Dejan Ivanovich

“Courageous and sensitive artist with surprising technique,

profound musicality and creativity in every note and phrase.”

(Ritmo [Spain], November 1998)

“A highly polished player and a world-class musician.”

(American Record Guide [USA], March 2003)

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CONTENTS

Curriculum Vitae ..................................................... 3

Press ...................................................................... 5

Solo repertoire ........................................................ 7

Works for guitar and orchestra ............................... 9

Recordings ........................................................... 10

Contact ................................................................. 12

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Dejan’s debut CD was recorded with

the legendary producer Norbert Kraft
in Toronto (Canada) and released in
September 2002 by NAXOS

Curriculum Vitae
The Croatian guitarist Dejan His professional career began He is the winner of the first
Ivanovich was born in Tuzla simultaneously with his prize and special prize of
(Bosnia and Herzegovina) in superior studies (1994- the best interpretation of
1976, beginning his guitar 1998). He has taken part in Spanish music in the 13th
studies at the age of eight. He some of the most prestigious International Guitar
studied with Pedrag music festivals such as the Competition of Doña Infanta
Stankovic and Vojislav Spoleto Festival (personally Cristina (Madrid, 1998), first
Ivanovic in the primary and invited by Maestro Gian Carlo prize in the 3rd International
secondary school of music, Menotti for the position of Competition of Sinaia
and with Darko Petrinjak at resident performing artist), (Romania, 1998), first prize
the Music Academy of the Edinburgh Festival and in the 17th Certamen Guitar
Zagreb. He has participated the Festival of the Costa de International Andrés
in masterclasses with John Estoril, Gevelsburg Guitar Segovia (Herradura, 2001),
Duarte, Thomas Muller- Festival, Oporto-City of first prize and audience
Pering, Elliot Fisk, Costas European Culture and prize in the 35th Certamen
Cotsiolis, Valter Despalj Guitarra Viva in Croatia Guitar International
(‘cello), Michael Steinkuhler besides others. He has also Francisco Tárrega
(viola da gamba) and Igor taken part in various chamber (Benicássim, 2001) and the
Lesnik (percussion). He was music groups: with the first prize in the 4th
supervised by Christopher flautist Vasco Gouveia, ‘cellist International Competition of
Bochmann in his Doctoral Jed Barahal, guitarist Crete (Arhanes, 2005).
Thesis at the University of Masakazu Tokutake, soprano
Évora between 2011 and Ana Ester Neves, Lyra String
2014. Quartet, etc.

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CD Em memória da madrugada Debut CD, Les Deux Amis, was recorded with the
with Orquestra Clássica do producer Hubert Käppel in Cologne, Germany and
Centro, Coimbra (Portugal) released in July 2010 by KSG EXAUDIO

Dejan collaborates on a Newspapers and He recorded in 2013 Em

regular basis with various magazines worldwide Memória da Madrugada by the
orchestras such as the Royal have reported on his Russian/Portuguese composer
Chamber Orchestra of performances.
Marina Pikoul with the
Wallonie (Belgium), Orchestra Orquestra Clássica do Centro
of Benicássim (Spain), His solo recordings on CD under the direction of David
Chamber Orchestra of with NAXOS and other Wyn Lloyd.

Slovakia, Symphony Orchestra labels reflect his mastery

of Vojvodina (Serbia), in repertoire reflecting C.Bochmann, T.Oliver, M.Pikoul,
Filarmonía das Beiras, many epochs and styles, J.Madureira, J.Pereira, C.Gutkin
Orquestra Clássica do Centro from early music to the and R.Abreu are some of the
(Coimbra) and Lisbon most current composers composers who have dedicated
Metropolitan Orquestra in the guitar repertory, their music for Dejan.

(Portugal). In January 2016, he such as Rodney Bennett,

performed M.Castelnuovo- Garcia-Abril, Mompou, He is professor of Guitar at the
Tedesco’s Romancero Gitano Arnold, McPherson, University of Évora in Portugal
Op.152 for mixed choir and Salvador, Castelnuovo- since 2007 and obtained his
guitar in Calouste Gulbenkian Tedesco, José, Doctorate there in March 2015
Concert Hall, together with the Domeniconi, Asencio and in Music/Musicology.

