Mak GRGIC Concerts 2009

22. January 2009:

Concert for Slovenian railway company in Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria; with guitarist Nejc Kuhar. Program: world music selection

2. February 2009:

Concert with Zagreb Guitar Quartet at the American University of Sharjah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates;

3.-7.February 2009:

Meeting Isak Berbic in Dubai, working on the project Visual meets Acoustics

29. March 2009:

Performance with the Zagreb Guitar Quartet for Lent in the Cathedral of St. Duje, Split, Croatia; Program: Sacral music

13. April 2009:

Performance with Zagreb Guitar Quartet in Sala Bulgaria, Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria; Program: Haendel, Rameau, Bach, Turina, Machado, Josipovic

May 2009:

Touring China with the Zagreb Guitar Quartet

May 2009:

Guitar Days festival in Zagreb, Croatia
June 2009:

Festival Kitare Kras (Slovenia), Solo recital

June 2009:

Solo performance with the St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in St.Petersburg, Russia

25. June 2009:

Performance with the Zagreb Guitar Quartet in Pescara, Italy

24. July 2009:

Performance with Zagreb Guitar Quartet at the Musical evenings in Osor (Osorske glasbene veceri); the Island of Cres, Croatia

11. August 2009:

Festival Kluze , Bovec, Slovenia, Solo recital

27. August 2009:

Tar (Croatia), Solo recital

28. August 2009:

Poreč (Croatia), Solo recital, in honour of the Joseph Haydn year performing a piece from Haydn arr. for the guitar

 

Biography

Since his teenage years, Mak Grgić has inspired both enthusiastic public acclaim and words of praise from the pens of critics, rare for a 21 year old performer.

"He has rightfully earned the title of a young master of guitar - not only for his accurate, skilled and harmonious playing, but also for the fact that his hands transform music into a brilliantly beautiful, sparkling and fluttering, joyful live being."

(Jutarnji list-Croatia).

(Chitarra Classica, Italy) proclaims,

• "The extraordinary, bravurous performance, voluptuous expression and abundant timbral nuancing of phrases, accompanied by the sense of style equally suited to the sophistication of baroque, the modernist strength and the girdless passion testify that this young artist has paved the way to fulfilling his dream of bringing the beauty of music into lives of people of all ages and every provenience."

Mak Grgić's passion for instilling the very essence of aesthetic delight in every single of his performances - by refraining from letting his ego and self-interpretation, as he likes to say, illustrates the genuine spirit and beauty of this young guitarist's early achievements.

As a member of duo MM he has been awarded 4 first prizes: Croatian National Competition (2004, 2005); TEMSIG - Slovenian National Competition, Ljubljana (2005); Citta di Gorizia, Italy (2005). As a member of the Quartet Elly's he was awarded 1st prize in Gorizia (2005) as well as one second and one first prize at the Croatian National Competition (2003, 2005).

From the year 2006 onward he has become a member of the distinguished Zagreb guitar quartet. With this ensemble he has performed and held concerts in Canada, USA and Europe. As a soloist he has held recitals in Germany, Austria, Italy, Croatia & Slovenia.

His repertoire spans the baroque and classical period up to modern and South American ethnic music.

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Website

www.makgrgic.com