16th international competition for the young musicians Ferdo Livadić / award ceremony
8th international composers' competition New Note / award ceremony and performance of the winning composition
Berislav Šipuš, conductor
Katarina Kutnar, violin
Katarina Kutnar, violin
Wataru Mukai, Dogs, for ensemble, first performance
Davor Bobić, Kutnarijada, for violin and ensemble, first performance
Alban Berg, Concerto for violin and orchestre
Eight years ago, the Samobor Music Festival, along with the Ferdo Livadić International Competition of Young Musicians, started the New Note International Composers Competition.
The 2019 competition was called with the Cantus Ensemble in mind as they will be the ones to first perform the winning composition. The 25 compositions that applied were assessed by a panel that included Nikša Gligo, Berislav Šipuš and Srećko Bradić and the first prize went to the composition Dogs by a young Japanese composer Wataru Mukai.
The piece will be first performed in Samobor at the 44th Samobor Autumn festival, as part of the concert by the Cantus Ensemble held on 1 October 2019. At the same concert, Katarina Kutnar, violinist and last-year’s winner of another Samobor competition, Ferdo Livadić International Competition of Young Musicians, will also perform with the Cantus Ensemble in a new composition by Davor Bobić, Croatian composer and a member of the HDS – Hrvatsko društvo skladatelja / Croatian Composers' Society, and in the Concerto for violin by Alban Berg.
More info about the Samobor Music FestivalSamoborska glazbena jesen, International Competitions Ferdo Livadić and New Note ton the link.