Martina Filjak

Martina Filjak (born in Zagreb) is a Croatian pianist.She started playing piano at the age of 5 and held her first public performance aged 6. She completed her studies at the Music Academy of Zagreb, the Vienna Conservatoire, the Hochschule für Musik in Hannover and additionally at the Como Piano Academy.

Filjak was awarded the 2007 Concorso Busoni's 5th prize, and subsequently won the 2007 Viotti and 2008 Maria Canals competitions. In addition, she won the Bösendorfer Prize. In 2009 she won the first prize at the 2009 Cleveland piano competition.

Filjak is internationally active as a concert pianist. Martina Filjak has performed with esteemed orchestras of her home country and abroad, including The Cleveland Orchestra; the Zagreb, Strasbourg, Morocco, Belgrade and Torino Philharmonics; the Barcelona, Bilbao, Chautauqua, Tenerife, Chile and Moscow Symphony Orchestras; the Georgian Chamber Orchestra of Ingolstadt, Croatian Chamber Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa under such esteemed conductors as Jahja Ling, Christian Zacharias, Heinrich Schiff, Theodor Guschlbauer and Stefan Sanderling. As a recitalist as well as concerto soloist, Ms. Filjak has performed in such major venues as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Berlin, l’Auditori and Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Carnegie Hall in New York, Palais des Congrès in Strasbourg, Musikverein in Vienna, Shanghai Oriental Art Center and the Severance Hall in Cleveland.

Martina Filjak’s 2009-2010 season began with a first-place victory at the 2009 Cleveland International Piano Competition.^[1] Her New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall in December 2009 received excellent reviews by the New York Times critic Anthony Tomassini praising her 'resourcefulness of her technique and the naturalness of her musicality' and declaring her 'a pianist to watch' .^[2] In October 2009 she was additionally awarded an Honorary Medal by the President of the Republic of Croatia for her artistic achievements.

In the 2010 and 2011 she performs with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie and Christoph Poppen, at the Al Bustan Festival in Lebanon ,the Granada symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and as a recitalist at the Residenz in Munich and at the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona. Future performances include appearances with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, The Florida Orchestra, the Boston Philharmonic, the Madrid symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Weimar and the Granada Symphony Orchestra.

Miss Filjak is a Croatian and Italian national and speaks 7 languages.

References

1. ^ "Cleveland International Piano Competition web page on Martina Filjak". http://clevelandpiano.org/martinafiljak.html. Retrieved 16 September 2011. 
2. ^ Tommasini, Anthony. "Birthday Gift: New York Debut". http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/arts/music/17martina.html. Retrieved 16 September 2011. 

• [1] International Keyboards Institute and Festival in the Mannes College

External links

• Official website

Persondata
Name	Filjak, Martina
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

This article on a classical pianist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Living people Croatian classical pianists Maria Canals International Music Competition prize-winners Prize-winners of the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition Croatian people stubs European musician stubs Classical pianist stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу Parathyris Paratype (moth genus) Look at other dictionaries: Martina Filjak — es una pianista croata que ganó el Concurso de Cleveland en 2009. Un año antes había ganado el Concurso María Canals de Barcelona. Referencias [1] Cleveland.com www.martinafiljak.com Categoría: Pianistas de música clásica de Croacia …   Wikipedia Español Vladimir Krpan — (Sveti Ivan Zelina, January 11, 1938.), Croatian pianist and piano pedagogue.He graduated at the Music Academy in Zagreb in the class of Svetislav Stancic and won a master s degree at the Santa Cecilia Music Academy in Rome with Carlo Zecchi. He… …   Wikipedia Cleveland International Piano Competition — The Cleveland International Piano Competition takes place biennially in Cleveland, Ohio. The initial Competition in 1975 and the nine others that followed were sponsored jointly by the Robert Casadesus Society and the Cleveland Institute of Music …   Wikipedia XVI José Iturbi International Piano Competition — The XVI José Iturbi International Piano Competition took take place in Valencia from September 15 27, 2008. It was won by Zhengyu Chen, who became the first Chinese pianist to attain the 1st prize.Jury** flagicon|Spain Joaquín Soriano (president) …   Wikipedia Maria Canals International Music Competition — The Maria Canals International Music Competition (Catalan: Concurs Internacional de Música Maria Canals Barcelona, IPA: [kuŋˈkurs intərnəsiuˈnaɫ də ˈmuzikə məɾi.ə kəˈnaɫz βərsəɫonə]) is a music competition held yearly in the Palau de la… …   Wikipedia Concurso Internacional de Música María Canals — Este artículo o sección necesita referencias que aparezcan en una publicación acreditada, como revistas especializadas, monografías, prensa diaria o páginas de Internet fidedignas. Puedes añadirlas así o avisar …   Wikipedia Español Concours international de musique Maria Canals — Scène du Palau de la Música Catalana Le Concours international de musique Maria Canals est un concours de piano qui a lieu tous les ans au Palau de la Música Catalana de Barcelone depuis 1954. Il a été fondé par Maria Canals et son mari Rossend… …   Wikipédia en Français 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”