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Petromila Jakas (Šibenik, 1983), studied violin with prof. Orest Shourgot and Goran Končar, in whose class she graduated in 2003 at Zagreb Academy of Music. She completed her specialisation in chamber music in 2010 at the Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, in the class of prof. Chia Chou. She completed her postgraduate studies in violin performance in 2011 at Zagreb Academy of Music in the class of prof. Taras Pechenyi, and in 2017 she obtained the Dyplome de Virtuosité at Schola Cantorum in Paris, in the class of prof. Violeta Smailović-Huart. She was awarded the Rector's Prize for exceptional results during her studies, and she participated in many international music competitions with notable success. She was a finalist of the European competition Città di Moncalieri (2017) and the international competition Rovere d`Oro (2018). She won absolute first prizes in the following international competitions: Amigdala (2014.), Paolo Barrasso (2017), and Premio Franz Schubert (2017.) where she was awarded the Riccardo Vianello Prize for best performance of a contemporary work.
Petromila Jakas (Šibenik, 1983.), studira violinu u klasama prof. Oresta Shourgota i Gorana Končara, u čijoj klasi i diplomira 2003. na Muzičkoj akademiji u Zagrebu. Specijalizaciju iz područja komorne glazbe završava 2010. na Konzervatoriju za glazbu i scenske umjetnosti u Grazu, u klasi prof. Chia Choua. Poslijediplomski studij violine završava 2011. na Muzičkoj akademiji u Zagrebu u klasi prof. Tarasa Pechenyija, a 2017. godine stječe Dyplome de Virtuosité na Scholi Cantorum u Parizu u klasi prof. Violete Smailović-Huart. Za iznimne rezultate tokom studija dodijeljena joj je Rektorova nagrada, a sa zapaženim uspjehom sudjeluje na mnogim međunarodnim natjecanjima. Finalistica je europskog natjecanja Città di Moncalieri (2017.) i međunarodnog natjecanja Rovere d`Oro (2018.) Apsolutne prve nagrade osvaja na međunarodnim natjecanjima Amigdala (2014.), Paolo Barrasso i Premio Franz Schubert (2017.) gdje se ističe nagradom Riccardo Vianello za najbolju izvedbu suvremenog djela.
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Nika Kožar was born in Rijeka in 1997, where she attends the Ivan Matetić Ronjgov Music School. She gets her high school diploma in 2015 in Music Theory, graduating with honours.
During high school, she attends numerous singing seminars, including the AIMS International School of Music in Eastbourne, England, Boris Martinović's masterclass in Zadar, Arena International in Pula, participated in opera productions for young singers in Italy (Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Gilda in Rigoletto, Norina in Don Pasquale) organised by Accademia Lirica Santa Croce.
In 2015, she enrols in the undergraduate study of opera singing in Trieste at the "Giuseppe Tartini" Conservatory in the class of prof. Rita Susovsky. During her studies, she attends seminars by Giorgio Surian, Martina Zadro and Linda Hirst and participates in the production of Mendelssohn's oratorio A Midsummer Night's Dream at the theatre in Monfalcone. During her studies, she participates in conducting classes as an optional subject and collaborates with the Mitteleuropa Orchestra from Palmanova as part of the classes. In 2017, she attends the Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland conducting masterclass in Weikersheim, Germany, organised by the Musikakademie Schloss Weikersheim.
Nika Kožar rođena je u Rijeci 1997. godine, gdje pohađa Osnovnu, pa zatim i Srednju glazbenu školu Ivana Matetića Ronjgova. Tijekom srednje škole pohađa brojne seminare pjevanja, uključujući AIMS International School of Music u Eastbourneu u Engleskoj, masterclass Borisa Martinovića u Zadru, Arenu International u Puli. Srednju glazbenu školu završava 2015. godine kao Glazbenik Teoretičar, s odličnim uspjehom. Sudjeluje u opernim produkcijama za mlade pjevače u Italiji u organizaciji Accademia Lirica Santa Croce. Uloge koje u cjelosti iznosi u tom periodu su Zerlina u Don Giovanniju, Susanna u Le nozze di Figaro, Gilda u Rigolettu, Norina u Don Pasqualeu.
2015. godine upisuje preddiplomski studij opernog pjevanja u Trstu na Konzervatoriju "Giuseppe Tartini" u klasi prof. Rite Susovsky. Tijekom studija pohađa seminare Giorgia Suriana, Martine Zadro i Linde Hirst, te sudjeluje u produkciji Mendelssohnova oratorija San ljetne noći u kazalištu u Monfalconeu. Tijekom studija sudjeluje u nastavi dirigiranja kao izbornom predmetu, te u sklopu nastave surađuje s Orkestrom Mitteleuropa iz Palmanove. Godine 2017. pohađa majstorski tečaj dirigiranja Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland u Weikersheimu, Njemačka, u organizaciji Musikakademie Schloss Weikersheim.