Branko Ivanković (composer)

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Branko Ivanković
Date of birth October 31, 1968
place of birth Zagreb ( Croatia )
job Composer , conductor , musician , arranger and music producer
nationality Croatian
Period 1970s to today
Music label Croatia Records , Aquarius Records, HRT

Branko Ivanković (born October 31, 1968 in Zagreb , Croatia ) is a Croatian composer , conductor , musician , arranger and music producer . He is the younger twin brother of the ethnologist and folklorist Ivica Ivanković .

Life

After completing primary school and primary and secondary education at the Zagreb Music School Vatroslav Lisinski , Branko Ivanković studied composition at the Zagreb Music Academy . He learned the basics of the art of composing from Stanko Horvat , after which he attended classes from Marko Ruždjak and Frano Parać . He learned conducting in private lessons with Ino Perišić in Zagreb, then as a scholarship holder of the Lovro and Lilly Matačić Foundation at the former University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (today University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), in the lessons of Uroš Lajovic and Günther Theuring . In 2010 he completed his bachelor's degree in composition at the Zagreb Academy of Music as a student of Frano Parać.

Together with his colleague Antun Tomislav Šaban and the violinist Božidar Ljubin, he initiated the reinstatement of the Zagreb Chamber Orchestra (at the Croatian Composers Society) in 1994 , with which he had several successful concerts .

As a composer, arranger and conductor he has worked with many amateur and professional folklore ensembles at home and abroad, including the Croatian folk dance ensemble LADO , the student cultural and art association "Ivan Goran Kovačić" from Zagreb, the Zagreb folk dance group of the Dr. Ivan Ivančan, the cultural and art associations »Jedinstvo« and »Brodosplit« from Split , the folklore ensemble »Matija Gubec«, the folklore troupe »Vuga« and the tambura band »Grofovi« from Karlovac , the tambura orchestra »Campanera« from Đakovo , the folklore ensemble »Štokavci« from Schachendorf in Burgenland , the women's choir »Jele« and the tambura orchestra »Cardinal Stepinac« from Vancouver , the Wiener Jeunesse choir , the mixed choir of the Croatian Radio , the Symphonic Wind Orchestra of the Croatian Army etc.

Between 2002 and 2005 he was the conductor of the mixed choir at the Zagreb Music School Vatroslav Lisinski , where he occasionally taught music theory .

From February 2007 to November 2010 he worked as a freelancer in the phono department of the musical documentation of the Croatian Radio , where he digitized phono material, edited music and processed data on authors and music interpreters for the entertainment and folk music editors . From October 2012 to the end of September 2016 he was the author and editor of the cycle »Amateur Music and Creation« of the 1st program of the Croatian Radio. Occasionally he works as a music producer for studio and concert recordings for the needs of audio and television programs and the production of permanent recordings for the Croatian Radio Phonotheque (e.g. the accordion orchestra "Ivan Goran Kovačić" from Zagreb, the tambura orchestra "Dragutin Domjanić «from Adamovec , the singing group» Arete «from Konjščina , the wind orchestra» Rozga «etc.).

A versatile musician - pianist , keyboardist , accordionist , bass guitarist and Tambura poker players as well as players of many traditional folk musical instruments like the bagpipes Dude, the bagpipe Gajda , woodwind Diple, the string instrument Tamburica samica, the Chordophons šargija, the coated shell-necked lute lijerica , the vessel flute ocarina flute Žveglica, the clarinet diplica and double-reed instrument sopila - is he active, especially in the various musical genres classical music and the entertainment and folk music. He is a member of the Croatian Association of Music Theorists, the Croatian Music Union and Matica hrvatska , he writes books on music and translates specialist literature .