Gulbenkian Choir, under the Rodrigo.

direction of maestro Paulo Since 2016, Dejan is the

Vassalo Lourenço.
Since 2004 he has joined D’Addario Artist/Ambassador.
forces with the Greek He plays the instrument made
His recitals in Africa, Europe, guitarist Michalis by Alkis Efthimiadis.
the Americas and Asia have Kontaxakis in the duo
received unanimous Kontaxakis – Ivanovich.
acclamation by critics and Their first CD, recorded in
public alike. Various television Cologne and produced by
and radio stations have Hubert Käppel, entitled
broadcast and recorded his Les Deux Amis, was
performances in countries as released in 2010 by KSG
diverse as Sweden, Marocco, EXAUDIO.
Japan, Romania, Croatia,
Belgium, Brasil & Spain.
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Press
“(...) Dejan Ivanovich and guitar
graced the Auer Hall stage Friday
evening and quickly sold himself as an
artist who'll need to be paid attention
to in years ahead (...). He is a
commanding instrumentalist and a
sensitive musician. He is also
courageous (...). The sharp, distinct
enunciation of notes as well as the
seamless handling of those notes in
succession required by these Bach
sonatas were beautifully handled (...).
Quiet as much of this piece is (Sonata
Op.61 by J.Turina), it also throbs with
Latin passion, a fact not lost on
Friday's soloist. He made glorious
moonlight of the score (...). The
guitarist interpreted the music
(J.Rodrigo's Zapateado) as an
expression of romance; in his hands, it
gained a sense of subtle yet limpid
ecstasy (...). The feel of serenading
marked Ivanovich’s playing of Vicente
Asencio's Collectici Íntim, five pieces
of, indeed, intimate scale. As the
guitarist played them, they seemed
designed not for an audience but for
one to one soul sharing (...).”

(Sunday Herald Times [USA], “By perfect handling of details, splendid technical
September 1999) virtuosity and by sensitive approach to music in
general, Ivanovich showed all those elements that
could classify him to the highest world guitar elite in
his further carreer... His infinite understanding and
feeling of the performed music received a
tremendous acclamation in a completely full church
of St. Donat (...).”

(Slobodna Dalmacija [Croatia], July 1997)

“(...) I said "a new face" because he presented

himself with the highest guitar artistry with his
recital. Firstly, I would emphasize his relaxed and
very attractive performance which displays an artist
who is completely drawn into music which is
performed and who respects the listener and
devotes himself to the public's attention... In those
five movements (P.Bellinati's Suite Contatos), once
again, Dejan Ivanovich presented all the splendour
of his technique and musicality which grace his
Concierto de Aranjuez with Lisbon Metropolitan music interpretation..."

Orchestra and Maestro Jesus Amigo (Carcavelos

[Portugal], January 2010) (Vjesnik [Croatia], April 2001)

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“Whilst listening to this disc I found myself so

engrossed in the music that I was unaware of
the guitarist Dejan Ivanovich. This is a
compliment to his playing as at no time did
the technical difficulties get in the way of the
music. The interpretation and use of tone
colour seems totally appropriate and the
general oneness with the music assured.
Overall this is a fine, well-played collection of
mostly rarely recorded music for guitar and
while it will appeal to the guitar enthusiast it is
still a worthwhile buy for those interested in
the lesser known works of the British
composers Malcolm Arnold and Richard
Rodney Bennett.

(musicweb.uk.net [UK], April 2003)

“Dejan Ivanovich gave an outstanding recital

which contained works by Regondi,
Castelnuovo- Tedesco, Arregui, Bennett and
Rózsa, as part of Guitarra Viva concert series,
a very popular event which promotes guitar In some way, that focusses attention to the
art to the public of all ages. (...) With the plasticity regarding the proximity of framing
chosen program of contrasting expression, the aesthetic uniqueness of each composition
emphasised on the quality and peculiarity of because Ivanovich underlines the important
Lyric Pieces by Vicente Arregui and Sonatas elements with his special way of
by Richard Rodney Bennett and Miklós communication which is, above all, rich in
Rózsa, Dejan Ivanovich presented the concert narrative aspect — equally clear and reflexive.
evening of extremely personal, highly That’s why Regondi's Rêverie op. 19 will
thoughtful and inspiring interpretative shine with spontaneous simplicity and a
discourse. In the core of his approach, certain charm of an expression based on
distinguished by extraordinary clear and romantic approach towards music form and
precise handing of the score, there is a
Arregui’s Lyric Pieces will be marked by
declension of detailed relationship towards
Ivanovich’s gesture of free sound expansion
s t r u c t u re a n d f o r m f ro m w h e re t h e
shaping its relief layers. The interpretation of
interpretations grow and develop by
perspicuity of rich and complex entirety of Bennet’s Sonata underlined the discourse of
every single work. By articulating a generated restraint and reduction, strong inner
inner tension of the music body, Ivanovich dynamics, with the extraordinary high-
never exceeds an invisible margin of exterior precision shaped sound which provided full
or profane in relation to the dynamics of the reception of such a complex and
expression but, on the contrary, he uncovers tremendously demanding work, particularly
the landscape of a delicate extent of regarding its form and structure. On the other
introspection to the accomplished perpective hand, Rózsa’s Sonata was interesting to
of the listener. The sound palette, as well as follow due to the transformation of the
the almost perfect quality of the overall tone guitarist’s interpretative rhetorics in relation to
structure and sound image in the projection is the distinctiveness in the detachment of its
denoted by the emphasized intimate material.

