| In accordance with this year’s theme of the Sonata Slavonica Masterclass, the singing workshop will be dedicated to the Baroque period. Depending on the vocal and technical abilities of the registered candidates, a relevant corpus of works will be selected for study. Participants will have the opportunity during the masterclass to become acquainted with the Italian, German, French, and English schools of Baroque singing and stylistic ornamentation, as well as to learn one of the works by Croatian composers of the Baroque or Neo-Baroque period, which is often present in the oeuvre of contemporary Croatian composers. In some of the authentic venues throughout our beautiful Slavonia — which we wish to further culturally revitalize and enrich — concerts will be performed, possibly including a complete cantata (depending on the number and type of voices of the registered candidates), accompanied by harpsichord, piano, organ, or a small chamber ensemble. In its outcomes, the workshop will not only provide participants with new skills, knowledge, and creativity, but will also be highly engaging for the audience, offering them musical enjoyment, additional education, and fostering a greater interest in this form of vocal-instrumental chamber music-making. |
Biography:
| Lidija Horvat-Dunjko – soprano Born in Varaždin, she graduated and completed her master’s degree at the Music Academy in Zagreb in the class of Zdenka Žabčić-Hesky. She further refined her studies with Olivera Miljaković in Vienna and with Dunja Vejzović in Zagreb. As one of Croatia’s leading sopranos, she has performed more than 30 operatic roles and appeared in operas, operettas, and musicals in Croatia and abroad. She has guest-performed on prestigious stages such as the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Massey Hall in Toronto, as well as in Berlin, Madrid, Zurich, and Moscow. She has recorded 16 albums, with notable roles including the Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute), Gilda (Rigoletto), and Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail). She is a full professor at the Music Academy in Zagreb and at the University of Pula, and she is the founder of the international summer opera school “Mirula” in Pučišća on the island of Brač. She represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995 as a member of the group Magazin, achieving 6th place with the song Nostalgija. |
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