“Although Ivo Maček's works for piano are small in number, they display great stylistic diversity and exquisite musical refinement. There is no doubting the originality of his musical ideas, which are shot through with stylistic glimpses of Scriabin, Ravel, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and, occasionally, Busoni. This year's centenary of the composer's birth has proved a great opportunity to prepare this recording and share the unique experience with other music lovers.” – Goran Filipec

Listen to an extract from Ivo Maček’s
Piano Sonata – I. Maestoso ma con moto

Ivo Maček occupied a significant place in 20th-century Yugoslavian musical life as a pianist and educator. The Intermezzo is among his most poetic early miniatures, the expressively wide-ranging Theme and Variations one of his most inventive pieces. His 1985 Sonata is the most elaborate and imposing of his solo piano works while the 1980 Violin Sonata typifies the increasing sophistication and poise of his later style.

Piano Sonatina (1977)
1 I. Animato (05:11)
2 II. Amabile (03:42)
3 III. Vivo e giocoso (03:27)

4 Theme and Variations(1939)* (08:10)

5 Improvisation (1937) (03:18)

6 Intermezzo (1935)* (05:21)

PRELUDE AND TOCCATA (1987)*
7 Prelude (02:08)
8 Toccata (02:51)

PIANO SONATA (1985)*
9 I. Maestoso ma con moto(06:46)
10 II. Comodo: Allegro vivace(06:46)

Violin Sonata (1980)*
11 I. Con moto (07:14)
12 II. Allegro deciso (06:11)

TOTAL TIME: 60:46

Goran Filipec was born in Rijeka in 1981 and showed considerable early musical talent. After completing his studies in Croatia at the Academy Ino Mirkovich he continued at the Cologne Musikhochschule, the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory and at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He is currently pursuing doctoral studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris and Université Paris-La Sorbonne.

Mr. Filipec is laureate of several international piano competitions, and has performed in major European concert halls, as well as in Japan, South and North America.

The violinist Silvia Mazzon began her violin studies at the age of four and, at the age of nine, was one of the youngest students admitted to lessons at the Academy of Santa Cecilia in Portogruaro. From 1999 to 2008 she studied at the Fiesole School of Music and in 2006 was awarded the higher Second Level Academic Diploma, with distinction, at the Antonio Buzzolla Conservatory of Music in Adria, followed in 2013 by her master’s degree with Prof. Ilya Grubert at the Conservatorium Van Amsterdam.