expression — like an echo of the rich lute art

heritage. (klasika.hr [Croatia], January 2012)

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Solo repertoire
Johann S. Bach

4 Lute Suites BWV 995—998

G.Regondi: Introdution et Caprice Op.23

(Arr.: Hoppstock/Ivanovich)
Reverie Op.19

Air Varié, Op.22

6 Violin Sonatas & Partitas BWV 1001—1006

10 Studies

(Arr.: Dešpalj/Leonhardt/Ivanovich/Kontaxakis)

I.Padovec: Variations Op.2

6 Cello Suites BWV 1007—1012

(Arr.: Dešpalj)
J.Dubez: Fantasy Op.2

Flute Partita BWV 1013

M.A.Zani de Ferranti: Caprice Op.6
(Arr.: Dešpalj) Fantasy Op.7
Nocturne Op.9

Fantasy Op.10

Classical/Romantic period W.Th.Matiegka: Sonata Op.23

S.Molitor: Sonata Op.7

L.Sorkočević: Sonata (Sinfonia terza)

D.Aguado: 3 Rondos Op.2

N.Paganini: Gran Sonata in A major

N.Coste: Fantasy Op.16

F.Sor: 6 Short Pieces Op.5

Fête Villageoise Op.47

Fantasy Op.7

Variations Op.9
J.Arcas: Fantasy on themes from Traviata

Grand Sonata Op.22

Grand Sonata Op.25

F.Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra

3 Society Pieces Op.33

Capricho Árabe

Elegiac Fantasy Op.59

A.Barrios-Mangorê: La Catedral

M.Giuliani: 3 Rondos Op.8

Un Sueño en la Floresta

Caprice Op.11
Una Limosna por Amor de Dios

Sonata Op.15
4 Valses Op.8
Le Papillon Op.50

3 Sonatinas Op.71

Fughetta Op.113

6 Rossinianas Op.119—124

Sonata Eroica Op.150

F.Schubert: 6 Songs

(Arr.: Mertz)

J.K.Mertz: 3 Fantasies Op.65

Élégie

Bardenklänge Op.13

L.Legnani: Fantasy Op.19

36 Caprices, Op.20

Variations Op.64

Variations Op.201

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20th/21st Century Sonatas Large pieces

M.M.Ponce: Sonata Mexicana

B.Britten: Nocturnal Op.70

Sonata III

Sonata Clásica
W.Walton: Five Bagatelles

Sonata Romántica

C.Bochmann: Diastrophe

A.José: Sonata
Sonata-Fantasia

Essay VII

M.Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sonata

Omaggio a Boccherini Op.77

L.Berkeley: 4 Pieces

Sonatina

J.Turina: Sonata Op.61

M.Arnold: Fantasy Op.107

E.Desderi: Sonata in Mi

S.Dodgson: Merlin

J.Manén: Fantasia-Sonata Op.

A=22
F.Martin: Quatre Pièces
Brèves

K.Vassiliev: Sonata

M.Catelnuovo-Tedesco:

H.Martelli: Quatre Pièces

Variations Op.71

A.Ginastera: Sonata Op.47

Op.32

Rondo Op.129

3 Preludes Op.176

L.Brouwer: Sonatas 1—3

C.Domeniconi: Koyunbaba
24 Caprichos Op.199

Op.19

S.Goss: Sonata

N.Koshkin: Fall of Birds

V.Asencio: Collectici Íntim

A.Klobučar: Sonata
Suite Valenciana

N.D’Angelo:

Due Canzoni Lidie

L.Chailly: Sonata
F.Mompou: Suite
Compostelana

L.Brouwer:

P.Vasks:

El Decameron Negro

The Sonata of Loneliness

A.Garcia-Abril: Tres
La Ciudad de las Columnas

Preludios Urbanos

A.Garcia-Abril:

J.Rodrigo:

Sonata del Pórtico

V.Arregui: Piezas Líricas

Tres Piezas Españolas

Elogio de la Guitarra

D.Bogdanović: Sonatas 1—3

M.Pikoul: Dreams and
Invocación y Danza

Portals

T. Cary: Sonata fo Guitar Alone

T.Oliver: Mixórdia

R.Abreu: SuiTUs

J.Feld: Sonata

S.Šulek:

