Croatian born Rudolf Matz (1901-1988) began work on what would become his First Years of Violoncello in the early 1940-s, and he would continue to expand, revise, and make more complete this monumental undertaking for the next 45 years. His interest and experience as a teacher, performer, composer and author informed the content of these of these technical exercises, etudes, and concert pieces, as did his early life experience as a competitive sprinter and his later interest in and study of anatomy, physiology, and ergonomics.
Author: Nenad N. Bach and Darko Žubrinić
G2 Meeting Second Generation, November 14 and 15, 2024
The largest, best, and longest-running business networking conference between Croatia and the diaspora – MEETING G2 – will take place on November 14 and 15, 2024, at the Westin Hotel in Zagreb, the right place to connect, meet Croats from all over the world, and meet 10 top award winners. Hear their success stories, their love for the homeland, get inspired, and realize your full potential! On the photo – Mara Vitols Hrgetić. Since 2015 she and her husband Josip Hrgetić, they organize annualbusiness meetings for Croatia and its diaspora.
Helen Merrill aka Jelena Ana Milcetic, one of the most distinctive jazz singers ever
Helen Merrill, distinguished Croatian-American jazz singer, was born in New York in 1929 as Jelena Ana Milčetić. Her both parents are from Croatia, originating from the island of Krk. Accorading to Joao Moreira dos Santos, she is one of the most distinctive jazz singers ever. Her music production i senormous, including also songs that she sung in Italian, Japanese, French, and her native Croatian languages. Some of the melodies that she sung in Croatian are “Kyrie” (glagolitic church song), “Tanac” (Dance, from the island of Krk in Croatia), and “Ti si rajski cvijet” (You are a heavenly flower).
Mario Viscovich: Punat ugostio pjesnike Hrvatske izvandomovinske lirike (HIL)
Ljeto, more, poezija i gitara sljubili su se na dvadesetčetvrtom susretu pjesnika “Hrvatske izvandomovinske lirike” (HIL), koji je održan u Puntu, otok Krk od 14. do 17. lipnja o.g. Pokrovitelji susreta su bili Općina i TZ Punat, Grad Krk i TZ Krk, Hrvatska matica iseljenika Podružnica Rijeka, Triglav studio apartmani i hostel Kantun. Organizator programa i utemeljitelj pjesničkih susreta HIL-a gospodin Mario Viscovich osmislio je bogat sadržaj pjesnicima HIL-a koji su stigli iz brojnih država od Australije do Amerike.
Anica Markov – A Dalmatian Girl from Two Continents
“A Dalmatian girl from two continents” is an autobiographical book in which the author describes her untypical life from her birth up to her adulthood. She was born in Split, Croatia as the fourth child in a well-to-do family. However, due to political reasons, her parents decided to emigrate when she was 15. She loved Croatia and her life there, and she hated to emigrate. The book illustrates some memories of her childhood in various cities of Croatia. Then she continues describing her adulthood in a refugee camp in Italy, emigration to Chile and finally to Venezuela where the family settled. However, her love for Croatia was always present in her life.
Yoko Nishii Japanese pianist touring Croatia, Hungary, and BiH in 2024
In Sptember 2024, Yoko Nishii had a series of three concerts: in Vukovar, Osijek, and Vinkovci. She even delivered a public lecture in Vinkovici, dealing with Croatian-Japanese ties. She also had concerts in Budapest (at the Embassy of Japan, but with mixed Japanese, Hungarian and Croatian programs), as well as in Mostar in BiH, and in Zagreb. During her rich pianist career, Yoko Nishii had as many as 61 soloist concerts in 26 Croatian cities. She had her first concert in 1999, in the city of Opatija on Croatia coast.
Croatian Library for the Blind in Zagreb visited by Joginder Singh Nijjar and Jane Sha
Mr. Jogdiner Singh Nijjar, president of the Croatian-Indian Society in Zagreb, accompanied with Jane Sha and Darko Žubrinić, have visited the Croatian Library for the Blind in Zagreb . Except of the library, this institution contains a printing house for the needs of blind persons. The building where the library is placed contains also The Blind Theatre Company “New Life” (the oldest blind theatre company in Europe! Founded in 1948), the Typhlological Museum, Radio Club, Chess Club, as well as Sports Club for the blind persons. On the photo: tamburitza orchestra consisting of blind children.
Baby Lasagna is the true winner of the 2024 Eurosong Contest in Malmö
Music and text by Baby Lasagna (= Marko Purišić). Comments: 0% cursing 0% bad 100% TALENT 100% RIM TIM TAGI DIM | Not every legend is a winner. Not every winner is a legend. | TOTALLY blown away by the singer, the song, the video, the story, the folklore, the humour, the sadness, the anxiety, the rhytm, the power, the freshness, I’ll send my12 points from Norway! | I cannot believe this song wasn’t number one in Eurovision | I meowed back. 12 points from the United States! | 200 points from Scotland…
Miro Gavran's comedy "The Doll" premiered in India in Shimla
The Doll is the story of an android woman, written by Miro Gavran. It has been premiered in the Shimla Town in India, in the Gaity Theatre. The theatre was founded already in 1887. The story was translated from Croatian into Hindi by Saurabh Srivastava. The play is directed by Kedar Thakur, and the main roles are played by Rupesh Bhimta and Yashvi Bhardwaj. Miro Gavran’s plays have been translated into 42 languages worldwide, and seen by more than four million people.
