Ivana Zahirović,
outstanding Croatian flutist,
comes form the small town of Sisak near Zagreb. She started
playing flute at the age of 9 and graduated at Music Highschool in Zagreb
before starting her studies with Irena Grafenauer at University “Mozarteum” in
Salzburg, Austria, where she received “grade of excellence” and degree “master
of arts”. Also she made post-graduate studies with Michael M. Kofler at
University Mozarteum and with Maria Goldschmidt at “Hochschule für Musik” Zurich.
Having won audition at the
age of 20 she became member of Orchestra-Academy of Zurich Opera House for two years. After that
she got positions at Symphony orchestra Mozarteum Salzburg, Symphony Orchestra
Bienne and Munich Symphony Orchestra and played with conductors like N.
Harnoncourt, J.E. Gardiner, F. Welser-Möst and many others. She has won many
national and international competitions such as “Lions Club International
Competition” and “AUDI Mozart” in Italy and was member of Chamber
music organisation “Villa Musica” where she appeared with many well-known
musicians.
She has played solo concerts
and chamber music concerts at international festivals such as “St. Marco
Festival” in Zagreb
and “Baroque evenings” in Varaždin.
In Croatia
she has performed with the Zagreb Soloists, the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
and the Croatian Chamber Orchestra, as well as having been featured in Croatian
Radio and Television and gave many concerts and recitals both as soloist and
chamber musician in many European countries, Latin America and USA.
Currently she has engagements
with orchestras such as Munich Radio Orchestra and Bavarian State Opera
Orchestra in Munich.
Also she plays chamber music with harpist Laima Bach, Duo “Bach”, with guitar
player Georgy Moravsky, Duo “Flugita” and in Ensemble for contemporary music
ULTIMA RARA.
Awards,2008 - 1. Award at the
AUDI Mozart International Competition, Italy
2. Award at the Lions Club
International, Switzerland,1999.
2. Award at National
Competition in Croatia,1991.
IVANA ZAHIROVIĆ :Mozart-
Concerto per flauto KV 313 – 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT3yrxBgL90&feature=related
Debussy - Rêverie - Ivana
Zahirovic, flute - Laima Bach, harp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK_fVGXF9mQ
Ravel - Pièce en forme de
Habanera - Ivana Zahirovic, Flute - Laima Bach, Harp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NoQph6RNVM
Flautistica Ivana Zahirović
predstavila djela hrvatskih skladatelja u Münchenu, 2010.
Flautistica Ivana Zahirović,
koja živi u Münchenu predstavila je
djela hrvatskih skladatelja za flautu i glasovir na Festivalu flautista, Flötenfestival
koji se održao od 19. do 21. ožujka na Musikhochschule u Münchenu. Zajedno sa
zagrebačkom pijanisticom Miom Elezović, koja inače živi u New Yorku, Ivana je
na svom recitalu izvela djela Brune Bjelinskog, Božidara Kunca i Krste Odaka. Organizator
festivala je Njemačko društvo flautista, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flöte,
a nastupili su brojni ugledni flutisti
iz cijelog svijeta. Isti program dvije su umjetnice izvele i prošle godine na
Američkoj konvenciji flautista u New Yorku.
Flautistica Ivana Zahirović,
rođena u Sisku, diplomirala je i
magistrirala koncertantni smjer flautu na Univerzitetu «Mozarteum» u Salzburgu
u klasi Prof. Irene Grafanauer. Dobitnica je mnogih natjecanja i nagrada,
između ostalog «Lions Club International» i «Audi Mozart» u Italiji. Kao
orkestralna glazbenica djelovala je u nekoliko renomiranih europskih orkestara
kao što su Orkestar Opere u Zürichu, Simfonijski orkestar Mozarteum u Salzburgu
i Minhenski simfoničari, a vodi i uspješnu komornu i solističku karijeru kako u
Hrvatskoj tako i u europskim zemljama i SAD-u.
Mia Elezović, iz Zagreba,
svoje je obrazovanje stekla na prestižnim školama u Beču, Frankfurtu i New
Yorku, a magistrirala je na Muzičkoj Akademiji u Zagrebu. Iza sebe ima brojne
međunarodne nastupe, izvodeći solo recitale kao i koncerte komorne glazbe u
Hrvatskoj, širom Europe, u SAD i Japanu.
Nastupa kao solist uz najuglednije hrvatske orkestre. Nagrađivana je na
uglednim državnim i međunarodnim natjecanjima. Od travnja 2005.podučava na
klavirskom odjelu Kyoto
University for Music and
Art, a od 2007. živi u New Yorku, gdje se specijalizirala za suvremenu glazbu
na Manhattan
School of Music.