KotorArt
International festival
Wednesday, August 5
Church of the Holy Spirit, 9 p.m.
A NEW STAR IN THE MUSICAL SKY
LANA ZORJAN, violin
VANJA PRICA, piano
Partner of the program:

Program
Aleksey Igudesman (1973)
Applemania, for solo violin
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Violin Sonata in F minor, No. 1, Op. 80
Andante assai
Allegro brusco
Andante
Allegrissimo – Andante assai, come prima
César Franck (1822–1890)
Violin Sonata in A major
Allegretto ben moderato
Allegro
Ben moderato: Recitativo-Fantasia
Allegretto poco mosso
Lana Zorjan began studying the violin at the age of four. She has won numerous awards at competitions around the world and as a recipient of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in 2024, she performed with the Valencia Symphony Orchestra at the gala concert of the award ceremony. She is currently studying under Professor Stefan Milenkovich at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, and in October 2026 she will begin her studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna under Professor Pavel Vernikov. She is a scholarship holder of the Musikakademie in Liechtenstein. Lana Zorjan has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Valencia Symphony Orchestra, Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of the Serbian National Theater, and RTS Symphony Orchestra. She has collaborated with esteemed conductors including Alexander Liebreich, Guillermo García Calvo, Tomáš Brauner, Toshifumi Kanai, José María Moreno, Maximilian Haberstock, János Kovács, Pavel Doležal, Srboljub Dinić, and Aleksandar Kojić. She has further refined her artistic skills at masterclasses with Zakhar Bron, Pavel Vernikov, Ingolf Turban, Latica Honda-Rosenberg, Lihay Bendayan, and Pavel Šporcl. She plays a 1952 Laurentius Bellafontana violin, provided by the Musik und Jugend Foundation.
Vanja Prica, piano, graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, where she studied Piano under Professor Arbo Valdma, and obtained her master’s degree under Professor Kemal Gekić. After completing her studies, she joined the Academy of Arts as a piano accompanist. She has performed throughout Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, and France. She has also recorded for radio and television.



