Melita Ivković // CV

Melita Ivković is the member of the Zagreb Guitar Quartet - an award-winning ensemble with whom she has toured 4 continents, premiered 12 dedications by contemporary Croatian composers, given a world premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's The Art of the Fugue arranged for four guitars and released the CD Da fuga a milonga.

Notable performances

• Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow
• Amici del Loggione del Teatro alla Scala in Milan
• Austrian Parliament in Vienna
• Pontificio instituto di musica sacra in Rome
• Palazzo Pitti in Florence
• Kamani Auditorium in New Delhi
• Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
• University of South Africa, Pretoria
• Bartók Festival, Hungary
• Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montréal
• Koncerthus, Stockholm
• Chicago Cultural Center
• Les Invalides, Paris

Notable projects

• Bach: Art of Fugue (complete)
• 12 dedications by Croatian composers
• Jewish folksongs from Bosnia to Uzbekistan
• Piano, harpsichord, organ music transcribed for four guitars
• Latin repertoire
• Croatian folklore

Awards

• First prize at Trofeo Kawai Chamber Music Competition in Tortona, Italy (1996)
• First prize at Simone Salmaso Guitar Competition in Viareggio, Italy (1998)
• Grand Prix at the Ghitaralia Festival Competition in Przemysl, Poland (1998)
• Ivan Lukačić Award for the best performance at the Varaždin Baroque Evenings, Croatia (1998)

Discography