Laura Vadjon (HR): violin

EDUCATION
(2004) Masterclass – Theresa Caudle
(2002) Masterclasses – Enrico Onofri
(2001) Masterclasses – Enrico Onofri
(1997) Zagreb, Muzička Akademija Sveučilišta u Zagrebu – Master’s degree in Violin
(1997) Masterclass – Catherine Mackintosh
(1993) Zagreb, Muzička Akademija Sveučilišta u Zagrebu – Diploma in Violin

CONCERTS (selected)
Regular collaborations with leading figures of the international Baroque music scene; performances in around twenty European countries as well as in Russia, Japan and South America

FOCUS
Laura Vadjon is the first Croatian artist specialising in Baroque violin and one of the pioneers of historically informed performance practice in Croatia. She performs on an authentic historical violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (1751).

PROJECTS
Numerous successful solo and chamber music projects; particular focus on early Italian Baroque repertoire and works by George Frideric Handel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

DISCOGRAPHY
(2021) Barock’n’Roll
(2014) Laura Vadjon & Laurence Cummings
(2007) Laura Vadjon

ACHIEVEMENTS
Recipient of the Rector’s and Dean’s Awards, the Award of the Association of University Teachers and Scientists, the Milka Trnina Award, the Porin Award, and numerous Croatian professional distinctions with the Croatian Baroque Ensemble, including Orlando (DLJI 2014), Ivan Lukačić, Jurica Murai, Kantor (VBV 2016, 2024), and the City of Zagreb Award (2020).

AFFILIATIONS
(2019–) Muzička akademija u Zagrebu: Full Professor (art.), chamber music of the Baroque and Classical periods, with a focus on historically and stylistically informed performance
(1995–) Muzička akademija u Zagrebu: Full Professor (art.)
Laura Vadjon is the director and concertmaster of the Hrvatski barokni ansambl, with which she has been performing regularly in Croatia and abroad since 1999.
She brings to concert stages numerous Croatian first performances of works by forgotten composers, as well as major works by the great masters of Baroque and Classical music. She is also the director of the Korkyra Baroque Festival, whose programmes on the island of Korčula and the Pelješac peninsula present leading international ensembles and soloists specialising in early music. Member of the London Handel Orchestra

COLLABORATIONS
Zagreb Soloists
L’arte del mondo
London Handel Players
Florilegium
Le Concert Spirituel
Helsinki Baroque
{oh!} Orkiestra
Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música

WEBSITE
www.hrba.hr/en/ensemble/leaders/

FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/laura.vadjon/

VIDEOS
ZRIN festival / Župna crkva Uznesenja BDM, Gora / Laura Vadjon, violina & Pavao Mašić, čembalo
Croatian Baroque Ensemble & Laura Vadjon, baroque violin - Concert for Japan
Violin Sonata in D Minor, HWV 359a (Live)