On January 9, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in the NOSPR Concert Hall in Katowice we will hear a recital of Slovenian violinist Maja Horvat, the third and special prize winner at the 1st International Karol Szymanowski Music Competition.
Maja Horvat graduated from the Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory in the class of Volodja Balžalorsky in 2015. Currently, she studies at the Royal College of Music in London in the class of prof. Daniel Rowland and prof. Leonid Kerbel. She worked with many esteemed pedagogues, such as Ivry Gitlis, Anton Martynow, Alina Ibragimowa, Saewon Suh, Vasilij Meljnikov, Tatiana Balashova, Igor Ozim, Wonji Kim Ozim. As soloist and chamber musician, she won a number of awards at national and international competitions. She has given concerts with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Slovenian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of the Music and Ballet Conservatory in Ljubljana, the Chamber Orchestra "Mladi ljubljanski solisti", the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra and others. In 2019, she plans to renew her cooperation with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, and at the end of the year she will perform with the Royal College of Music Philharmonic Orchestra.
During the recital in Katowice, she will perform works by Johannes Brahms, Eugène Ysaÿe, Paul Hindemith as well as Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28 by Karol Szymanowski.
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
More information at: http://www.nospr.org.pl/pl/koncerty/1354/sroda-modych-koncert-laureatow-i-miedzynarodowego-konkursu-muzycznego-im-karola-szymanowskiego-maja-horvat