🎻 Bernardo Brizani – violončelo
🎸 Izidor Erazem Grafenauer – kitara
🎼 Bernardo Brizani je večkrat nagrajeni violončelist (🥇 Haydnovo tekmovanje, Semmering), ki je že pri 15 letih začel študij na AG v Ljubljani, pozneje pa se izpopolnjeval pri Nataliji Gutman (Firence) in Kseniji Jankovič (Nemčija). Kot solist in komorni glasbenik je nastopal doma in v tujini – od Slovenske filharmonije, Cankarjevega doma in Unionske dvorane do dvoran v ZDA 🇺🇸 in Italiji 🇮🇹. Leta 2025 je izdal prvenec Štirje letni časi s Komornim godalnim orkestrom SF.
🎶 Izidor Erazem Grafenauer je priznani kitarist in mojster historičnih brenkal (teorba, lutnja). Diplomiral je na AG v Ljubljani, magistriral v Benetkah, specializacijo zaključil v Zagrebu. Je dobitnik številnih nagrad (Madrid, Gorica, M. Sobota) ter dvakratni nagrajenec AG s Prešernovo nagrado 🏆. Nastopal je s številnimi orkestri doma in po svetu, izdal tri zgoščenke, poučuje na AG kot docent in vodi koncertni cikel Resgueado Ljubljana ter Kitarski festival Ljubljana.
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Več:
https://imagosloveniae.net/dogodek/35942/
🤝 V sodelovanju z: Občina Gornji Grad
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📆 14 August at 19.00
📍 Cathedral - Gornji Grad
🎻Bernardo Brizani, cello
🎸 Izidor Erazem Grafenauer, guitar
🎻 Bernardo Brizani is a multiple award-winning cellist, recognized both nationally and internationally. Due to his exceptional musical talent 🌟, he began his studies at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana at the age of fifteen 🎼. Simultaneously, he studied with the renowned cello professor, Natalia Gutman, at the Conservatory in Florence 🇮🇹 and regularly participated in various masterclasses. He completed his master’s degree at the German Academy of Music 🇩🇪 in the class of the esteemed professor Ksenija Jankovič, with whom he later completed a specialization at the age of 23 – making him the youngest in Germany to do so 🏅. In his young musical career, he performed as a soloist and as a member of chamber ensembles at several referential concerts both at home and abroad. Some of his notable appearances include a solo performance at the Slovenian Philharmonic Hall, fourteen performances in Minnesota, USA 🇺🇸, a concert with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra at the Union Hall, a solo performance in the Postojna Cave, Dvořák’s Cello Concert in the Gallus Hall of Cankarjev dom with the RTV Symphony Orchestra, a concert at the prestigious Kosciuszko Foundation Auditorium in New York as part of the winners’ series of The Alexander & Buono Competitions, and another concert at the Slovenian Philharmonic Hall with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, among others. In 2012, he was awarded the Prešeren Award 🏆. Recently (in 2025), he released his debut album Four Seasons, recorded with the Slovenian Philharmonic Chamber String Orchestra.
🎸 Izidor Erazem Grafenauer was accepted to the Academy of Music in Ljubljana as an exceptional talent, where he graduated in 2013 in the class of professor Andrej Grafenauer. He received his master’s degree in historical plucked instruments in Venice (2017) 🇮🇹 with professor Tiziano Bagnati, and completed his guitar specialization in Zagreb (2018) 🇭🇷 with professor István Römer. Izidor has received numerous awards 🏅 at national and international competitions 🏆, such as the E. Mercatali International Competition (Gorizia), the Murska Sobota Guitar Festival and the Concorso Fernando Sor (Madrid) 🇪🇸, among others. He is also a two-time recipient of the Prešeren Award from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana 🏆. As a soloist, he has performed with various orchestras, including the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the SNG Maribor Symphony Orchestra, Imperial Chamber Orchestra of Dubrovnik 🇭🇷, Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra 🇱🇹, Musica Viva Orchestra 🇷🇺, and the prestigious La Voce Strumentale, among others. In 2018, he released his first solo album featuring compositions for baroque lute; in 2019, a CD with new works by Slovenian composers for solo guitar and chamber ensembles; and in 2022, together with percussionist Petra Vidmar, the album Xylocorda, which includes works for marimba and guitar written by contemporary composers (Tilen Slakan, Wendelin Bitzan, Uroš Rojko, Matjaž Jarc, Peter Šavli, and Emmanuel Séjourné). From 2014 to 2021, he taught lute at the Academy of Music, and since 2021, he has been working there as a professor of chamber music. He is also the organizer and artistic director of the Resgueado Ljubljana guitar concert series and the Ljubljana Guitar Festival.
🎫 Amission free.
More:
https://imagosloveniae.net/en/dogodek/duo-brizani-grafenauer/
🤝 In collaboration with: Municipality Gornji Grad
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