F.Lopes-Graça: Partita

The Troubadour’s Three

H.Werner-Henze:

Royal Winter Music

A.Lopes: Mirror 2

B.Papandopulo: 3 Dances

A.F.Kropfreiter: Sonata
T.Takemitsu: All in Twilight

M.Lindberg: Mano a Mano

In the Woods

J.Rodrigo: Sonata Giocosa

M.Ruždjak: Double

A.Tansman: Inventions

M.Rózsa: Sonata
Cavatina

M. Salvador: Homenatge a
Mistral

R.Rodney Bennett: Sonata

K.Vassiliev: Three Forest
Paintings

L.Berio: Sequenza XI

M.Tippett:

The Blue Guitar Sonata S.Assad: Aquarelle

A.Piazzolla: Five Pieces

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Short 20th/21st Century pieces

T.Riley: Barabas
J.Turina: Ráfaga
E.Krenek: Suite

Fandanguillo

D.Milhaud: Segoviana
Sevillana
E.Carter: Shard

R.Rodney Bennett:
R.Gerhard: Fantasia
G.Cassadó: Catalanesca

Impromptus

M.de Falla:
C.Chávez: 3 Pieces

F.Parać: Music for Guitar

Homenaje a Debussy

S.Fumić: Nocturno

F.Peyrot:
M.Ohana: Tiento
Little Melody

Theme & Variations

J.Pereira:
G.Migot: Pour un Hommage

A.Tansman:
Espirais sem Retorno
à Claude Debussy

Variations on Scriabin’s
Theme
T.Takemitsu: Equinox
F.Mompou:

Folios
Canço y Dansa N.º13

M.Castelnuovo-Tedesco:

Tarantella
C. Bochmann: Sonatina
P.Petit: Theme & Variations

M.Carmon: The Guitarist’s

D.Bogdanović:
E.Rautavaara: Partita

Guide to the Orchestra

Blues & 7 Variations

J.Rodrigo: Junto al Generalife

L.Brouwer: Canticum
G.McPherson:
Un Tiempo fue Itálica Famosa

Tarantos
Study in Moto Perpetuo

La Espiral Eterna
N.Rorem: Suite

El Arpa y la Sombra S.Gubaidulina: Serenade

Works for guitar & orchestra

A.Garcia-Abril:
J.Françaix: Concerto

Concierto Aguediano

Concierto Mudejar
M.Giuliani: Concerto Op.30

Concerto Op.36

R.Adame: Concierto Clásico

Concerto Op.70

M.Arnold: Serenade Op.50

H.Werner-Henze:

Concerto Op.67
Ode to an Aeolian Harp

J.S.Bach:
F.Molino: Concerto Op.56

Concerto BWV 1056

M.Pikoul:

R.Rodney-Bennett:
Em Memória da Madrugada

Concerto

M.M.Ponce:
V.Ivanović: English Concerto

L.Berio: Chemins V
Concierto del Sur

M.Castelnuovo-Tedesco:

L.Berkeley: Concerto
I.Stravinsky: Tango
Concerto in Ré, Op.99

Sérénade Op.118

L.Brouwer:
J.Rodrigo:

Concerto Elegiaco
Concierto de Aranjuez
H.Villa-Lobos: Concerto

Concerto de Volos
Concierto para una Fiesta

Fantasia para un T.Yoshimatsu: Guitar Concerto

F.Carulli: Concerto Op.140 Gentilhombre “Pegasus Effect” Op.21

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Recordings

CD Mediterraneo, recorded with Dejan Ivanovich Duo Kontaxakis-Ivanovich

the producer Darko Petrinjak GUITAR RECITAL Les Deux Amis
(Zagreb [Croatia], 2001), NAXOS KSG EXAUDIO
unpublished

Orquestra Clássica do Centro Ivan Eugen Padovec

Em memória da madrugada The Longing
AULOS

Diastrophe by Dreams and Portals by SuiTUs by Ricardo Abreu

Christopher Bochmann Marina Pikoul

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J.S.Bach: Ciaccona BWV 1004

Mixórdia by Tomislav Oliver (Leonhardt/Ivanovich), 1st part J.S.Bach: Ciaccona, 2nd part

Collectici Íntim by Partita BWV 1002

Sonata by Miklós Rózsa Vicente Asencio by Johann.S.Bach

Allegro, vivo e schietto Rondo from Prelude,

Introduction & Fandango from Quintet Op.143 by Arioso & Rondo by
by Luigi Boccherini Mario Castelnuovo- Anđelko Klobučar
(Lyra/Ivanovich) Tedesco (Lyra/Ivanovich) (Kontaxakis/Ivanovich)

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