MARTINA FILJAK

The pianist Martina Filjak (Zagreb, 1978), born in a family of musicians, began to learn how to play the piano at the age of five, which led to her first public appearance when she was only six years old. She received her primary and secondary education in music at the Zagreb Music Academy and the Vienna Conservatory, in Germany and the Netherlands, under the guidance of eminent musicians and piano teachers, such as V. Krpan, L. Brumberg, F. Zettl, P. Eicher, A. delle Vigne.

She has been appearing on musical stages in Croatia and abroad (Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Germany, Great Britain, France, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Japan and the USA). 

She played either as a soloist or with orchestras, performing with the most prominent Croatian orchestras and important concert halls in Europe (Salle Cortot in Paris, Bösendorfersaal in Vienna, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam).
She is the winner of first and second prizes at national and international competitions in Croatia, Italy, the Czech Republic, Austria and Japan. 

Translated by Maja Oršić-Magdić

MARTINA FILJAK «PIANO PASSIONATO»
2001., TUTICO CLASSIC

A. SCRIABIN - First Sonata in F minor, op.6
S. PROKOFIEV - Fourth Sonata in C minor, op.29, «From Old Notebooks»
A. SCRIABIN - Second Sonata in G sharp minor, op. 19, «Sonata-fantasia»
D. KEMPF - The Butterfly of Light