Martina Filjak

One of the brightest instrumental talents to emerge from Croatia today, Martina Filjak is garnering international praise not only for her poetic passion and galvanizing strength at the keyboard, but also for her charismatic personality and magnetic stage presence. Since making her orchestral debut at the age of 12 with Croatia’s renowned Zagreb Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Ms. Filjak has achieved a graceful transition from a child prodigy to a mature artist of both technical prowess and elegant artistry.  

Martina Filjak has performed with esteemed orchestras of her home country and abroad, including The Cleveland Orchestra; the Zagreb, Strasbourg, Morocco, Belgrade and Torino Philharmonics; the Zagreb, Croatian, Moscow, Vallès and Barcelona Symphony Orchestras; the Croatian Chamber Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa. As a recitalist, Ms. Filjak has performed in such major venues as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Berlin, l’Auditori and Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Salle Cortot in Paris, Palais des Congrès in Strasbourg, Musikverein in Vienna, Shanghai Oriental Art Center and Severance Hall in Cleveland.

Martina Filjak’s 2009-2010 season began with a first-place victory at the 2009 Cleveland International Piano Competition. In addition to a cash prize, Ms. Filjak receives as part of her winnings a compact disc recording on the Naxos label, two years of artist management and more than 50 worldwide engagements, including a New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall in December 2009. In October 2009 she was additionally awarded an Honorary Medal by the President of the Republic of Croatia for her artistic achievements. Additional engagements this season include solo and orchestral tours in Spain, Argentina, China and the United States. She performs with the Moscow State, Tenerife and Bilbao Symphony Orchestras; Orchestra Sinfonica di Savona, the Torino Philharmonic Orchestra and the Zagreb Philharmonic in Vienna’s Musikverein. Ms. Filjak performs recitals at Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Salle Cortot in Paris, Konzerthaus Berlin, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona.

Born in Zagreb and raised in a family of pianists, Martina Filjak is a graduate of the Music Academy of Zagreb and the Vienna Conservatory. Additionally, she attended the prestigious Como Piano Academy at Lake Como in Italy, and she continues her studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover with Professor Mi Kyung Kim.

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