July, 3rd Grand Hotel Toplice, Lake Lounge: INTERWEAVING MUSICAL THREADS IN THE COMPANY OF IDRIJA LACE
The concert, where three excellent musicians (soprano Janja Hvala, cellist Marjetka Hribernik and pianist Maja Tajnšek) will provide musical pleasure, will be a real balm for the soul and the heart with a thoughtful selection of compositions from classical and more contemporary literature. The musical threads from the hands and voices of the artists will also be combined with the unique products of Idrija lace by Tina Koder Grajzar at the occasional concert exhibition, thus forming an unforgettable interweaving of musical and lace threads.
The programme will also include a very rarely performed composition by local composer T.Mauko :Najen prt.
Soprano Janja HVALA's singing career took her from singing
in choirs in Bohinj to the Secondary School of Music and Ballet and later to
the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, where she graduated with honours in December
2004. She studied with many world-renowned professors, most
recently with mezzo-soprano Marjana Lipovšek and her husband Alfred Burgstaller
in Vienna.
As a soloist and member of chamber ensembles she has
performed at home and abroad, with the SGBŠ Symphony Orchestra, AG Symphony
Orchestra, Bohinj Wind Ensemble, Ljubljana Opera and Ballet Symphony Orchestra,
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, RTV Slovenia Chamber Choir.
Currently she is successfully passing on her knowledge to
young singers at the Ljubljana Moste - Polje Music School.
Marjetka
Hribernik studied cello in Zurich in 2000-2007 with Prof. Susanna Novšak and
Prof. Martin Schucan. She has attended numerous masterclasses in solo and
chamber music with world-renowned professors ( Stroels Svane, Wolfgang
Boetscher, Sacher Bron, Nora Chastain, Alexander Rudin, Raphael Walfisch ). She
has won several excellent prizes at international competitions, including the
2nd prize and the "Antonio Joanigro" Audience Prize, the 1st prize in
Stresa and Milan, and the 1st prize and the "Rudolf Matz" Audience
Prize. For Radio Slovenia she has recorded works by Marteus Steinman, Marek
Mihevc, Črt Sojar Voglar and others. As a soloist she has appeared with several
well-known orchestras under the baton of prominent conductors ( Jürgen Bruns, Lior
Schambanal, Jean Philipp Torro).
Maja Tajnšek comes from a distinguished musical family from
Idrija.She has more than 30 years of success and teaching experience.For many
years she has worked at her home school, the Idrija Grammar School, as well as
at other grammar schools.Currently she works through her private school, at the
Stična Grammar School, the Vič Grammar School in Ljubljana and as an
accompanist and pianist.In her career, she has won more than 150 prizes with
her pupils at regional, national and international competitions and more than
50 prizes with her accompanists.
She started learning piano at the age of five in her native
Idrija. After completing her schooling and studies, she then, while still
working full-time, first undertook a two-year experimental school for teaching
highly talented pupils with the Russian Prof. Siyavush Gadzhiev in Gorizia,
Italy ( 1995 .-1997). The title of her diploma thesis at the end of this study
was a comparison of Liszt's Transcendental Etudes with the Etudes op.1. In
2001, at the invitation of Prof. Igor Lazko, she enrolled for a one-year
specialisation at the A. Scriabin Slavonic Conservatory in Paris.
In 2009 she enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Educational
Sciences at the Faculty of Education of the University of Primorska , where she
successfully completed 2 years of her doctoral studies.She is particularly
interested in the phenomenon of the positive or healing effect of music on
well-being, and the theoretical and practical scientific framework of talent
and early involvement of children in learning to play an instrument,
In 2012 she decided to study piano at the Academy of Fine
Arts in Belgrade with Prof. Dr. Valdma, and in May 2013, together with only 1
other candidate, she completed her studies with a specialist examination with
honours and a concert in Belgrade.
Maja Tajnšek has attended numerous masterclasses at home and
abroad for more than 15 years. She has studied at various venues over the last
years ; Geneva, Feldkirchen, Heidelberg, Vienna, Parnu, Ajdovščina, Podsreda,
Zemono, Paris, Dubrovnik, Sp.Idrija, Haus Marteau, Belgrade, etc. She has
participated in festivals and concert evenings such as Tango Festival Idrija,
Castle Evenings at Gewerkenegg Castle, Lange Nacht der Kirchen in Vienna, Light
Beyond Peace in Graz, EPTA World Piano Conference in Novi Sad, 40th Idrija
Sculpture Festival, concerts or guest appearances in Heidelberg, Koeln ,
Belgrade / Guarneris concert with the support of the Embassy of the Republic of
Slovenia , Ljubljana ( Music for Peace , Russian Centre of Science and Culture
etc.,) Dubrovnik, summer and winter festival Sulveuni and Talveuni in Parnu,
Estonia, Geneva, Zemon and many other places. She regularly performs concerts
with renowned musicians in various ensembles, recordings and premiere
performances of Slovenian and foreign composers, as well as promotions abroad,
where she often promotes the local cultural musical heritage. She is also a
holder of the Distance Learning School licence (Studio Kreator) for the
Slovenian, Croatian, German, Italian markets (beginner and advanced level). She
has recorded a CD of the Most Beautiful Slovenian Songs with tenor Andrej
Ažman, and a large part of her musical legacy.