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JELENA VUKOVIĆ

head of the Croatian Music Information Centre

She graduated from the Department of Musicology of the Music Academy of the University of Zagreb in 1998. In the same year, she was employed at the Music Information Centre as an editor, where she is still today. He is one of the authors of the Central Information System of Croatian Music Life – Quercus (along with Ivan Živanović and Maja Šojat Bikić). From 2001 to 2005 she was the leader of the international project IAMIC – Annual List of Works for the International Association of Music Information Centers – IAMIC. She is the editor of several bilingual book editions on Croatian music and musicians by prominent Croatian musicologists, music editions of Croatian composers, and the author and editor of many written materials for the agency business of the Zagreb Concert Directorate and the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall. She is actively involved in translation and has translated from German the first volume of the music manual dtv – Atlas zur Musik by Ulrich Michels, and from Polish more than twenty book titles on religious topics (for Christian Present, Verbum, Veritas, Stella Maris, etc.), including one of the most translated and most read books of religious literature in general, The Diary of the Polish Saint and Mystic Faustina Kowalska, stands out. She was also involved in church music from 1989 to 2019 as an organist and choirmaster in the parish of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Mother Church in Zagreb. She has been a member of the Croatian Society of Composers since 2000 (member of the Supervisory Board 2008-2012, member of the Presidency 2012-2020).

DAVOR MERKAŠ

editor advisor

He completed his musicology studies at the Department of Musicology of the Music Academy in Zagreb. In addition to studying musicology, from 1990 to 1992 he studied German studies and philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, and continued the same studies in 1992 at the University of Vienna (Universität Wien) in musicology, philosophy and German philology. He defended his doctorate in musicology at the University of Vienna in 2018. Since 1991, as an external associate, he has been publishing articles on music in daily newspapers and magazines, and his scientific articles have also been published in the musicological journals Arti musices and the collection Rad of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 1999, he founded the Association for the Promotion of Croatian Music in Vienna, whose task is to actively promote Croatian music in Austria. In 2005 he founded and until 2018 led the Croatian Music Festival, a project in which Croatian music is presented in the interpretations of prominent Croatian musicians from the field of classical, pop-rock, original traditional and jazz music, in the most prestigious concert venues in Vienna. In 2007, he initiated the release of a sound carrier with works by Dora Pejačević and Boris Papandopulo within the German publishing house “cpo” (jpc). He is also the initiator of projects for finding, collecting and digitizing autographs of compositions by Croatian composers, which have the important task of protecting, preserving and preserving Croatian musical heritage.

ANAMARIA LEDINEK

editor advisor

Anamaria Ledinek completed her studies in musicology at the Department of Musicology, Academy of Music, University of Zagreb. She received the Dean’s Award for her work on the project A Small Glossary of Musical Analysis, the development of an electronic dictionary of musical analysis, and the presentation of the project at the international scientific conference Terminological Research in Musicology and Humanities in 2019. She delivered a presentation at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Croatian Musicological Society in 2020, titled The Legacy of Natko and Beata Devčić: Authorial Publications, Awards, and Recognitions. She has worked as a teacher of theoretical and musicological subjects at music schools including Pavle Markovac, Zlatko Grgošević, Blagoje Bersa, and Ferdo Livadić. She gained experience in production at the 59th Musical Evenings at St. Donatus (2019) and the International Antonio Janigro Cello Competition (2020). Additionally, she completed the Young Event Managers Program (YEMP) and subsequently worked on the Croatian Competition of Young Music Artists Papandopulo from 2021 to 2023.

IVOR ZIDARIĆ

marketing advisor

With a Master’s degree in Sociology of Education and additional studies in Philosophy and Journalism, he has cultivated a rich, over 25-year professional career across numerous projects and events organized and promoted both in Croatia and internationally. He has dedicated his work and energy to the protection and promotion of Croatian heritage and education, as well as to advancing various cultural and artistic models. His formal work experience includes roles within the Ministry for European Integration, as Head of Marketing and Communications at Magma d.d., with the marketing agency McCann Erickson, and at the Zagreb Concert Management, where he led the Marketing, Sales, and Communications Department for 12 years. Most recently, he held the position of Head of Program Implementation at Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall. Known for his organizational and managerial skills, he is particularly proud of securing significant sponsorships and media partnerships for numerous cultural and artistic projects. His education in EU funding facilitated the successful implementation of the Interreg EU project “Živa Štrigarija – Živa Coprnija” SLO-HR (Pohorje and Istria), for which he received several awards and honors. In his work, he places a special emphasis on developing civil society, promoting democratic values, freedom of expression, coexistence, and diversity in all spheres of life. His musical education (in clarinet and singing) and extensive professional experience support his efforts to achieve the goals of the Croatian Music Information Centre, which include initiatives to modernize, democratize, and popularize cultural life. In his commitment to meeting the evolving needs of the cultural and artistic sector, he will continue to foster the development of policies that promote CMIC, actively contribute his knowledge and experience to new initiatives, and help advance innovative cultural policies aimed at enhancing Croatia’s cultural and artistic landscape.