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| Croatian born Rudolf Matz (1901-1988) began work on what would become his First Years of Violoncello in the early 1940-s, and he would continue to expand, revise, and make more complete this monumental undertaking for the next 45 years. His interest and experience as a teacher, performer, composer and author informed the content of these of these technical exercises, etudes, and concert pieces, as did his early life experience as a competitive sprinter and his later interest in and study of anatomy, physiology, and ergonomics. |
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G2 Meeting Second Generation, November 14 and 15, 2024
| The largest, best, and longest-running business networking conference between Croatia and the diaspora - MEETING G2 - will take place on November 14 and 15, 2024, at the Westin Hotel in Zagreb, the right place to connect, meet Croats from all over the world, and meet 10 top award winners. Hear their success stories, their love for the homeland, get inspired, and realize your full potential! On the photo - Mara Vitols Hrgetić. Since 2015 she and her husband Josip Hrgetić, they organize annualbusiness meetings for Croatia and its diaspora. |
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Helen Merrill aka Jelena Ana Milcetic, one of the most distinctive jazz singers ever
| Helen Merrill, distinguished Croatian-American jazz singer, was born in New York in 1929 as Jelena Ana Milčetić. Her both parents are from Croatia, originating from the island of Krk. Accorading to Joao Moreira dos Santos, she is one of the most distinctive jazz singers ever. Her music production i senormous, including also songs that she sung in Italian, Japanese, French, and her native Croatian languages. Some of the melodies that she sung in Croatian are "Kyrie" (glagolitic church song), "Tanac" (Dance, from the island of Krk in Croatia), and "Ti si rajski cvijet" (You are a heavenly flower). |
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Mario Viscovich: Punat ugostio pjesnike Hrvatske izvandomovinske lirike (HIL)
 | Ljeto, more, poezija i gitara sljubili su se na dvadesetčetvrtom susretu pjesnika "Hrvatske izvandomovinske lirike" (HIL), koji je održan u Puntu, otok Krk od 14. do 17. lipnja o.g. Pokrovitelji susreta su bili Općina i TZ Punat, Grad Krk i TZ Krk, Hrvatska matica iseljenika Podružnica Rijeka, Triglav studio apartmani i hostel Kantun. Organizator programa i utemeljitelj pjesničkih susreta HIL-a gospodin Mario Viscovich osmislio je bogat sadržaj pjesnicima HIL-a koji su stigli iz brojnih država od Australije do Amerike. |
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Anica Markov - A Dalmatian Girl from Two Continents
| "A Dalmatian girl from two continents" is an autobiographical book in which the author describes her untypical life from her birth up to her adulthood. She was born in Split, Croatia as the fourth child in a well-to-do family. However, due to political reasons, her parents decided to emigrate when she was 15. She loved Croatia and her life there, and she hated to emigrate. The book illustrates some memories of her childhood in various cities of Croatia. Then she continues describing her adulthood in a refugee camp in Italy, emigration to Chile and finally to Venezuela where the family settled. However, her love for Croatia was always present in her life. |
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Yoko Nishii Japanese pianist touring Croatia, Hungary, and BiH in 2024
| In Sptember 2024, Yoko Nishii had a series of three concerts: in Vukovar, Osijek, and Vinkovci. She even delivered a public lecture in Vinkovici, dealing with Croatian-Japanese ties. She also had concerts in Budapest (at the Embassy of Japan, but with mixed Japanese, Hungarian and Croatian programs), as well as in Mostar in BiH, and in Zagreb. During her rich pianist career, Yoko Nishii had as many as 61 soloist concerts in 26 Croatian cities. She had her first concert in 1999, in the city of Opatija on Croatia coast. |
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Epidaurus Festival in Cavtat organized in 2024 by Ivana Marija Vidovic
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Esperanto connecting Croatia globally
 | Croatian Esperanto literature has its beginnings since 1908. Croatian Esperanto-League (KEL, Kroata Esperanto-Ligo, Hrvatski espernatski savez) was founded in Zagreb in 1909. Many Croatian literary books have been translated into various languages worldwide due to their translations into Esperanto. Especially interesting are translations into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Bengali, and Parsi languages. So, for example, children of Bengal can read Strange Adventures of Apprentice Hlapić by Ivana Brlić Mažuranić due to its translation from Croatian into Esperanto. On the photo - Mrs. Spomenka Štimec, former president of KEL. |
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Nenad Sestan distinguished Croatian expert in neuroscience, comparative medicine, genetics, and psychiatry
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Croatian Library for the Blind in Zagreb visited by Joginder Singh Nijjar and Jane Sha
 | Mr. Jogdiner Singh Nijjar, president of the Croatian-Indian Society in Zagreb, accompanied with Jane Sha and Darko Žubrinić, have visited the Croatian Library for the Blind in Zagreb. Except of the library, this institution contains a printing house for the needs of blind persons. The building where the library is placed contains also The Blind Theatre Company "New Life" (the oldest blind theatre company in Europe! Founded in 1948), the Typhlological Museum, Radio Club, Chess Club, as well as Sports Club for the blind persons. On the photo: tamburitza orchestra consisting of blind children.
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