Laura Vadjon
Violinist Laura Vadjon is the first ever Croatian baroque violinist, one of the initiators of new stylistic movements and the leading name of early music in Croatia.
She is director and concert master of the Croatian Baroque Ensemble born in 1999, bringing to stage numerous Croatian premieres of works composed by long forgotten composers, as well as masters of the Baroque and Classical period.
She works with some of the greatest names of the world’s baroque music scene, and has performed with various ensembles in the country and abroad (The Zagreb Soloists, L’arte del mondo, London Handel Players, Florilegium, Le Concert Spirituel, Helsinki Baroque, OH Orkiestra, Orquestra Barroca Casa da musica…)
Laura is a member of the London Handel Orchestra, regularly performing in prestigious halls and churches of Great Britain, particularly during the London Handel Festival each spring.
As a soloist and a chamber musician, she has participated in numerous concerts and recording projects and is especially recognized as an interpreter of early Italian baroque music and the works by Handel and Mozart.
She is a musician with distinctive tone, style and musical interpretative delicacy, recognised by original and thoughtful performances with a vast knowledge of the dramatic and affective features of the music.
Laura plays on a wonderful historical instrument built by a famous Italian builder Giovanni Battista Guadagnini in 1751.
She has been rewarded the University Rector and Dean Awards, University Teachers and Scientists Association Award, Milka Trnina and Porin Awards, as well as numerous other professional recognitions in Croatia with the Croatian Baroque Ensemble and has performed in about twenty countries of Europe, Russia, Japan, and South America.
She has been a professor at the Music Academy in Zagreb since 1995, teaching 17th and 18th centuries chamber music with an emphasis on historically and stylistically informed interpretation.
Laura is the director of the successful and unique Korkyra Baroque Festival which is presenting the world’s leading ensembles and soloists specializing in early music interpretations on historical instruments to the island of Korčula and the Pelješac peninsula.
Laura is a promotor of the original sound of early music, inspiring her coworkers, students and audiences with her enthusiasm.