Programme
Chiarra Gregorc Planinc, zither
Peter Mai: Vortragsstücke für Zither Nr. 1 / Songs for zither No. 1
Žiga Stanič: Starogrška pravljica / Old Greek Fairy Tale
Peter Mai: Vortragsstücke für Zither Nr. 5 / Songs for zither No. 5
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite in D minor BWV 1008 (arr. for zither)
1. Sarabanda
2. Menuet
Peter Mai: Vortragsstücke für Zither Nr. 6 / Songs for zither No. 6
Jakob Lakner: Foggy, but Funny
Peter Mai: Vortragsstücke für Zither Nr. 7 / Songs for zither No. 7
Quartet Four Characters
Darius Milhaud: Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Piano Op. 47
Tranquille / Calm
Joyeux / Happy
Emporté / Fiery
Douloureux / Sad
Johann Valentin Hamm: Dreigerspräch / Conversation for Three for flute, oboe, clarinet and orchestra
Polonaise
Coda
Astor Piazzola, arr. by Tilen Slakan: Oblivion
Chiarra Gregorc Planinc
Chiarra Gregorc Planinc, born in 2017, has been playing zither since the tender age of 8. She first took zither classes at the Slovenska Bistrica Music School, having spent the first 4 months of her studies with Professor Irena Anžič and continuing with Professor Franja Kočnik. She’s in her 4th year of zither studies at the Slovenske Konjice Music School in the class of Professor Ranja Kočnik.
Chiarra is an amazing young artist with a very mature understanding and feel for music at a very young age. Her mature ability of interpretation and world-class technique earned her top ranks at various music competitions. She took part in the 2016 Svirél International Music Competition, earning a top score of 99 points in her category (2016), the 2017 International Zither Competition in Munich, where she placed 1st and earned a special recognition for her amazing performance that was far beyond her category, and took part in the 2018 Slovenian music competition TEMSIG, where she won the gold prize, ranked 1st in her category, and earned a special recognition for the most promising young competitor.
Aside from competitions, she regularly appears in recitals and performs in public events organized by her music school and other institutions. She regularly takes part in zither seminars where she collects valuable experience and further hones her craft.
Quarter Four Characters
The Quarter Four Characters was founded in October 2016. A somewhat unusual ensemble of oboe, flute, clarinet and piano came about when four students of the Ljubljana Academy of Music decided to play together. The quartet are Felicijan Laura on flute, Lackovič Peter on oboe, Pušnik Jan on piano, and Špela Šrgan on clarinet. All members of the quartet regularly perform solo and take part in various competitions and seminars across Europe. They’ve been playing under the mentorship of Professor Matej Šarc ever since they founded the quartet.
In March 2018 the quartet took part in the national music competition TEMSIG and won the gold prize and first place. This achievement opened up many doors for the quartet and they are scheduled to appear in concerts around Slovenia in the upcoming months. At TEMISG the quartet also premiered the piece by composer Črt Sojar Voglar entitled Four Characters, the piece the quartet take their name from and that was written especially from them. They also took the piece to the ‘Zvokotok’ project of the ‘Sploh’ Institute that opens up new possibilities for classical concerts and further expands the opportunities for ensembles and artists to appear in concerts.
- Chiarra Gregorc Planinc, zither
- Mentor: Franja Kočnik / Slovenske Konjice Music School
- Quartet Four Characters: Laura Felicijan, flute; Špela Šrgan, clarinet; Peter Lackovič, oboe; Jan Pušnik, piano
- Mentor: Matej Šarc / Ljubljana Academy of Music