Works (selection)

Compositions

Musical arrangements

  • Žetva u Kupljenovu ( grain harvest in Kupljenovo ), harvest customs, folk songs and dances from Kupljenovo - Choreography : Ivica Ivanković (1987)
  • Idem kolu, makar ne igrala ( I go to the Kolo , even if I may not dance ), folk songs and dances from Brod-Posavina County - Choreography: Ivica Ivanković (1988)
  • Kresnice ( Midsummer singers ), Midsummer-folk custom, songs and dances from Jastrebarsko - Mountains - Choreography: Ivica Ivanković (1988)
  • Oro se vie , folk songs and dances from Povardarie ( Vardartal ) - Choreography: Ivica Ivanković (1989)
  • Vlaške igre ( Wallachian Dances ) - Choreography: Desanka Đorđević (1989)
  • Šanti Juraj vu zelenju , St. George's Day folk custom from Hrvatsko zagorje - Choreography: Ivica Ivanković (1989)
  • Mi smo djeca vesela ( We are happy children ), children's games and children's songs from Slavonia - Choreography: Silvija Jurković (1992)
  • Otočke kraljice ( Queens from Otok ) - Young girls moving through the village at Whitsun, choreography: Ivica Ivanković (1993, revised 2002)
  • Korčulanski bali , Dances of the island of Korčula - Choreography: Ivica Ivanković (1993, revised 2010)
  • Podvelebitskim kanalom ( Through the Velebit Canal ) - Choreography: Andrija Ivančan (1993)
  • Žena ide na gosti , folk songs and dances from Podravina - Choreography: Ivica Ivanković (1994)
  • Bog poživi kuće gospodara ( May God give the landlord a long life ), folk songs and dances from Draganić - Choreography: Ivica Ivanković (1995)
  • Ljubljeni svatovi ( Dear wedding guests ), wedding custom from southern Burgenland - Choreography: Josef Jugovits (1996)
  • Žetva ( grain harvest ), harvesting practice from southern Burgenland - choreography: Josef Jugovits (1998)
  • Vazmeni tanci , Easter custom from southern Burgenland - Choreography: Josef Jugovits (2000)
  • Četarski fašnjaki , Carnival custom from southern Burgenland - Choreography: Ivica Ivanković (2002)
  • Orchestration of the composition Svrši stopi moje by Krsto Odak for mixed choir and symphonic wind orchestra (2003)
  • Kordunaške uspomene ( Kordun memories ), folk songs and dances from Kordun - Choreography: Ivica Ivanković (2006)
  • Goranski bal , folk songs and dances from Gorski kotar - Choreography: Ivica Ivanković (2007)
  • Tajnovitom Bilogorom ( Through the Mysterious Bilogora ), folk songs and dances from the Bilogora region - Choreography: Ivica Ivanković (2010, revised 2014)

Professional proofreading, translations, transcriptions and musical notations

  1. Petrović, Tihomir : Nauk o glazbi , Zagreb : HDGT, 2005. ISMN M-9005242-2-5
  2. Eggebrecht, Hans Heinrich : Bachovo "Umijeće fuge". Pojava i tumačenje , Zagreb: HDGT, 2005. ISMN M-90055242-1-8
  3. Petrović, Tihomir: Nauk o kontrapunktu , Zagreb: HDGT, 2006. ISBN 953-98095-1-7
  4. Kunze, Stefan : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Simfonija u g-molu, KV 550 , Zagreb: HDGT, 2006. ISBN 953-98095-3-3
  5. Prautzsch, Ludwig : Ovime stupam pred Prijestolje tvoje. Figure i simboli u posljednjim djelima Johanna Sebastiana Bacha , Zagreb: HDGT, 2007. ISBN 978-953-98095-6-8
  6. Jakolić, Božica & Horvat, Jasna (ur.): Donjosutlanski govor i običaji. Zbornik kajkavske ikavice , Zagreb: Školska knjiga, 2007. ISBN 978-953-95782-0-4
  7. Ivanković, Ivica: Kupljenski spomenar - 1st diel - Tanci i popievke , Kupljenovo: KUD »Kupljenovo« / Zagreb: FoMa, 2012. ISBN 978-953-6878-21-5
  8. Balaskovics, Melanie & Subosits, Ronald: Iz štokavskoga vrtljaca ... gradišćanskohrvatske narodne jačke iz štokavske krajine okolo Čajte , Schachendorf: VA “Štokavke” / Oberschützen: Burgenland Folk Song Works, 2013. ISBN 978-3-200-03356

Discography (selection)

