Petar Klasan

Petar Klasan is one of the most promising young Croatian pianists. He has won numerous national and international prizes and performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe.

After finishing his primary music education in his homeland in year 2007 he moved to Vienna to study at the University for Music and performing arts with Prof. Noel Flores and later with Prof. Oleg Maisenberg and Prof. Stefan Vladar.  He graduated with highest marks in October 2017. Currently he is enrolled in post graduate program of University for music and performing arts Vienna in the class of prof. Jasminka Stancul-Cernko. Petar Klasan participated in masterclasses with world renowned pianists such as Dmitry Bashkirov, Arie Vardi, Epifanio Comis, Stephen Bishop Kovachevich, Naum Grubert, and Pavel Gililov.

Petar Klasan continually performs as a soloist with the famous Zagreb Soloist ensemble, Croatian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mostar Symphony Orchestra, Zagreb Youth Orchestra, National Russian Youth Orchestra, Ton der Jugend Orchestra Vienna with conductors Mo. Igor Tatarevic, Mo. Uros Lajovic, Mo. Vladimir Kranjcevic, Mo. Robert Lehrbaumer,  Mo. Mladen Tarbuk, Mo. Vasily Valitov and Mo. Andrej Vesel in concert halls such as Musikverein Vienna, Konzerthaus Wien, Ehrbar Saal, Povetkin Centre Moscow, Vatroslav Lisinski Hall in Zagreb, Croatian Music Institut Hall in Zagreb, aswell as many other in countries like  Italy, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Bosnia, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Portugal.

 

In 2018 he founded a very successful concert series in Vienna called „Con Brio“ where he regularly performs solo and in diverse chamber music settings with his long time musical partners as well as renowned musicians from all over the world. “Con Brio” is a project and movement that supports the importance of Music and humanistic values for the development and education of societies. This is wherePetar Klasan found his artistic home. The performances offer diverse soloistic and chamber repertoire, with occasional  symphonic repertoire.

For his contributions in the field of culture Petar Klasan was awarded a special prizes by the Novska, Sisak- Moslavina Region, and by the Ministry of Culture, Science and Sports of the Republic Croatia. He published two albums with works by Mozart, Schumann, Chopin, and Bjelinski.

Currently, in addition to maintaining and active concert schedule, he serves as the Piano Professor at the Barenboim - Said Centre for Music in Ramallah, Palestine, splitting his time between Vienna and Palestine.

 

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