71. DUBROVAČKE LJETNE IGRE 71st DUBROVNIK SUMME FESTIVAL 2020. HRVATSKA

KVARTET PAPANDOPULO PAPANDOPULO QUARTET

ATRIJ KNEŽEVA DVORA RECTOR’S PALACE ATRIUM 16. KOLOVOZA | 16 AUGUST 21.30 9.30 PM KVARTET PAPANDOPULO

PAPANDOPULO QUARTET

NIKOLA FABIJANIĆ sopran-saksofon soprano saxophone GORDAN TUDOR alt-saksofon alto saxophone GORAN JURKOVIĆ tenor-saksofon tenor saxophone TOMISLAV ŽUŽAK bariton-saksofon baritone saxophone

PIERRE-MAX DUBOIS: QUATUOR KVARTET QUARTET OUVERTURE DOLOROSO SPIRITUOSO ANDANTE-PRESTO

RÉGIS CAMPO: TINTAMARRE VIVACE PRESTO

GORDAN TUDOR: TRI SCENE THREE SCENES

BORIS PAPANDOPULO: (ARR. IVAN BATOŠ) TRI STUDIJE THREE STUDIES ALLEGRO VIVACE TEMPO DI TANGO VIVACISSIMO

PETAR OBRADOVIĆ: PETRICHOR

GIOACHINO ROSSINI (ARR. GAETANO DI BACCO): ROSSINI PER QUATTRO ROSSINI ZA ČETVERO ROSSINI FOR FOUR

Papandopulo kvartet čine četvorica najsvestranijih, najmuzikalnijih i strastveno hrvatskih saksofonista, Nikola Fabijanić glazbi posvećenih velikana hrvatske (, 1976.), sopran-saksofon, Gordan glazbene povijesti.” (Mirta Špoljarić, Tudor (Split, 1982.), alt-saksofon, Goran sbplus.hr, 27. siječnja 2014.) Jurković (Zagreb, 1983.), tenor-saksofon, i “Zaključno valja istaći kako Kvartet Tomislav Žužak (Zagreb, 1978.), bariton- saksofona Papandopulo treba preporučivati saksofon, svi redom diplomanti Muzičke za daljnje nastupe jer su doista odlični akademije u Zagrebu iz razreda prof. mladi, spontani i tehnički bravurozni Dragana Sremeca. Usavršavali su se na glazbenici.” (Zdenka Weber, Kolo, 6/2013.) konzervatorijima u Parizu, Amsterdamu i Beču te na seminarima kod uglednih “…njihova vještina, visoka razina svjetskih saksofonista. Tijekom studija i u muziciranja kao i neposrednost u odnosu s godinama nakon diplome djelovali su, uz publikom pokazala je i da se radi o jednom ostale glazbeničke aktivnosti, u sastavu New od najznačajnijih, i s punim pravom sax quartet, s kojim su od 2000. godine najeksponiranijih, domaćih komornih ostvarili niz zapaženih nastupa. Godine sastava.” (Nina Orlović Radić, glasistre.hr, 2013. promijenili su ime u Papandopulo 10. srpnja 2015.) kvartet. Nastupali su na poznatim festivalima i glazbenim manifestacijama kao što su Glazbene večeri u sv. Donatu, Riječke O svojem repertoaru i programu za ljetne noći, Dubrovačke ljetne igre, Muzički ovogodišnje Dubrovačke ljetne igre Kvartet biennale Zagreb, Glazbena tribina u Opatiji, kaže: Splitsko ljeto, Osorske glazbene večeri, Koncerti u Eufrazijani u Poreču, Izlog „Specijalizirani smo za izvođenje hrvatske suvremenog zvuka u Zagrebu, AudioArt glazbe, naročito suvremene, a ta nam festival u Puli i Dani nove glazbe u Splitu, usmjerenost poboljšava i izvedbe 'željeznog' Dani hrvatske glazbe u Beču i festival repertoara kvarteta saksofona (u koji Echoraum u Beču te na koncertima u pripadaju i djela P.