Vukcevic Ivan

Biography:

Ivan Vukčević is a former student of the Victorian College of the Arts, a First Class Honours graduate of the University of Western Australia and a graduate of the International Menuhin Music Academy, Gstaad. While at university, Vukčević was the winner of the 1998 Vose concerto prize, having performed Béla Bartók’s Viola Concerto with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. He also won first prizes in several chamber music competitions, including the 1996 Margaret Bello Prize and the 1995 West Australian Chamber Music Competition. During this time, Ivan Vukčević was the Principal Violist of the Australian Youth Orchestra and Camerata Australia, touring throughout the world with these groups from 1996 to 1998. In 1997 he was awarded several scholarships including the Youth Music Australia Opportunity Grant and the University of Western Australia Travelling Scholarship, enabling him to take a study trip to Europe during that year, which subsequently lead to his acceptance into the International Menuhin Music Academy. After his undergraduate studies, Ivan Vukčević completed a performance course at the International Menuhin Music Academy in 2001, having studied with Prof. Alberto Lysy and Prof. Johannes Eskaer. During his studies at this school he was also the principal violist of the Camerata Lysy Gstaad, appearing regularly as a soloist and in chamber formations in some of the most important venues and festivals in Europe. In 2001, he was the winner of the Köckert Viola Competition (Zurich, Switzerland). Ivan Vukčević plays on a rare 1789 Joseph Gagliano viola and a 1991 F. Bissolotti instrument.

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