Vildana Repše, academic musician and violinist, violin teacher was born in Sarajevo, in the famous Smailović family. She studied violin in the class of Professor Dejan Bravničar at the Ljubljana Academy of Music, where she graduated. With great interest and success he dedicates himself to pedagogical work in the Music Studio Tartini in Ljubljana, the...

Maria Spengler-Markovic career encompasses a wide variety of solo work, chamber music, orchestral performing and teaching. She graduated from the University of Arts, Faculty of Music in Belgrade with the ‘Best in Generation’ prize, both for her Bachelor and Master degrees. Early in her career, Maria was a prize winner at international competitions, including Jeunesses...

Pavel Vernikov, a student of David Oistrach and S. Snitkowsky, gained a reputation as virtuoso violinist more than twenty years ago. Among other prizes he won the International ARD Violin Competition in Munich and the Grand Prix at the International Violin Competition “Vittorio Gui” in Florence. He has appeared at such prestigious venues as the...

Lidija Bobić was born in Varaždin where she finished Musical High School, one of the most prestigious Croatian musical schools. Afterwards, she enrolls in the violin study in the class of prof. Taras Pecheny on State Conservatory of Petar Ilych Tchaikovsky in Kiev, Ukraine, where she graduated in the class of prof. Igor Andrievsky, in...

Goran Končar (b. 1954), one of the most prominent Croatian violinists, studied at the Music Academy in Zagreb with Martin Barić and Josip Klima, and obtained a master’s degree in the class of Leonid Kogan at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow in 1978. He also studied with Max Rostal in Bern and Henryk Szeryng in...