-M. Duboisa). Tom Budimpešti, Parizu, Strasbourgu, Herceg repertoaru često pridodajemo skladbe Novom i drugim gradovima. suvremenih francuskih skladatelja (na ovom programu to je Régis Campo) te Njihovi koncerti redovito su praćeni burnim transkripcije (Rossini). Na svim koncertima, odobravanjem publike i pohvalama kritike: pogotovo onima izvan Hrvatske, posebnu “Opuštenost i sigurnost u nastupu, pažnju pridajemo promociji glazbe Borisa intonativna preciznost i bogatstvo tonske Papandopula.“ kreacije, vještina u raznovrsnim artikulacijama, fantastična pokretljivost i preciznost, kako u najvišim, tako i u Pierre-Max Dubois (Graulhet, 1930. – najnižim registrima, riječju, zadivljujuća Rocquencourt, 1995.) glazbu je počeo učiti u tehnička potkovanost, temelji su na kojima Toursu, a zatim je bio student Dariusa članovi Papandopulo kvarteta grade svoju Milhauda na Pariškom konzervatoriju. Još glazbenu izražajnost i izričajnost… Zbog kao student dobio je prvu veliku radijsku toga Papandopulo kvartet može ponosno i narudžbu, za Suite humoristique, a 1955. dostojno nositi ime jednoga od dobio je cijenjenu Rimsku nagradu za kompoziciju. Skladati je počeo pod vokalna djela, opere, glazbu za kazalište i utjecajem glazbe Milhauda i Prokofjeva i film, djela razvijene melodičnosti, zaigranog držeći se tonalitetne glazbe. Predavao je na karaktera. Sam kaže: „Morate znati, kao Konzervatoriju u Quebecu te je bio profesor Stravinski, ili Picasso, odgovoriti na izazov. glazbene analize na konzervatoriju CNSM u Ograničenja me motiviraju. Volim se Parizu, a od 1964. godine imao je i aktivnu mijenjati i izložiti se opasnosti.“ dirigentsku karijeru. Poznat po spontanosti, Djelo Tintamarre za 4 saksofona napisao je tehničkoj vještini i uporabi ironije u 2006., na narudžbu kvarteta Axone. Riječ skladbama, kao i po šaljivim naslovima, tintamarre upućuje na tradiciju stvaranja Dubois je izjavio: „Po prirodi sam buke svime s čime se može: Campo impulzivan, no skriveni je dio mene podsjeća na priču o vojvodi koji je smatrao ozbiljniji. Ipak, moj me karakter potiče na da radnici u njegovim vinogradima previše vedru glazbu. Volim humor i ne utvaram si rade te im je naredio da, svaki dan, prestanu da će zbog mene svijet stati.“ s radom čim se začuje signal, a s čokota na Pisao je djela za neuobičajene kombinacije čokot signal su prenosili radnici, zvečanjem instrumenata, napisao je i tri manje opere, ali („tinter“) kamenom po vlastitom oruđu (koje naročito je zadužio saksofoniste, za koje je se zvalo „mare“, dakle tinter + mare). Autor napisao dva koncerta, sonate, koncertne nastavlja: „Saksofon mi je postao jedan od komade. Kvartet, poznat i kao Concertino, najdražih instrumenata, zahvaljujući izvorno je skladao za četiri saksofona i Claudeu Delangleu i njegovim sjajnim gudački orkestar, 1956. Šaroliko i tehnički studentima na Konzervatoriju u Parizu. zahtjevno djelo publiku vodi od zaljuljane, Tintamarre je ostvarenje 'dramatizacije' tog sinkopirane uvertire i tužaljke u fugatu instrumenta. Vratio sam se ideji višeslojnih drugog stavka do prilično živahnog saksofonskih osobnosti koju sam razvijao spirituosa i vesele „utrke“ u završnom proteklih godina. Četiri glazbenika prestu. naizmjence su klaunovi, džezeri, ulični glazbenici, gradski muzikanti, svirači na

