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Ivica Gabrišová was born in 1976 in Bratislava. After graduating from the State Conservatory in Bratislava she continued her studies at Franz Liszt’s Music Academy in Budapest in the class of Professor Gyula Csetényi. In 1999 – 2004 she studied at Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg with great artist and pedagogue Michael M. Kofler. After obtaining a master degree in interpretation she completed her studies in 2005 at the same university as a postgraduate student.
Already during the studies at the conservatory she gave several solo recitals and she performed as a soloist with the conservatory orchestra in the hall of Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra.
She took part at several national and international competitions: 1st prize at National competition of woodwind instruments (1993); Finalist at International flute competition in Cremona, Italy (2000); International competition of the festival Prague Spring, Czech Republic (2001), International flute competition in Krakow, Poland (2002), ARD Musikwettbewerb in Munich (2004).
She is an active participant of international master classes with well-known European flutists such as Gyula Csetényi, Kaspar Zehnder, Brigitte Buxtorf and Wally Hase.
In the years 2001- 2003 Ivica got a possibility to be a member of Munich Philharmonic Orchestra where she cooperated with great artists and outstanding world-famous conductors.
In 2002 – 2003 she cooperated with Yehudi Menuhin’s organization Live Music Now for which she performed several chamber music concerts throughout Austria.
At the moment she is a soloist and a member of several chamber music ensembles and orchestras. She is cooperating with Junge Philharmonie Salzburg, Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, and with chamber orchestra I Sinfonietti 01.
She performed as a soloist with Schengen Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jack Martin Händler on the ocassion of Bruno Walter’s Music Days and with Orchestra of State Opera Banská Bystrica.
She gave concerts in the following countries: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, Great Britain, Germany, Finland, Japan, and China.
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Miriam Rodriguez Brüllová was born in 1979 in Slovakia. After obtaining a bachelor degree in interpretation and pedagogy at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava she studied with outstanding guitarist and pedagogue Alvaro Pierri at Université du Québec à Montréal and Université Laval in Quebec City where she obtained a master degree in interpretation. In 2003 she completed her studies at Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna as a postgraduate student with the same teacher.
She is an active participant of international master classes with such artists as Abel Carlevaro, Alvaro Pierri, Luise Walker, Oscar Ghiglia, Pavel Steidl, John Duarte, Hubert Käppel, Costas Cotsiolis, Zoran Dukić, Aniello Desiderio, and Laura Young.
Miriam participated in several guitar competitions where she won following prizes: 1st Prize at Competition of Slovak Conservatories, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia (1996); 3rd Prize at Forum Gitarre, Vienna, Austria (1996); 3rd Prize at Guitar International Competition, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic (1998).
She was two times (1999, 2000) winner of a scholarship as a best participant of the master class at the international music festival Joventuts Musicals de Torroella de Montgrí in Spain permitting her to perform three concerts for this festival.
She performed as a soloist with Talich Chamber Orchestra, Cappella Istropolitana, Orchestra of State Opera Banská Bystrica, Ladies Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of the Music Academy in Bratislava, Stamic Quartet. She gave three concerts for the Embassy of Slovak Republic in Romania, which have been appraised with very positive critique in several Romanian media.
Apart from solo performances in Slovakia and abroad – in Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Greece, Romania, Spain, France and Canada she gave several chamber music concerts in Austria, Germany, Finland, Romania, Canada and Lichtenstein where she performed at the prestigious guitar festival Ligita as a chamber music partner of worldwide known guitarist Alvaro Pierri. In 2004 she played with him again in Bratislava.
She is member of various ensembles: Duo Cordefiato, Trio Nuevo (flute – guitar – cello), quintet Corde Armoniche (guitar and string quartet), duos: violin – guitar, cello – guitar, voice - guitar, guitar duo and a trio violin - guitar - cello.
She is an initiator and artistic director of the international music festival Bratislava Chamber Guitar and of a music festival Tatra Banka For Young Artists.
Presently she is engaged by the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna as an assistant of Professor Alvaro Pierri.
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