  • Audio cassette Zorja je, zorja ... , Folklore Ensemble SKUD "Ivan Goran Kovačić", Zagreb, 1989.
  • CD Festival Međugorje: Klasična duhovna glazba , Ganga music, 1995.
  • CD Gradišće okolo Pinke - Folklore Ensemble »Štokavci« / Croatian folk songs from southern Burgenland, Schachendorf, 1997.
  • CD Je li se još kad spomeneš? - Folklore Ensemble »Štokavci« / Croatian folk songs from southern Burgenland, Schachendorf, 1999.
  • CD Danas spivaj 'se stvorenje - Folklore Ensemble »Štokavci« / Croatian sacral folk songs from southern Burgenland, Schachendorf, 2001.
  • CD / DVD Polag Pinke - Folklore Ensemble »Štokavci« / Croatian folk dances from southern Burgenland, Schachendorf, 2003.
  • CD Svjetlo božićne noći - FD »Vuga« / Croatian Christmas carols , Croatia Records , 2008.
  • CD Božićni concert - Ansambl LADO, Aquarius Records, 2010.
  • CD Hrvatsko biserje - FD »Vuga« / The most beautiful Croatian folk songs, Croatia Records, 2012.
  • CD Iz kajkavskih krajeva, vol. 3 i 4 - Ansambl LADO, Aquarius Records, 2012.
  • CD Hrvatsko biserje 2 - FD »Vuga« / The most beautiful Croatian folk songs, Croatia Records, 2014.