zabavi, ali i na njezinu završetku. Djelo se Régis Campo (Marseilles, 1968.) počeo je sastoji od četiri stavka. Prva dva, brza i učiti glazbu u rodnome gradu, studirao okretna, vode u prilično polagan treći, koji filozofiju u gradu Aix-en-Provence, a na donosi tehniku bisbigliando (brzu izmjenu Pariškom konzervatoriju studirao je dvaju prstometa za izvedbu iste, ili gotovo kompoziciju u klasama Alaina Bancquarta i iste, 'lelujave' tonske visine), a četvrti stavak Gérarda Griseya. Privatno je učio i od vraća motive iz ranijih stavaka i pridružuje Henrija Dutilleuxa i Edisona Denisova. se, kao i drugi stavak, svijetu jazza.“ Dobitnik je niza skladateljskih nagrada

(nagrade Zaklade „Gaudeamus“ i natjecanja „Henri Dutilleux“, nagrada „Hervé Saksofonist i skladatelj Gordan Tudor Dugardin“, „Pierre Cardin“, „SACEM“). Od (Split, 1982.), studirao je na Muzičkoj 2017. član je francuske Akademije akademiji u Zagrebu u razredu prof. umjetnosti (Académie des Beaux-Arts). Dragana Sremeca. Studij saksofona nastavio je na Konzervatoriju u Amsterdamu u Campo je autor više od stotinu djela te razredu profesora Arna Bornkampa, gdje je sklada za različite instrumentalne sastave, diplomirao 2006., a usavršavao se kod Jedan od najznačajnijih hrvatskih Eugenea Rousseaua na Mozarteumu u skladatelja, Boris Papandopulo (Honnef na Salzburgu i na konzervatoriju CNSMD u Rajni, 1906. – Zagreb, 1991.), kompoziciju Parizu kod Claudea Delanglea. Nastupao je je diplomirao u razredu Blagoja Berse na diljem Europe i u Sjevernoj Americi, u Muzičkoj akademiji u Zagrebu, a dirigiranje raznim komornim sastavima te kao solist s je studirao u Beču, u razredu Dirka Focka, orkestrima i ansamblima. Dobitnik je prvih kamo ga je odveo Igor Stravinski. Nastupao nagrada na državnim i međunarodnim je diljem Europe, pisao je opere, balete, natjecanjima, Nagrade PBZ-a i Zagrebačke koncerte, komornu glazbu, klavirske filharmonije za najboljeg mladog hrvatskoga komade, duhovne skladbe, scensku i filmsku glazbenika, Grand Prixa Lions Cluba, glazbu. Bio je i pijanist te su klavirska djela Rektorove nagrade Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, važan dio njegovog opusa, koji čini više od Nagrade „Judita“ na 52. splitskom ljetu, 450 djela i prepoznatljiv je po inventivnosti i Nagrade Međunarodnog skladateljskog duhovitosti, virtuoznosti, motoričnosti, natjecanja „Marenostrum“ u Berlinu, vještoj uporabi nacionalnih elemenata, Godišnje nagrade za mlade skladatelje novoklasicizmu. Muzikolog Davor Merkaš, Fonda „Rudolf i Margita Matz“. Višestruki stručnjak za njegov opus, ističe da je je dobitnik diskografske nagrade „Porin“. Papandopulo „zapanjujućim opsegom svoga Održava majstorske seminare u Hrvatskoj i djelovanja utisnuo duboki i danas inozemstvu te je redoviti član ocjenjivačkih sveprisutni pečat ne samo hrvatskoj glazbi sudova na međunarodnim natjecanjima. nego i, usuđujem se reći, glazbi 20. stoljeća.“ Gordan Tudor docent je saksofona i komorne glazbe na Umjetničkoj akademiji u Tri studije tri su prerađena stavka iz ciklusa Splitu, gdje je osnovao i ansambl za virtuoznih minijatura za klavir, Osam suvremenu glazbu S/UMAS, a bio je i studija, koji je Papandopulo napisao 1956. profesor saksofona u GŠ Josipa Hatzea u Za saksofone ih je preradio pijanist Ivan Splitu te gostujući docent na Muzičkoj Batoš, koji o sebi i o obradi kaže: „Ivan akademiji u Novom Sadu. Pokretač je Batoš, a.k.a. saxaccompanist, viši umjetnički festivala Dani nove glazbe Split. Praizveo je suradnik na Akademijama u Zagrebu i tridesetak skladbi hrvatskih i stranih autora, Splitu, osim što je s većinom članova a kao skladatelj okušao se u raznim Papandopulo kvarteta svirao duo-recitale – a žanrovima i sastavima. Član je Papandopulo s dvojicom od njih djeluje i u Triju GIG – u kvarteta i trija GIG, a o djelu Tri scene slobodno vrijeme (kojeg zapravo nema), kaže: „Skladba je nastala u ljeto 2019. prerađuje raznolike skladbe za kvartet godine i posvećena je Papandopulo kvartetu. saksofona. Tako je nastradalo i pet od Skladao sam je improvizirajući na antologijskih Osam studija za klavir Borisa saksofonima, a zatim sam motive oblikovao Papandopula, od kojih ćete na programu u tri stavka (tri scene), posložene po večerašnjeg koncerta čuti upravo one tri koje sistemu: quasi uvertira – terasa hotela u i pijanisti najčešće izvode.“ Sjevernoj Africi (u paralelnom svemiru) – quasi finale.“

