Honoring the great Antonio Janigro, who gave a large part of his active life to Zagreb, Zagreb Concert Management organizes a competition for young and older cellists. Competition for participants under the age of 20 is held biannually in October (Samobor 1996, Čakovec 1998, Poreč 2000 and 2002), while the competition for participants under the age of 32 is held quadrennially in Zagreb.
This year, at the 5th jubilee Antonio Janigro International Competition for participants under the age of 20, held between October 22nd and 26th in Poreč, there were 57 candidates from 17 countries. This was the first time the competition hosted participants from Turkey and Norway.
The opening ceremony was held at the Euphrasius’ Basilica with a concert by David Grigorian accompanied by his wife and pianist Ludmila Lissovaya.

This year’s competition was special for the emphasis it put on the aspect of teaching, which is not common at other competitions in the world. In other words, each of the four categories, including the pre-category, included a master-workshop where the candidates were given an opportunity to work with two jury members of their choice. This helps the reputation of the competition and enables a close contact and interaction with jury members who are all eminent teachers at highly regarded schools:
David Grigorian, chairman of the jury who teaches in Germany; Alexander Boyarsky from the Royal College of Music and Purcell School (UK); Elizabeth Morrow from Dallas, Texas; Igor Škerjanec from Slovenia; and Nikola Ružević from Croatia.

We are very proud to announce that “Little” Janigro is going strong and that it will be held in Poreč again in 2006.

Contact: Dobrila Berković-Magdalenić
e-mail: dobrila.berkovic-magdalenic@zg.htnet.hr
gsm: 098/ 203-917

AWARDS 2004

PRE-CATEGORY

TJAŠA VRHOVNIK – NAGRADA HRVATSKOG DRUŠTVA GUDAČKIH PEDAGOGA / CROATIAN STRING TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION AWARD

CATEGORY I - RESULTS

CEMAL ALI – 1st PRIZE
JOSEPH RAPHAEL NOVAKOVICH – 1st PRIZE

DAMJAN SARAMANDIĆ – 2nd PRIZE
ILDIKO SZABO – 2nd PRIZE

LAURA SZABO – 3rd PRIZE
HELENA VUJICA – 3rd PRIZE
MARGARITA BALANAS – 3rd PRIZE
BERNARDO BRIZANI – 3rd PRIZE

HRVOJE HREŠČ – SPECIAL AWARD
MARGARITA BALANAS – CROATIAN STRING TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION AWARD

JAKOB NOVAK
LATICA ANIĆ
SEBASTIAN STINGL
BRUNA BILAĆ
TEODORA HILL
ANDREA RADOVIĆ
JOSIP AUGUSTIN JANEŠ

CATEGORY II - RESULTS

DÓRA KOKAS – 1st PRIZE
VALENTINA ČRNJAK – 1st PRIZE

ANITA BALAZS – 2nd PRIZE
BORIS NEDIALKOV – 2nd PRIZE
MATEJ MILOŠEV – 2nd PRIZE

GEORGE ROSS – 3rd PRIZE
VALERIYA SHOLOKHOVA – 3rd PRIZE
SIMON THOMPSON – 3rd PRIZE
FRAN LEBOŠ – 3rd PRIZE
FILIP TOMIĆ – 3rd PRIZE

DORA KOKAS – ZAGREB SOLOISTS AWARD
VALENTINA ČRNJAK – FINANCIAL AWARD / ACCORD CASE
MATEJ MILOŠEV – SPECIAL AWARD BY THE JURY CHAIRMAN

IDA NOVAK
ROMANA BAČIĆ
FABIO JURIĆ
EMILIA GIACOMETTI
ANDRIAN IVIČEVIĆ

CATEGORY III - RESULTS

JANINA RUH – 1st PRIZE
FRIDA FREDRIKKE WAALER – 1st PRIZE
TATJANA REDJKO – 1st PRIZE

GEORGY KOLESOV – 2nd PRIZE
SMILJAN MRČELA – 2nd PRIZE
ALJA MANDIČ – 2nd PRIZE

NEMANJA STANKOVIĆ – 3rd PRIZE
DOROTEA RACZ – 3rd PRIZE
JESSIE ANN RICHARDSON – 3rd PRIZE
LADA WEYGAND – 3rd PRIZE

JANINA RUH – CITY OF POREČ AWARD, CROATIAN MUSIC YOUTH AWARD
FRIDA FREDRIKKE WAALER – DUBROVNIK SUMMER FESTIVAL AWARD
IDIL ONARAN – HONORABLE MENTION and CROATIAN STRING TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION AWARD
SMILJAN MRČELA – OSIJEK’S FRANJO KREŽMA MEMORIAL AWARD

IDIL ONARAN
UN-MI HAN
KATARINA MATKOVIĆ
KARLO FILIPAN

CATEGORY IV - RESULTS

FINALS

MINAT LYONS - 2nd PRIZE