The Zadar Chamber Orchestra, in the form of a string quartet, will perform at the Hvar Theatre on Saturday, 21 November 2026, starting at 20:00. The concert is part of the Dalmatian Concert Series, and tickets are available online via Adriaticket.
The quartet comprises four Croatian musicians. Marco Graziani and Ankica Šoša Graziani play the violin, Lucija Brnadić the viola, and Branimir Pustički the cello.
Marco Graziani was born in Rijeka in 1988. He graduated in violin at the Academy of Music in Zagreb and also studied under Professor Leonid Sorokow. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Croatia and abroad, winning numerous awards, including the Judita, Ivo Vuljević and Stjepan Šulek prizes. He is a docent at the Academy of Music in Zagreb and concertmaster of the Zadar Chamber Orchestra.
Ankica Šoša Graziani was born in Zadar in 1988. She graduated in violin at the Academy of Music in Zagreb under Professor Maja Dešpalj-Begović. She has performed as a soloist and as a member of chamber ensembles and international orchestras, and is a permanent member of the Zadar Chamber Orchestra. Since 2015, she has taught violin at the Rudolf Matz Music School in Zagreb.
Lucija Brnadić graduated in violin and viola at the Academy of Music in Zagreb. She is the first violinist of the Zagreb Philharmonic, regularly collaborates with the Zagreb Soloists, the Zadar and Varaždin Chamber Orchestras, and the Cantus ensemble, and is a long-standing member of the award-winning Porin String Quartet.
Branimir Pustički was born in Zagreb in 1981. He graduated in cello at the Academy of Music in Zagreb under Professor Valter Dešpalj, and continued his studies in Vienna and Norway. He performs as a soloist and chamber musician with leading Croatian and international orchestras and at prestigious music festivals. He is the principal cellist of the Croatian Radio Television Symphony Orchestra and a docent at the Academy of Music in Zagreb.
The concert programme includes Schubert's String Quartet No. 13 in A minor and Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 3 in F major.