Trubač i skladatelj Petar Obradović Uz skladbu Petrichor, čiji naslov je stručni (Dubrovnik, 1972.) završio je srednje naziv za miris zraka poslije kiše, autor glazbeno obrazovanje u Umjetničkoj školi podastire sljedeće riječi Davora Mojaša: Luke Sorkočevića u rodnome gradu, u „Postoje one noći u kojima nas dodir vode razredu svoga oca Nika (Nina) Obradovića. uvodi u san. U kapima skupljena mora na Diplomirao je na Glazbenoj akademiji u dlanu anđela rumenih od pjesme i umornih Ljubljani u klasi Antona Grčara, a 1995. od leta. Kada svilenkasti se kišni zastor postao je prvim trubačem Dubrovačkoga spusti, umorne sjene svoje odigrat će scene i simfonijskoga orkestra. Iste godine položio otplesati tango nestajanja. U ritmu onog koji je audiciju za solo trubača u Simfonijskome ih, skriven, promatra. Sluti i želi. Drukčijim orkestru Hrvatske radiotelevizije u Zagrebu, redom od onog upisanog u ostavljenom gdje je zaposlen i danas. Kao solist, spomenaru. Kada pada kiša, kao da se nastupao je s Dubrovačkim simfonijskim odvaja vrijeme i dijeli na ono koje nebo orkestrom, Simfonijskim orkestrom HRT-a, skriva i ono u kojem nas kapljicama hladi. I Zagrebačkom filharmonijom, Mostarskim svi koji nas pamte odmahuju nam iz tama simfonijskim orkestrom, Kvartetom pročelja starih ljetnikovaca u kojima žene Sorkočević i Dubrovačkim gudačkim mirišu na vosak, smilje, lavandu i drevna kvartetom. Godine 2000. nakladnička kuća biljna ulja starih ljubavi. Osluhuju nebeske Cantus objavila mu je prvi nosač zvuka, sa plovidbe oblaka koje će se, usliše li im se skladbama Šuleka, Detonija, Tarbuka i molitve, zaustaviti iznad njih. I kaplje im Obradovića, a uz pratnju Zagrebačke tople ostaviti na licu. Kao dar, spomen i kao filharmonije snimio je Vivaldijev Koncert za suze skupljene u Petrichor sonatu.“ dvije trublje i orkestar u C-duru. Godine 2006. Cantus objavljuje njegov CD s djelima Papandopula, Berdovića, Bjelinskoga, Kuljerića i Obradovića, a 2009. „Jesti, voljeti, pjevati i probavljati hranu – CD s djelima skladatelja talijanskog baroka četiri su čina komične opere poznate pod te hrvatskim pretklasicima, Bajamontijem i nazivom život. A sve to prolazno je poput Stratikom. Osim skladanja solističkih, mjehurića pjenušca.” Rekao je to Gioachino komornih i orkestralnih djela, autor je Rossini (Pesaro, 1792. – Passy, Pariz, filmske glazbe, kao i scenske, za predstave 1868.), najznačajniji talijanski skladatelj Teatra Lero, izvođene na Splitskom ljetu i prve polovice 19. stoljeća. I po glazbenoj i Dubrovačkim ljetnim igrama. Na 68. po izvanglazbenoj djelatnosti povezuje ga se dubrovačkim ljetnim igrama praizvedeno s lakoćom i hedonizmom, no iza njih stajalo mu je djelo Bird concerto za saksofon i je istančano glazbeno umijeće. Rossini je orkestar, a kao solist na saksofonu nastupio odrastao po kazalištima u kojima su je Nikola Fabijanić uz pratnju Dubrovačkog nastupali njegov otac, trubač i kornist, i simfonijskog orkestra. Za tu je skladbu majka, pjevačica. Svirao je nekoliko 2019. dobio nagradu „Porin“ u kategoriji instrumenata i učio pjevanje te nastupao kao najbolje skladbe klasične glazbe. Iste godine dječački sopran, zatim je u kazalištima praizveden je njegov koncert za violinu i svirao čembalo i počeo skladati prve arije, orkestar Profumi del tempo sa solistom učiti kompoziciju u Bologni i proučavati Marcom Grazianijem. Od 2005. član je djela Haydna i Mozarta. Bio je pod Hrvatskoga društva skladatelja. ugovorom s dvama napuljskim kazalištima te je svake godine za svako od njih pisao po jednu novu operu, ali ubrzo počinje pisati i za mnoga druga kazališta. Putovao je po Europi, nizao operne uspjehe po Italiji, u Beču te u Parizu, gdje je živio u više navrata i proveo završnih 14 godina života. Poznat je bio i po gastronomskoj vještini. Rossini je usavršio komičnu operu buffo i razvio operu seria, pisao djela koja traže puno virtuoznosti, a sebe je nazivao „posljednjim od klasicista.“ Skladao je i druga vokalna djela, kao i mnoge instrumentalne skladbe, no najpoznatiji je po komičnim operama prštavih, koloraturnih tema. Baš je takve teme za svoj kvartet prema Rossinijevim djelima, iz 1997., odabrao talijanski saksofonist i skladatelj, profesor saksofona na Konzervatoriju u Pescari, Gaetano di Bacco: teme iz Seviljski brijač, Kradljiva svraka, Talijanka u Alžiru i Semiramida te iz pjesme-tarantelle La danza, koje će rasplesano zaokružiti program.

