Asja Valcic
Asja Valcic
Genres: jazz, cello, tango, accordion, chamber jazz
Stefano Battaglia Trio
About Asja Valcic
Asja Valcic studied with V. Despalj (Zagreb/Croatia), L. Terraspulsky (Massachusetts/USA), N. Schahovskaja (Moscow/Russia) and K. Georgian (Detmold, Germany). Graduation with Soloist's Diploma. She attended master classes with B. Pergamenchikov and B. Greenhouse. She has played chamber music with G. Schulz (Alban Berg Quartett), H. Schoneweg (Cherubini Quartett), I. Bolton (Brodsky Quartett), I. Bieler (Melos Quartett), A. Engegard (Orlando Quartett), T. Brandis (Brandis Quartett), and many others. As a soloist she performed with the Zagreb Philharmonic, Belgrade Philharmonic and the Westfälische Kammerorchester, conducted by the likes of Kazushi Ono and Zubin Mehta. In 1995 she won the "Concours international de jeunes concertistes de Douai" in France. She recorded Sonatas of Shostakovich and Schnittke for Jugoton (1989) and Serenads of Martinu for d+g (German Record Critics' Award in 1998). Valcic was teaching at the Music Academy of Zagreb (Croatia), at the Dartington International Summerschool of Music/England, in Chioggia/Italy and at the university of music Detmold/Germany. Since 2004 she is a cellist of radio.string.quartet.vienna, since 2008 she is playing in duo with Klaus Paier.
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