Petra Šket
Pianist
Education
September 2003-June 2015
"Fran Lhotka" Music School Sisak, Croatia
October 2015- June 2021 Music Academy Zagreb, Croatia
October 2020- June 2021 Academy of Music Ljubljana, Slovenia
She attended the "Fran Lhotka" Music School in Sisak under the mentorship of prof.Davorka Rupčić Kuhtić.
She graduated piano at the Music Academy in Zagreb with excellent results in the class of prof. Ida Gamulin, while at the same time she attended piano classes in the class of prof. Aleksandar Serdar at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana through a bilateral agreement between the Academies.
Rewards and Competitions
2007- current
First prices:
2007. Regional competition in Varaždin, HDGPP, Croatia
2007. Paolo Spinchich International Competiton, Trieste, Italy
2009. Isola del Sole-Grado Competition, Italy
2011. Regional Competition in Varaždin, HDGPP, Croatia
2011. Bruno Bettinelli- Treviglio Competition, Italy
2015. Paolo Spinchich International Competition, Trieste, Italy
2015. Regional Competition in Zagreb, Croatia
2015.National Competition in Dubrovnik, Croatia
2016. Concorso Musicale Citta Di Palmanova, Italy
2019. International Competition Sirmium Music Fest, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia
Second price:
2019. International competition of young pianists EPTA, Osijek, Croatia
Dean's Award for Achievements in the academic year 2017/2018
She has participated in numerous competitions, of which we will mention only the most important first prizes: 2007. Regional competition in Varaždin and Paolo Spincich International in Trieste, 2009. Isola del Sole-Grado-Italy, 2011. Regional competition in Varaždin and Bruno Bettinelli-Treviglio- Italy, 2015 Paolo Spincich in Trieste with a special award for the best performed contemporary composition "Three Argentine Dances" by Albert Ginastera, Regional Competition in Zagreb, first prize at the National Competition in Dubrovnik and 2016 first prize at the Concorso Musicale Citta Di Palmanova in Italy. Last year she won the first prize at the international competition Sirmium Music Fest in Sremska Mitrovica, and the second prize at the international competition of young pianists EPTA in Osijek, with a special prize of the Croatian Society of Composers for the best performance of the given composition "Cvjetni vrlog" by Dora Pejacevic. She is the winner of the Dean's Award for Achievements in the academic year 2017/2018.
Seminars
Dmitrij Bashkirov, Ida Gamulin, Naum Grubert, Grigory Gruzman, Eugen Indijić, Natalia Trull, Alessandro Paparo and Aleksandar Serdar.
As part of the Laus Summer school in Dubrovnik, she performed at the Rector's Palace at the final concert of the seminar participants of prof. Dmitrij Bashkirov, and at the Bunić Kaboga Summer house under the mentorship of prof. Ida Gamulin. She also participated in seminars of other famous pianists and pedagogues, such as Grigory Gruzman, Natalia Trull, Eugen Indjic, Alessandro Paparo, Aleksandar Serdar, Naum Grubert.
Projects
2015- current
She gave several solo recitals in the hall of the Fran Lhotka Music School and participated in the student concert cycle called Virtuoso. She participated in the "Advent classic" cycle by performing the Piano Concerto in F minor by Frederic Chopin in the Blagoje Bersa Concert Hall at the Music Academy in Zagreb.
In 2021 she held a recital in "Matica Hrvatska" Youth Cycle.
She participated with Duo Richter in Cycle of concerts of young musicians "Vinko Lesić" in Split.
Work and Experience
September 2020- current
She works as a Piano teacher in the Music School " Fran Lhotka" Sisak, Croatia.
She is member of Duo Richter.
You can download Petra's CV in .pdf in both English and Croatian language.
Karla Križanić
Flutist
Education
September 2004- Juni 2014 Music School " Fran Lhotka" Sisak, Croatia- Flute Performance
October 2015- July 2020 Arts Academy Split, Bachelor and Master degree
October 2018- July 2019 Hochschule fur Musik "Franz Liszt" Weimar, Germany
She graduated from the Secondary Music School "Fran Lhotka" Sisak in 2014 in the class of Prof. Danijela Klarić-Mimica, and one year later she enrolled at the Arts Academy in Split to study Flute Performance in the class of prof. Ana Domančić- Krstulović and prof. Marko Zupan, which she successfully completed in 2020.
