KOTORART TALENTS

koncerta:
Wednesday, August 9
Church of the Holy Spirit, 9 p.m.
KOTORART TALENTS
SARI SHAQIRI, cello

PROGRAM

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Cello Suite in E-flat major, No. 4, BWV 1010
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourrée I – Bourrée II
Gigue

Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931)
Sonata for solo cello in C minor, Op. 28
Lento e sempre sostenuto
Poco allegretto e grazioso
Adagio – Lento
Allegro Tempo fermo

Gaspar Cassadó (1897–1966)
Suite for solo cello
Preludio – Fantasia
Sardana
Intermezzo e Danza Finale
Partner of the concert:

Sari Shaquiri completed his bachelor studies at the Codarts University for the Arts in Rotterdam, under Professor Joachim Eijlander. During his studies, he won first prizes at the Golden Steps competition in Valjevo (2018, 2019), Pjetër Gaci in Shkodër (2018, 2019), and the Montenegrin Youth Music Festival (2014, 2016, 2018), and was also the winner of the Odličan 5 Award of the Ministry of Education of Montenegro. Sari Shaquiri has attended the Montenegro Summer Camp for Chamber Music and the Brisighella Summer Music Academy, while continuing to further his artistic and performing capacities in working with professors such as Dmitry Prokofiev, Jakob Koranyi, Dragan Đorđević, Sebastiano Severi, Vardan  Gasparyan, Jan Kalinowski, and Eduardo Gonzales, among others. In 2018, he became a member of the ArtLink – Balkan Sextet. After representing Montenegro at a concert at the German Embassy in Belgrade, he was selected to join a group of young representatives in the Youth for Peace – 100 Years after World War I, 100 Ideas for Peace project. Sari Shaquiri has performed as a member of the youth orchestra of the ArtLink organization. He has participated in the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Montenegro and Albania project and the CelloWercken Zutphen Festival in the Netherlands.