Varaždin Quartet
Concert

Varaždin Quartet

Varaždin Quartet is certainly most famous for playing pieces of the greats of classical music, however they will introduce themselves to the 62nd Split Summer Festival audience with a little bit unusual program of pop, rock and evergreen standards making it more interesting for a wider audience

Varaždin Quartet

 

Varaždin Quartet was established in 1999. Varaždin is a city of a long string music tradition and the Quartet was founded after its musicians had been playing together in Varaždin Chamber Orchestra. Previously they were members of many estimated Croatian orchestras - Croatian Radio Television Symphony Orchestra, Zagreb City Comedy Theatre Orchestra, Croatia Chamber Orchestra, Zagreb Chamber Orchestra. They also worked as teachers of music. At present they work for the Slovene National Theatre Maribor.

The Quartet is regularly present in the musical life of the City of Varaždin where they hold the concert season. During the last 15 years the Quartet has developed a wide concert repertoire featuring names and works of the most famous classical music composers (Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Dvořák, Smetana, Shostakovich, …) as well as national, Varaždin composers (Padovec, Bobić, Igrec, Skender…) as a support to cultural heritage of their local environment. Concert Office Varaždin represents a significant help to their work following and supporting the work of the Quartet ever since the very founding. They have been playing concerts regularly throughout Croatia, Slovenia, Austria and Germany.

Members of the Quartet  -Marko Jerbić, first violin, Anđelko Ilčić, second violin, Ana Trnjar, viola and Davor Gluhak, violoncello - have all graduated from the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Quartet and for the contribution to the local community in 2009 they were decorated with the City of Varaždin Plaque. 

Program:

Tradicionalna : St. Louis Blues

Frank Sinatra : Strangers in the Night

George Gershwin : Rialto Ripples

Guns N' Roses : Sweet Child of Mine

Bill Withers : Just the Two of Us

Sting : Every Breath You Take

Scott Joplin: The Easy Winners

Gerardo Matos Rodríguez: La Cumparsita

Harry Warren: That's Amore

Nat King Cole: Unforgettable

Frank Sinatra: Love and marriage

Nat King Cole: Let's face the music

Louis Armstrong: What a wonderful world

Doris Day: Perhaps

Astor Piazzolla: Tango iz filma 'Miris žene'

Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion

Stevie Wonder : Isn't she lovely

Howard Shore: Lord of the Rings - Concerning Hobbits

Coldplay: Viva la Vida

Eric Clapton: Wonderful tonight

Eurythmics: Sweet dreams

 

Ticket price: 60 and 80 kn

Cast

Violin Marko Jerbić
Violin Anđelko Ilčić
Viola Ana Trnjar
Cello Davor Gluhak