Armenia and Croatia marking the establishment of their diplomatic ties in 1995
Lipnja 2024. su koncerte pod nazivom ‘ Glazbeni pozdravi Armeniji iz Hrvatske ‘ i ‘ Hrvatska sakralna baština – pjevajuća molitva na izvoru kršćanstva ‘, te humanitarni koncert za Armenski Caritas pod nazivom ‘ Glazbeni zagrljaj Armeniji iz Hrvatske ‘ održali u Yerevanu hrvatski glazbeni umjetnici, sopranistica Nikolina Pinko, tenor Stjepan Franetović i pijanistica i orguljašica Evu Kirchmayer Bilić.
Hrvojka Mihanovic-Salopek: U ogledalu znanstvenih prosudbi II. sv.
Monografija je objavljena 2024. u izdanju poduzeća Biakova, Zagreb 2024. Bavi se književnim i likovnim analizama više autora: Frana Vinka Maroevića, Nikole Andrića, Miroslava S. Mađera, Marijana Matkovića, Jakše Fiamenga, Borisa Biletića, Gorana Gatalice, Josipa Botterija Dinija, Zvonimira Mihanovića, Slavka Ježića i Ive Frangeša. Autorica je ugledna hrvatska znanstvenica, suradnica HAZU i predsjednik Društva hrvatskih književnika.
Oto Reisinger 1927-2016 distinguished Croatian caricaturist
The people of Zagreb remember him as a well-known and charismatic face of the city, who came up with his ideas every day, absorbing the city’s atmosphere by transferring them to paper, he gained world fame. His departure created a void that is impossible to fill, but the goal of the House of Cartoons in Zagreb is to make Oto’s spirit live forever. Except in Croatia, he published his caricatures abroad (in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Great Britain): in Quick , Nebelsparter, Panorama, Punch .
Andrej Dujella: Diophantine m-tuples and Elliptic Curves, published by Springer, Cham, 2024.
Andrej Dujella is a leading Croatian expert in Number Theory . This book provides an overview of the main results and problems concerning Diophantine m -tuples, i.e., sets of integers or rationals with the property that the product of any two of them is one less than a square, and their connections with elliptic curves. It presents the contributions of famous mathematicians of the past, like Diophantus, Fermat and Euler, as well as some recent results of the author and his collaborators.
Zlatko Josip Grgić Croatian guitarist playing Chaconne by J. S. Bach on the famous Torres guitar La Invencible
Zlatko Josip Grgić was born in Croatia’s capital Zagreb in 2001. From his earliest childhood, he has been surrounded by some of the best guitar players in the world. In the spring of 2018, he recorded Ennio Morricone’s Cinema Paradiso as a music video in Venice. In December 2018, he gave a successful concert in Barcelona on the famous Torres guitar, La Invencible (The Invincible), as Torres himself had named it, which is the only guitar among the National Treasures of Spain. On that occasion, the Spanish gave Zlatko Josip Grgić has the nickname Torres’ Whisperer .
Ivana Marija Vidovic a member of the pianist jury for PREMIO TUSCANY in Italy
Ivana Marija Vidović was on the jury in Tuscany for the first time, and at the personal invitation of the world-famous pianist Daniel Rivera, as the very first Croatian from Dubrovnik to join such jury and to decide the winners in all categories for solo piano. In addition to the Argentinian pianist Daniel Rivera, the jury included the president of the jury, the German pianist, organist, conductor and president of the Schubert competition in Germany, Roland Proell, and two Italian colleagues, Federica Monti and Vincenzo Marrone d’Alberti.
Nathalie Rayes ambassador of the USA to Croatia visited FER, University of Zagreb, in June 2024
Nathalie Reyes (on the photo with Vedran Bilas, the dean of FER): “Today, I visited the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER) at the University of Zagreb, one of Croatia’s top institutions. Meeting with talented and innovative students was truly inspiring. The future of engineering and computing in Croatia is bright!” Nathalie Rayes was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia on January 10, 2024.
1145 years since the first international recognition of Croatia: 879 – 2024
The Croatian Prince Branimir, 9th century, made important steps in strengthening the relations with Rome. During the solemn divine service in St. Peter’s church in Rome in 879, Pope John VIII gave his blessing to the prince and the whole Croatian people, about which he informed Branimir in his letters, the first one dated on May 21, 879. This was the first time that the Croatian state was officially recognized (at that time the international legitimacy was given by the Pope), which, as we see, happened more than eleven centuries ago!
The Xth Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Puranas – DICSEP 2023
India Conference directors: Ivan Andrijanić, University of Zagreb, Croatia Mandakranta Bose, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada James Fitzgerald, Brown University, Providence, United States Mislav Ježić, University of Zagreb, Croatia Sven…