About us

Competition Young virtuoso, Zagreb was founded by Music School Pavao Markovac back in 1994 under the name “Young virtuoso – Etudes and Scales”. At first, the competition was intended for piano pupils of primary music schools from Zagreb area and was conceived after an idea of professor Jelica Kuzmin. The very next year the idea was adopted by violinists, so they joined the project. Ever since, the competition has been held every year, interchangeably for piano and violin. Number of categories, technical demands and age limits have grown and in 1996 the competition becomes international.

Programme of this competition is a bit unique, as it includes  performance of a compulsory etude, exclusively written for each competition by a Croatian composer. Compulsory etudes are regularly being published.

The competition is being held under the patronage of The Zagreb City Congregation, and with support of our sponsors.

The success of the competition and its outstanding organization has been achieved due to enthusiastic activities of all school teachers and Organization committee members, directed by the president Mr. Niko Marušić, the headmaster of the Music School Pavao Markovac.

Venue

The competition takes place in the hall on the 4th floor at the Academy of Music, Trg Republike Hrvatske 12, Zagreb, Croatia.

Administration

Advisors

Niko Marušić – chairman
Sanda Božić, Srebrenka Crnković Završki, Jelica Kuzmin, Mirjana Matić, Dubravko Palanović

Secretary

Anamaria Bilandžić

Head of Organizing Committee

Edita Kolovrat

Organizing Committee

Maria Bilandžić, Enriko Četinić, Ivan Graziani, Mia Grubišić, Iva Ljubičić Lukić, Zrinka Majstorović, Jelena Očasić, Ana Pek Markešić, Branka Pollak, Alma Seder, Marta Serdarušić Smolčić, Jasna Simonović Mrčela, Dinko Stipaničev, Ina Vagroš, Sanja Vrsalović Drezga, Jelena Žužak

Competition office

Academy of Music, Zagreb, Trg Republike Hrvatske 12

Sponsors

• Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
• City Office for Education, Sport and Youth
• Croatian Composers’ Society
• Cantus Ltd.
• University of Zagreb Academy of Music
• Dubravko Palanović, composer
• A-classic, audio-video recordings and publishing, Zagreb
• Euro-Unit group Croatia
• Croatian Cultural and Artistic Heritage, Zagreb
• Szekszárd Chamber Music Orchestra, Hungary
• Zagreb Youth Chamber Orchestra
• Glazbene Staze
• Zagreb Tourist Board
• Pramat Ltd.
• Offset tisak NP GTO Ltd