CULTURAL INTERTWINING

Friday, August 12
Church of the Holy Spirit, 8 p.m.
CULTURAL INTERTWINING

 

MILUTIN RADULOVIĆ, violin (Montenegro)
MILENA PETKOVIĆ, violin (Montenegro)
KARIS LEE, viola (USA)
IVAN LAW, cello (USA)

 

PROGRAM
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
String Quartet in D minor, Op. 103, Hob. III:83
Andante grazioso
Minuet ma non troppo presto

 

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 (American)
Allegro ma non troppo
Lento
Molto vivace
Finale: vivace ma non troppo

 

Slobodanka Bobana Dabović Đurić (1990)
The Gusle Player, for string quartet and piano
Jelly Roll Blues, for string quartet

 

Dariush Derakhshani
(D)evolution, for string orchestra and electronics
Oh, My Dear Boka, for string orchestra and electronics

 

Partners of the concert: 

 

 

Slobodanka Bobana Dabović Đurić, composer, received her primary and secondary music education at the Vasa Pavić Music and Ballet School in Podgorica, in the Piano Department, under Professors Miladin Peruničić and Anka Asanović. She completed her undergraduate and master’s studies in Composition at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, under Professor Zoran Mulić. Her works have been performed at numerous festivals and within projects such as A fest, Piano Practicum, The Voice of an Angel – Tijana Jurić, 2K+, Eufonija, Tribute to Stevan St. Mokranjac, 40 Years of the Novi Sad Academy of Arts, Concert for Čačalica, Women Composers from the Shadows, Fortepiano, the Semper iuvenis Event, the 220 Martinićka Battle Celebration, An Evening of Contemporary Composers, Virtuosity on the Accordion – Amela Frljučkić, the Tisza Horizons – Josif Marinković’s Days, Chamber Music Camp, FIAT, and others. The composer has held two evenings exclusively featuring her compositions. Aleksandar Vujović directed a musico-theatrical piece to her composition Dioclea. Her piano composition Ad libitum improvisando No. 4, Garlands appeared on a CD released by Muzika Klasika. She is currently engaged as an assistant in the music sector of the Budo Tomović Cultural Information Center.

Dariush Derakhshani, composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music, has written for numerous acclaimed soloists and ensembles, with whom his works have been performed internationally. For the composition Synced, performed by the 2018 Composers Conference Ensemble, under conductor James Baker, he won the Prix du Jury in 2017 at the Ecoles d’art Americaines de Fontainbleau. Dariush Derakhshani has attended: the IRCAM Manifesto, where he worked closely with members of the Ensemble Intercontemporain; the Altitude Festival, where he composed the piece Error Code-39 for l’ensemble Multilatérale under the guidance of Philippe Hurel; the Implus Academy Festival; the Madeira Residency, where he composed Whispers for Keiko Murakami; Festival DME, where he premiered his acousmatic work Time; the Barcelona Mixtur Festival, where he worked with members of the Phace Ensemble; and the Kyiv Contemporary Music Days, where he composed Curiosity for clarinet and electronics. Dariush Derakhshani has participated in master classes of eminent composers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Tristan Murail, Alexander Schubert, Raphaël Cendo, Patricia Alessandrini, Yann Robin, Gilbert Nouno, João Pedro Olivera, and others.

Milutin Radulović is a first-year Violin student at the Music Academy in Sarajevo, under Professor Marko Simović. He completed the Vasa Pavić Music and Ballet School in Podgorica. Milutin Radulović has participated in numerous competitions, including the Whitgift International Music Competition in London (finalist) and Polyhymnia in Skopje (first prize). He has attended master classes for violin, chamber music, and orchestra in Prizren, Kotor, Forlì, and Cetinje, among others. Milutin Radulović has been a student of the Summer Camp for Chamber Music at Ivanova Korita for four years. He has also been a participant in the String Festival in Perast for four consecutive years. In 2019, Milutin Radulović played as a soloist with the Orchestra of Montenegrin Music Schools within the Music Circle project. He has played two recitals in the Budo Tomović Cultural Information Center, within the Young Talents cycle. He was the concertmaster and soloist of the Western Balkans Youth Orchestra on the October 2021 tour. Milutin Radulović has been improving his skills at seminars held by numerous esteemed artists, such as: Gordan Nikolić, Stefan Milenkovich, Arkadiy Vinokurov, Sreten Krstić, Ivo Stankov, Vujadin Krivokapić, Dmitry Prokofiev, and others.

Milena Petković, began playing the violin at the age of six under Professor Nevila Klakor in the Primary Music School in Tivat, and continued her education in the Vida Matjan Secondary Music School in Kotor. She completed her bachelor’s studies in Violin at the Music Academy in Cetinje, under Professor Vujadin Krivokapić, and is currently enrolled in the master’s degree program in Viola under Professor Andrea Amendola at the Giuseppe Tartini Conservatory in Trieste. Milena Petković has participated in the seminars of professors such as: Arkadiy Vinokurov, Vujadin Krivokapić, Anton Martinov, Andrea Amendola, Maria Grazia Bellocchio, Alberto Martini, Nataša Popović, and Žana Lekić. She has won numerous awards at national and international competitions for solo violin and chamber ensemble, such as the Youth Music Festival in Montenegro, Daleki Akordi in Split, Diapason D’Oro in Pordenone, and Roberto di Cecco in Trieste. Milena Petković has been a member of the Monfalcone Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Camerata Strumentale Italiana String Orchestra in Trieste. She has held a solo recital in Tivat, and in Italy she has played concerts of chamber music with the Virtuoso Quintet and the Balcanico Quintet, as well as with the Bermet String Quartet at the Podgorica Cultural Summer Festival.

Karis Lee, a Viola student at the University of California in Santa Barbara (UCSB), began playing the viola in primary school, at the age of nine. During her secondary education, she was a member of the High School Chamber Orchestra and performed with chamber ensembles as extracurricular activities, as well as at district and state festivals. Karis Lee is currently studying Violin under Professor Jonathan Moerschel at UCSB. She regularly participates in the UCSB’s Chamber Music programs, where she plays a varied repertoire, including works by Arensky, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Caroline Shaw, and others. Both as a soloist and as a chamber musician, Karis Lee has had the opportunity to participate in master classes of the Danish String Quartet and of composer Caroline Shaw. She has also played in the UCSB Chamber Orchestra and the UCSB Opera Production of Mozart’s Magic Flute.

Ivan Law, a cellist, taught himself how to play the cello beginning in the eighth grade. He is currently studying under Professor Jennifer Kloetzel at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), where he has been engaged in various chamber ensembles, performing an extensively varied repertoire ranging from classical to contemporary, including the works of Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Caroline Shaw, and others. Ivan Law has also performed in the UCSB Chamber Orchestra and the UCSB Ensemble for Contemporary Music. Additionally, he has played with the Santa Barbara Solstice Chamber Orchestra at the at Grace Fischer’s Annual Winter Showcase. Ivan Law regularly collaborates with composition students at UCSB to create new works for solo cello.