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Križevci Percussion Evenings close with praise for Ljubljana students’ standout concert

From Večernji List · () Croatian

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  • The 16th Križevci Percussion Evenings ended with a concert by the youngest participants on Sept. 6.
  • The Croatian festival featured performances, workshops and educational programs, including appearances by musicians from Zagreb, Ljubljana and Novi Sad.
  • Project director Josip Konfic said audiences attended in large numbers and that new visitors were discovering percussion music.

The 16th Križevci Percussion Evenings ended on Sunday, Sept. 6, with a concert by the youngest participants, bringing together music students from Croatia and the region.

The weekend program, organized by the P.O.I.N.T. Association and the Albert Štriga Music School in Križevci, included concerts, educational sessions, workshops and entertainment for different generations. The event presented percussion musicians at levels ranging from beginners to professionals.

The festival opened with a performance by the Zagreb Philharmonic Percussion Trio in the courtyard of the Križevci City Museum’s Art Gallery. Fran Krsto Šercar, Renato Palatinuš and Rupert Čunko performed an energetic program. Technical difficulties prevented the planned premiere of ASP, but the audience responded enthusiastically to the concert.

I am extremely satisfied with this year’s Križevci Percussion Evenings. The audience came in large numbers, and there were also new visitors who are just discovering the world of percussion, its sound, rhythm and tones.

· Josip KonficThe project director assessed the festival’s attendance and public response.

The Ljubljana Academy of Music’s Percussion Studio, led by professor Simon Klavžar, drew particular attention on Saturday. The young Slovenian musicians combined different percussion instruments with electronic sound inserts. Their program included Emmanuel Séjourné’s Concerto for Vibraphone and Percussion Ensemble, with Marko Zadravec as soloist.

The festival also held a professional meeting for teachers and a workshop on managing stage fright. Lecturer Gordana Šuštić said, “Stage fright is excitement, energy, it is in the body. Let us learn to handle stage fright and ourselves.” The closing evening featured students from the Albert Štriga Music School and two students from Serbia’s Isidor Bajić Music School in Novi Sad. The performers included Azra Ferizović and Hana Milutinović, as well as Croatian students who formed the chamber ensemble 3angl.

Stage fright is excitement, energy, it is in the body. Let us learn to handle stage fright and ourselves.

· Gordana ŠuštićThe lecturer described the focus of her workshop on public-performance anxiety.
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