Awards and honors

  • 1994 - Rector's Prize of the University of Zagreb for the compositions Ricordanza and V vodi sanje ...
  • 1994 - First prize at the International Music Festival Međugorje 94 for the composition Ave Maria
  • 1999 - Thanks from the Croatian national folklore ensemble LADO for the contribution to the preservation of the Croatian national heritage on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the ensemble
  • 2000 - Honored at the European international music competition IBLA Grand Prize in Italy
  • 2015 - nominated for the Croatian music award Porin in the category for the best music album of folk and ethnic music for the album Croatian biserje 2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Discogs.com - Branko Ivanković , accessed on February 21, 2015. (Croatian and English)
  2. ↑ HDS ZAMP: Branko Ivanković , accessed on February 21, 2015. (Croatian)
  3. ↑ Prvih deset godina Fonda Lovro & Lilly Matačić (1987. - 1997.) , Zagreb: Fond Lovro i Lilly Matačić, p. 7
  4. ↑ Muzički informativni centar: Konture za gudački orkestar (Antun Tomislav Šaban) , accessed on February 3, 2015. (Croatian)
  5. ↑ Ansambl narodnih plesova i pjesama Hrvatske LADO / Program - Vokalno instrumentalni program , accessed on February 3, 2015. (Croatian)
  6. ↑ HUOJ - Božićni concert Ansambla LADO u Zagrebu 2006. , accessed on February 3, 2015. (Croatian)
  7. ↑ a b SKUD "Ivan Goran Kovačić" (Zagreb) / Folklorni ansambl: Diskografija , accessed on February 21, 2015. (Croatian)
  8. ↑ Discogs.com - Folklorni Ansambl Ivan Goran Kovačić - 60 Godina Folklornog Ansambla Ivan Goran Kovačić - 1948 - 2008 , accessed on March 3, 2015. (Croatian and English)
  9. ↑ Zagrebački folklorni ansambl dr. Ivana Ivančana / Repertoar , accessed March 3, 2015. (Croatian)
  10. ↑ Tamburaški sastav Grofovi / Povijest , accessed on March 2, 2015. (Croatian)
  11. ↑ Discogs.com - Tamburaški Sastav »Grofovi« , accessed on March 10, 2015. (Croatian and English)
  12. ↑ Discogs.com - Tamburaški Orkestar "CAMPANERA": Tambura Je Sve Što Imam , accessed on March 3, 2015. (Croatian and English)
  13. ↑ Discogs.com - U Čast Gospi / Festival Međugorje: Klasična Duhovna Glazba , accessed on March 3, 2015. (Croatian and English)
  14. ↑ Barbara Govorčin: "Trubljom i rogom na neprijatelja!", Studio , No. 83, pp. 66–69 (December 18, 1997)
  15. ↑ HRT / Hrvatski radio - Amaterska glazba i stvaralaštvo, author: Branko Ivanković , accessed on February 3, 2015. (Croatian)
  16. ↑ HRT / Hrvatski radio - Amaterska glazba i stvaralaštvo: "Iz produkcije Hrvatskoga radija" (2) , accessed on February 3, 2015. (Croatian)
  17. ↑ HRT / Hrvatski radio - Amaterska glazba i stvaralaštvo: "Iz produkcije Hrvatskoga radija" (3) , accessed on February 3, 2015. (Croatian)
  18. ↑ HRT / Hrvatski radio - Amaterska glazba i stvaralaštvo: "Iz produkcije Hrvatskoga radija" , accessed on February 3, 2015. (Croatian)
  19. ↑ HDGT / Izdavaštvo: "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Simfonija u g-molu, KV 550" , accessed on February 6, 2015. (Croatian)
  20. ↑ Muzički informativni centar: Simply Brass i Mia Elezović u Dvorani Lisinski , accessed on July 26, 2019 (Croatian)
  21. ↑ HDGT / Izdavaštvo: »Nauk o glazbi« , accessed on February 6, 2015. (Croatian)
  22. ↑ Crolist - Skupni katalog hrvatskih knjižnica , accessed on February 6, 2015. (Croatian)
  23. ↑ HDGT / Izdavaštvo: »Bachovo“ Umijeće fuge ”. Pojava i tumačenje « , accessed on February 6, 2015. (Croatian)
  24. ↑ HDGT / Izdavaštvo: »Nauk o kontrapunktu« , accessed on February 6, 2015. (Croatian)
  25. ↑ HDGT / Izdavaštvo: "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Simfonija u g-molu, KV 550" , accessed on February 6, 2015. (Croatian)
  26. ↑ www.volksgruppen.orf.at - New song book published (November 11, 2013), accessed on July 27, 2019
  27. ↑ Crolist - Skupni katalog hrvatskih knjižnica , accessed on February 3, 2015. (Croatian)
  28. ↑ The European Library.org - CD Festival Međugorje: Klasična duhovna glazba, 1995. , accessed on February 3, 2015. (Croatian and English)
  29. ↑ Discogs.com - Folklorni Ansambl "Štokavci" - Gradišće Okolo Pinke , accessed on March 3, 2015. (Croatian and English)
  30. ↑ Discogs.com - Folklorni Ansambl "Štokavci" - Je Li Se Još Kad Spomeneš , accessed on March 3, 2015. (Croatian and English)
  31. ↑ Discogs.com - Folklorni Ansambl "Štokavci" - Danas Spivaj 'Se Stvorenje , accessed on March 3, 2015. (Croatian and English)
  32. ↑ Discogs.com - Folklorni Ansambl "Štokavci" - Polag Pinke , accessed on March 3, 2015. (Croatian and English)
  33. ↑ Croatia Records - Folklorna družina VUGA: CD Svjetlo božićne noći , accessed on February 6, 2015. (Croatian)
  34. ↑ Discogs.com - LADO - Božićni Koncert / Christmas Concert , accessed on March 3, 2015. (Croatian and English)
  35. ↑ Croatia Records - Folklorna družina VUGA: CD Hrvatsko biserje , accessed on February 6, 2015. (Croatian)
  36. ↑ Discogs.com - LADO - Iz Kajkavskih Krajeva - Vol. 3 I 4 , accessed on March 3, 2015. (Croatian and English)
  37. ↑ Croatia Records - Folklorna družina VUGA: CD Hrvatsko biserje 2 , accessed on February 6, 2015. (Croatian)
  38. ↑ Maja Stanetti: »Međunarodni glazbeni festival“ Međugorje '94 ”. Skladbe pobjednice «, Večernji list , July 25, 1994 (Croatian)
  39. ↑ IBLA Foundation / 2000 Laureates: Most distinguished and Talented artists , accessed on February 3, 2015 (English)
  40. ↑ www.porin.org - Dobitnici 22. Porina , accessed on March 11, 2015. (Croatian)

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SURNAME Ivanković, Branko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian composer, conductor, musician, arranger and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Zagreb , Croatia