Dina Puhovski

The Papandopulo Quartet is composed of Summer Nights, Dubrovnik Summer four Croatian saxophonists, Nikola Fabijanić Festival, Biennale Zagreb, Opatija (Zagreb, 1976), soprano saxophone, Gordan Musical Platform, Split Summer Festival, Tudor (Split, 1982), alto saxophone, Goran Osor Musical Evenings, Concerts in the Jurković (Zagreb, 1983), tenor saxophone, Euphrasian Basilica in Poreč, Showroom of and Tomislav Žužak (Zagreb, 1978), Contemporary Sound in Zagreb, AudioArt baritone saxophone, who all graduated from Festival in Pula, New Music Days Festival the Zagreb Academy of Music under Dragan in Split, Croatian Music Festival in Sremec. They continued their education at and Echoraum Festival in Vienna, as well as the conservatories in Paris, Amsterdam and at concerts in Budapest, Paris, Strasbourg, Vienna and in seminars held by world- Herceg Novi and other cities. renowned saxophonists. During their studies Their concerts are regularly followed by and in the years after graduation, besides thunderous approval from the audiences and their other music projects, they appeared as praise from the critics: ‘Their relaxed and the New Sax Quartet and had a series of confident performance, intonational successful performances starting from 2000. precision and richness of tonal creation, In 2013 they changed their name to skilfulness in various articulations, fantastic Papandopulo Quartet. They appeared at agility and precision both in the highest and major festivals and music events such as the lowest registers, or simply put, their Musical Evenings in St Donatus, Rijeka impressive technical skills are the Suite humoristique, while he was still a foundations on which the members of the student, and in 1955 he won the prestigious Papandopulo Quartet build their musical Prix de Rome award for composition. He expressiveness and expression… For this began composing under the influence of reason, they can proudly and deservingly Milhaud and Prokofiev, remaining within carry the name of one of the most versatile the boundaries of tonal music. He was a giants of Croatian music history who was lecturer at the Quebec Conservatory of passionately dedicated to music.’ (Mirta Music and professor of musical analysis at Špoljarić, sbplus.hr, 27 January 2014) the CNSM in Paris; he was active as conductor from 1964. Known for his ‘To conclude with, we recommend the spontaneity, technical skills and use of Papanodopulo Quartet because they are truly irony, as well as his humorous titles, Dubois excellent, spontaneous and technically stated: ‘I am impulsive by nature, but the outstanding young musicians.’ (Zdenka hidden part of me is more serious. Still, my Weber, Kolo, 6/2013) character makes me create bright music. I ‘…their skill, high level of music-making love humour and do not delude myself that and ease of communicating with the the world will stop turning because of me.’ audience has shown that they are one of the He wrote works for unusual combinations of most significant Croatian chamber instruments, as well as three minor ensembles with the most exposure – and and numerous saxophone pieces - two rightfully so.’ (Nina Orlović Radić, concertos, sonatas and concert pieces. The glasistre.hr, 10 July 2015) Quartet, also known as Concertino, was Here is what they said about their repertoire originally composed for four saxophones and programme at this year’s Dubrovnik and string orchestra in 1956. This colourful Summer Festival: and technically demanding work leads the audience form swaying, syncopated overture ‘We are specialised in performing Croatian and lament in the fugato of the second music, especially contemporary, which movement to a quite lively spirituoso and a improves our performances of the cheerful ‘race’ in the final presto. saxophone quartet ‘iron’ repertoire (including the works of P.-M. Dubois). We often add the works of contemporary French Régis Campo (Marseilles, 1968) started his (Régis Campo in this case) and musical education in his hometown, studied transcriptions (Rossini) to the repertoire. In philosophy in Aix-en-Provence and all our concerts, especially outside Croatia, composition at the Paris Conservatory under we pay special attention to promoting Boris Alain Bancquart and Gérard Grisey. He took Papandopulo’s music.’ private lessons with Henri Dutilleux and Edison Denisov. He won a number of awards for composition (the Gaudeamus Pierre-Max Dubois (Graulhet, 1930 – Foundation and Henri Dutilleux Rocquencourt, 1995) started his musical Competition awards, Hervé Dugardin education in Tours and continued at the Award, Pierre Cardin, SACEM). He has Paris Conservatory under Darius Milhaud. He got his first big radio commission, for been a member of the Académie des Beaux- joins, as does the second movement, the Arts since 2017. world of jazz.’ Campo has written over a hundred works for various instrumental ensembles, vocal Saxophonist and Gordan Tudor pieces, operas, stage and film music, works (Split, 1982) studied at the Zagreb Academy of developed melodicism and playful of Music under Dragan Sremec. He character. In his own words: ‘You have to continued his saxophone studies under Arno know, like Stravinsky, or Picasso, how to Bornkamp at the Amsterdam Conservatory, respond to a challenge. Limitations motivate where he graduated in 2006. He also studied me. I like changing and exposing myself to with Eugene Rousseau at the Mozarteum danger.’ University in Salzburg and with Claude He wrote Tintamarre, a piece for four Delangle at CNSMD in Paris. He has saxophones commissioned by the Axone performed across Europe and North America Saxophone Quartet, in 2006. The word in various chamber ensembles and as soloist tintamarre refers to the tradition of making with numerous orchestras and ensembles. noise with everything at hand: Campo refers He won a number first awards in state and to a story about a duke who considered that international competitions, the PBZ and the workers in his vineyards worked too Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra Award for much and ordered them to stop working Best Young Croatian Musician, the Lyons every day as soon as they heard a signal. Club Grand Prix, University of Zagreb The signal was carried by the workers from Rector’s Award, Judita Award at the 52nd vine to vine by making ringing (‘tinter’) Split Summer Festival, award at the sounds with rocks and their tools (which Marenostrum International Composition were called ‘mare’, therefore tinter + mare). Competition in Berlin and Rudolf and The composer continues: ‘Saxophone Margita Matz Foundation Annual Award for became one of my favourite instruments Young Composers. He is a multiple Porin thanks to Claude Delangle and his Award winner. He holds masterclasses in exceptional students at the Paris Croatia and abroad and is a regular member Conservatory. Tintamarre is a of juries in international competitions. ‘dramatisation’ of this instrument. I returned Gordan Tudor is Assistant Professor of to the idea of multi-layered saxophone saxophone and chamber music at the Split personalities I had been working on in the Arts Academy, where he founded the past years. Four musicians take turns in the S/UMAS Contemporary Music Ensemble, roles of clowns, jazz musicians, street and he was also engaged as saxophone musicians, city musicians, musicians at a professor at the Josip Hatze Music School in party, but also at its end. The piece consists Split and Guest Assistant Professor at the of four movements. The first two, fast and Novi Sad Academy of Music. He is the agile, lead to a quite a slow third, which founder of the New Music Days Festival in brings the bisbigliando technique (fast Split. He premiered around thirty works by alternation of two fingerings for performing Croatian and foreign composers and has the same, or nearly the same, ‘undulating’ composed in different genres and for various tone height), while the fourth brings back instrument ensembles. He is a member of the motifs from the previous movements and the Papandopulo Quartet and GIG Trio. This Quartet – and he is also a member of the is what he said about the Three Scenes: ‘It GIG Trio with two of them – in his free time was written in the summer of 2019 for the (which he actually doesn’t have), he writes Papandopulo Quartet. I composed it by arrangements of various works for improvising on saxophones and then shaped saxophone quartet. This is how five out of the motifs in three movements (three scenes) Boris Papandopulo’s famous Eight Studies arranged in the following order: quasi for piano got in trouble. The three studies overture – terrace of a hotel in North Africa most performed by pianists will be presented (in a parallel universe) – quasi finale.’ this evening.’

