Karlovac Piano Festival

Karlovac Piano Festival is a diverse musical project taking place in Karlovac, Croatia. The festival is hosted by Karlovac Music School, which is the oldest musical institution in Croatia, founded in 1804.[1] The festival was established in 2013, and has been held annually during the month of July.[2] Its program consists of educational activities such as master-classes, individual lessons, as well as guest artist and student recitals.[3] Since 2014, the festival also features Karlovac International Piano Competition,[4] which in 2016 has been endorsed by Alink-Argerich Foundation.[5][6] The faculty and competition jury list includes Dang Thai Son,[7] Kemal Gekić, Anna Malikova, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Liu Shikun, Vladimir Viardo,[8] Piotr Paleczny,[9][10] and others.

Karlovac Music School
Faculty and summer school participants (2019)

Karlovac International Piano Competition

The list of First Prize winners:[11]

  • 2014: Karolina Nadolska / Maria Tretyakova, (tie)
  • 2015: Lovre Marušić
  • 2016: Hei Wan Rhythmie Wong
  • 2017: First Prize not awarded, Second Prize: Maja Gombač
  • 2018: Elena Ovcharenko
  • 2019: Xu Guo

References
  1. Družak, Damien Cullen (15 February 2015), Karlovac: 25 Things to Know about the City on 4 Rivers, Total-Croatia-News, archived from the original on 16 February 2016, retrieved 16 February 2016
  2. "Drugi Karlovac Piano Festival". Culturenet.hr (in Croatian). 8 July 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  3. "Chinese Pianist Performed at Croatian International Music Festival". Art Exchange. CFLAC. March 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. "Počeo "Drugi Karlovac Piano Festival"". Dalje.com (in Croatian). 7 July 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  5. "AAF Calendar". Alink-Argerich Foundation. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  6. "Karlovac Piano Festival u svim svjetskim kalendarima nakon certifikata Zaklade Alink – Argerich". KAportal (in Croatian). 10 January 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  7. "News". Dang Thai Son. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  8. "Koncert svjetskih pijanista u zagrebačkoj Mimari". Večernji list (in Croatian). 7 August 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  10. Glodić, Kristina (8 July 2014). "U Glazbenoj školi započeo Piano&Guitar Festival" (in Croatian). Trend. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  11. "Karlovac International Piano Competition - Laureates". Karlovac Piano Festival. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
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