She has spent her academic year 2018/2019 studying at the Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt" in Weimar (Germany) through the ERASMUS + student mobility program, in the class of prof. Nikolai Jaeger and prof. Benjamin Plag.
Rewards and Competitions
17/03/2021
Dean's Award for Excellence- Arty Academy Split
19/03/2020
Dean's Award for Excellence – Arts Academy Split
19/03/2020
Special Deans Award for Achievements – Arts Academy Split
2018
Third Award at International Competition – "Davorin Jenko" Belgrade, Serbia
2017
Third Award at International Competition – "Davorin Jenko" Belgrade, Serbia
16/06/2017
Rectors Award for Excellence – University of Split
2016
First Award at Regional Competition – HDGPP, Croatia Society
2016
Second Award at State Competiton – HDGPP, Croatia Society
2016
Second Award at International Competiton – "Woodwind and Brass" Varaždin, Croatia
2014
First Award at Regional Competition – HDGPP, Croatia Society
2014
Second Award at State Competiton – HDGPP, Croatia Society
During her studies, she won numerous awards at regional, national and international competitions, but the most significant awards were the Rector's Award for Excellence (2017) for achievements in the first year of study, followed by the Dean's Award (2020), another Dean's Award (2021) and the Special Dean's Award (2020) for successes achieved during her Bachelor studies.
Seminars
2010 - current
Eva Amsler, Agneta Bengtsson, Phillipe Bernold, Sophie Dufeutrelle, Ana Domančić Krstulović, Riccardo Ghiani,Peter- Lukas Graf, Matej Grahek,Wally Hase, Nikolai Jaeger, Raphel Leone, Carol Levine, Marina Novak, Jan Ostry, Gaby Pas-Van Riet, Renata Penezić, Benjamin Plag, Ulf Dieter Schaaff, Hansgeorg Schmeiser, Karl Heinz Schuetz, Karolina Šantl-Zupan, Gulsen Tatu, Matej Zupan and Marko Zupan
Projects
30/06/2017 – 02/07/2017
Flute Player in UMAS Orchestra for opera "Kraljica lopte" (Ivo Tijardović); Croatia
14/03/2018
Solo concert with the Orchestra of Croatian National Theatre in Split, Croatia; playing Saverio Mercadante- Concerto in E minor
17/08/2018 – 26/08/2018
Aurora Music Festival in Stockholm , Sweden
Member of the Aurora Symphony Orchestra conducted by mo.Jukka-Pekka Saraste;
Programme: Tschaikowsky "Fifth Symphony" and Mazzoli "Violent, violent sea"
06/06/2019
Solo flutist of the Orchestra of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar; Germany
Programme: Alban Berg Concerto for the violine and orchestra; "Dem Andenken eines
Engels"
07/07/2019
Bauhaus 100. Anniversary Festival; Germany
The participant of the concert "Architecture in Music" in Weimar
Her most significant successes were participating as a member of the Academic Orchestra of the Academy of Arts in Split during the performance of the operetta "Kraljica lopte" by Ivo Tijardović (2017), solo concert with the Croatian National Theater in Split (2018), participation in the "Aurora Music" festival in Stockholm (Sweden, 2018) as a member of the "Aurora Symphony Orchestra", participation in the Bauhaus Festival in Gera on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus School of Architecture and Applied Arts and as a member of the Franz Liszt Academy Symphony Orchestra in Weimar (Germany, 2019).
Work and Experience
November 2020- current
Music School" Vatroslav Lisinski" Bjelovar, Croatia
Karla currently works as a Flute Teacher at the Music School " Vatroslav Lisinski" in Bjelovar, Croatia.
She is the member of Duo Richter.
You can download Karla's CV in .pdf in both English and Croatian language.