One of the most important Croatian Trumpeter and composer Petar Obradović composers, Boris Papandopulo (Honnef (Dubrovnik, 1972) completed secondary am Rhein, 1906 – Zagreb, 1991), graduated musical education in his hometown, at the in composition under at the Luka Sorkočević Art School under his father Zagreb Academy of Music and, thanks to Niko (Nino) Obradović. He graduated from Igor Stravinsky, studied in the Ljubljana Academy of Music under Vienna under Dirk Fock. He performed all Anton Grčar and became the first trumpet of over Europe and wrote operas, ballets, the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra in concertos, chamber music, piano works, 1995. The same year he passed the audition sacred music, as well as stage and film for solo trumpeter at the Croatian Radio and music. He was also a pianist and piano Television Symphony Orchestra in Zagreb, pieces constitute an important part of his where he has been engaged ever since. As a output, consisting of over 450 works, known soloist, he has performed with the for its inventiveness and humour, virtuosity, Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, Croatian motor rhythms, skilled use of national Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, elements and neo-classicism. Musicologist Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Mostar Davor Merkaš, expert in Papandopulo’s Symphony Orchestra, Sorkočević Quartet work, points out that ‘astonishing range of and Dubrovnik String Quartet. In 2000, the his work left a deep and ubiquitous mark not Cantus record label released his first CD only on Croatian music but also, I dare say, with the works by Šulek, Detoni, Tarbuk and the music of the 20th century in general’. Obradović, and he made a recording of Vivaldi’s Concerto for two trumpets and The Three Studies are three reworked orchestra in C major with the Zagreb movements from Papandopulo’s Eight Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2006, Cantus Studies, a cycle of virtuoso piano miniatures released his CD with the works by from 1956. They were arranged for Papandopulo, Berdović, Bjelinski, Kuljerić saxophones by pianist Ivan Batoš and this is and Obradović, followed by a CD with the what he said about himself and the works of Italian baroque composers and arrangement: ‘Ivan Batoš, a.k.a. Croatian pre-classicists Bajamonti and saxaccompanist, is a Senior Artistic Stratico in 2009. In addition to solo, Associate at the Zagreb and Split academies. chamber and orchestral works, he has also In addition to performing duo recitals with composed film music, as well as stage music most of the members of the Papandopulo for Lero Theatre’s productions performed at the Split and Dubrovnik summer festivals. of champagne.’ These are the words of His Bird Concerto for saxophone and Gioachino Rossini (Pesaro, 1792 – Passy, orchestra was premiered at the 68th Paris, 1868), the most important Italian Dubrovnik Summer Festival by saxophone composer of the first half of the 19th soloist Nikola Fabijanić accompanied by the century. Both his musical and non-musical Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra. In 2019 he activities are associated with lightness and won the Porin Award for this piece in the hedonism, but there was a special musical category of Best Classical Composition. His artistry behind them. Rossini grew up in Concerto for violin and orchestra Profumi theatres in which his father, a trumpeter and del tempo was premiered the same year with hornist, and his mother, a singer, performed. Marco Graziani as soloist. He has been a He played several instruments, took singing member of the Croatian Composers’ Society lessons and performed as a boy soprano; since 2005. then he played harpsichord in theatres and started composing his first arias, studying He has included a text by Davor Mojaš to composition in Bologna and studying the accompany the Petrichor, whose title refers works of Haydn and Mozart. He had a to the smell of air after a rainfall: contract with two theatres in Naples and ‘There are those nights in which the touch of wrote one new opera for each of them every water puts us to sleep. In drops of the sea year, but he soon started writing for many collected in the palms of angels all rosy other theatres as well. He travelled across from song and tired from flight. When the Europe and had a string of operatic silky rain curtain drops, tired shadows will successes in Italy, Vienna and Paris, where play their scenes and dance the tango of he occasionally lived and spent the final 14 vanishing. In the rhythm of the one who, years of his life. He was also renowned for hidden, is watching them. Feeling and his gastronomic skills. wanting. In a different order than the one Rossini refined opera buffa and developed written in a scrapbook left behind. When it opera seria, wrote works that require rains, as if time separates and divides into considerable virtuosity and referred to the one hidden by the sky and the one in himself as ‘the last of the Classics’. He also which it cools us with raindrops. And all composed other vocal works and numerous who remember us wave at us from the instrumental pieces, but is best known for darkness of the facades of old summer villas his comic operas with vibrant, coloratura in which women smell of wax, immortelle, themes. This is precisely the type of themes lavender and ancient herbal oils of old loves. chosen by Italian saxophonist and composer, They listen to the clouds sailing through the saxophone professor at the Pescara skies, which will, if their prayers are Conservatory, Gaetano di Bacco for his answered, stop right above them. And leave quartet from 1997 based on Rossini’s works: them with warm raindrops on their faces. As themes from operas The Barber of Seville, a gift, a memento and as tears collected in The Thieving Magpie, The Italian Girl in the Petrichor sonata.’ Algiers and Semiramide and from La danza, ‘Eating, loving, singing and digesting are, in a song in tarantella time, which will truth, the four acts of the comic opera known conclude the programme in a dancing mood. as life and they pass like bubbles of a bottle Dina Puhovski