ARDEA
Flute player Marko Zupan has a diverse international career as a soloist, chamber artist, orchestral player, improviser, pedagogue and arranger.
He graduated from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in the class of prof. Matthew Zupan. Later he entered the class of prof. Pierre-Yves Artaud at the ENMP “Alfred Cortot” in Paris as well as at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Créteil “Marcel Dadi” to study with Prof. Georges Alirol. After obtaining the diploma Supérieur d'Enseignement and d'Executation, he also obtained the diploma of the Diploma Supérieur de Concertiste de Flûte.
After his stay in Paris he trained as a graduate student at the “Mozarteum” in Salzburg in the class of the celebrated Slovenian flautistic Irene Grafenauer. In addition, he received important musical impulses in master classes with renowned flutists such as Emmanuel Pahud, Peter-Lukas Graf, Michael-Martin Koffler, Felix Renggli and Sophie Cherier. The most significant thing is that he had the opportunity to participate in the last three master classes of the legendary prof. Aurele Nicoleta in Paris, on Hvar and Weimar. During his studies he became the winner of several Slovenian national competitions, as well as the International Music Competitions in Trieste (2000, Italy), Picardie (2004, France), Belgrade (2005, Serbia) and Braunschweig (2011, Germany). His work as principal flautist includes orchestras such as the Berliner Symphoniker, German National Orchestra, Brandenburger Symphoniker, Philharmonia Sudeck, Philharmonisches Orchester des Staatstheaters Cottbus, Evian Festival Orchestra, Mozart Sinfonietta Salzburg, Neues Kammerorchester Potsdam, Philharmonie der Nationen and others. In 2010 he started teaching at the Music Academy in Split, Croatia. Seeing the lack of opportunities for orchestral experience there, he began working on orchestral excerpts for flute in arrangements for flute quartet, which he published in 2013 in the edition of Switzer in Copenhagen. The book has achieved international recognition.
As part of her pedagogical activities, she holds master classes throughout Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Romania and Japan. Since 2013 he has been teaching regularly at the Summer Music School in Kaštela, Croatia. Since 2018, he has also held courses at international music master classes “Ardea” (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Youngmasters Samobor International Young Musician's Summer Class (Croatia). As a soloist and chamber musician, he performed at numerous festivals such as: “Brücken” Festival für Neue Musik in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Days of J.S. Bach in Split — Croatia, Blackheath Series at the Church of the Ascension in London, Escales Musicales Evian, Performing Arts Series in Kansas — USA, Nacht der Komponisten Salzburg, Festival Neue Musik Randspiele Zepernick, Brianza Classica and Les Couleurs de l'Europe festival in Algeria. Particularly noteworthy was Eun-Ha Park's solo performance of “This war” at the 60 Years Hiroshima Peace Concert in Wiener Musikverein.
His frequent concert activities have taken him throughout Europe, the USA, Japan, China, South Korea, Vietnam and Algeria. He had the opportunity to play in such prestigious halls as the Berlin Philharmonic, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Wiener Musikverein, Konzerthaus Berlin, Slovenian Philharmonic, Gasteig Munich, Hanoi Opera House, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, National Center of Performing Arts in Beijing and Salerno Opera House among others. He has released several CDs. One with Trio Susak (flute, saxophone, piano) and the other with flutist Boris Bizjak and pianist Yoko Misumi, presenting music for two flutes and piano, recorded for London record label Hedone records. He has currently recorded 2 CDs of German romantic music for flute with his long-time pianist Minka Popović-Ganev, as well as a live CD from an improvisation concert with pianist Tina Mauko and accordionist Jure Tori. Working to expand his flute repertoire, he not only premiered numerous compositions, most notably from the younger generation of Slavic composers, but also transcribes and arranges classical works from other flute instruments.
He is the founder and artistic director of the International Music Festival “Ursus” in Slovenia.
