Traditional New Year's Concerts in Theater

Before the end of the year, in the program of CNT Ivan pl. Zajc are, of course, the popular New Year's concerts. This year - on December 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th at 8 PM. Rijeka Theater's Opera Orchestra is conducted by maestra Nada Matošević while the solo part will be played by one of the most prominent Croatian pianist of the younger generation - Goran Filipec from Rijeka.

Goran Filipec, one of the most distinguished Croatian pianists, was born in 1981 in Rijeka, where he obtained primary and secondary musical education at the School of music “Ivan Matetich Ronjgov”.

From 1997 to 2001 he studied piano (with Marina Ambokadze) and musicology at the Music Academy “Ino Mirkovich” in Lovran, under licence of Moskow state conservatory “P. I. Chaikovsky”.

His later trainigs include postgraduate studies at Hochschüle für Musik Köln (with Arbo Valdma, 2003 - 2004), Schola Cantorum in Paris (with Eugen Indjic, 2003 - 2006), Zagreb Music Academy (with Evgeny Zarafiants, 2006 - 2007), as well as master classes with Elisso Virsaladze and Oxana Yablonskaya.

His concert engagements led him to the Carnegie Hall in New York, National Concert Hall in Dublin, Salle Alfred Cortot in Paris, and numerous other concerts halls in Switzerland, Holland, Agrentina, Brasil, USA Croatia, and other countries of former Yugoslavia.

Goran Filipec performed with several renown orchestras, such as: Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Ushuaia Philharmonic Orchestra, Rijeka Opera Symphony Orchestra, Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, Croatian Chamber Orchestra, under direction of Jorge Uliarte, Vjekoslav Sutej, Leonid Nikolaev, Pavle Despalj and other renown conductors.