MISTÉRIEUSES!!!!!!!

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACHPRELUDES AND FUGUESG MINOR, “LITTLE”, BWV 578C MAJOR, BWV 545G MAJOR, BWV 541G MAJOR, BWV 550 !GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDELSUITE IN E MAJOR, HWV 430PRÉLUDE-ALLEMANDE-COURANTE-AIR

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JOAQUÍN TURINA DANZAS GITANAS, OP. 55!ALBERTO GINASTERATRES DANZAS ARGENTINAS, OP. 2!ERNESTO LECUONADANZAS CUBANAS AARON COPLAND DANZA DE JALISCO !CROATIAN FOLKLORE SUITE FROM MEĐIMURJE DANCES FROM SPLIT DANCES FROM ISLAND OF HVAR

OSCAR PETERSON CANADIANA SUITE THE LAURENTIDE WALTZ LAND OF THE MISTY GIANTS WHEATLAND !JEWISH SONGS HAKOTSRIM (D. FAKTORI) HORA ALI (ROUND DANCE) SIMHAT TORA (SARAJEVO) SHIR HANODED (UZBEKISTAN) !EVGENIY MIKHAILOVICH RUSANOFF

GYPSY SUITE !!!!

DANZAS DEL MUNDO

!JOAQUÍN RODRIGO CONCIERTO ANDALUZ TEMPO DI BOLERO - ADAGIO - ALLEGRETTO !SERGIO ASSAD INTERCHANGE SEPHARDIC PASSAGE GYPSY SLOPES PACIFIC OVERLOOK FORROBLUES DETOUR CROSSINGS

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ZAGREB GUITAR QUARTET

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY ŽELJKO KARAVIDA, ZAVIŠA BJELOGRLIĆ, EERIK MAURAGE, MELITA IVKOVIĆ, FRANE VERBANAC. DATE LAST EDITED: DECEMBER 2015.