Meet the Artists

President

Percussion · Composition

Pedro Rosenthal Campuzano is a percussionist, composer and President of Chamber Philharmonic Rijeka. He began his musical path with piano and percussion, performing in traditional Spanish ensembles, wind orchestras and rock bands from an early age. He studied classical percussion at the Pablo Sarasate Conservatory in Pamplona and at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar, where he later joined Staatskapelle Weimar. He has also performed with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra on major international stages. Since 2018, he has been Principal Percussionist of the Rijeka Symphony Orchestra. Alongside performing and leading artistic projects, he has pursued composition studies at the University of Music and Theatre Munich since 2025.

Vice President

Violin · Piano · Electronic Music

Osman Eyublu (b. 1994, Baku) is a violinist, pianist and artistic creator whose work combines conceptual concert projects with electronic music and interdisciplinary performance. Born in Baku, he studied at the Higher School of Music affiliated with the Moscow Conservatory, received his Bachelor’s degree in violin from the Baku Academy of Music, and completed his Master’s degree at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. His major projects—Study of Human Temperaments (2010), Night Fancies: Caprices and Nocturnes Re-visited (2017/19) and Paradox of Serenity (2023)—connect violin and piano performance with psychological, formal and historical ideas. He also creates music for theatre, dance, film and audiovisual projects.He has collaborated with organisations including Puppenphilharmonie Berlin, Podium Festival and Schallfeld Ensemble.

Cello

Golnar Mohajeri is a cellist from Tehran, Iran, now based in Rijeka. She began her musical studies at the University of Tehran in 2009, performing with the Persian String Ensemble while developing a strong interest in chamber music. In 2011, she moved to Germany to study at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar, where she completed both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.

She has worked with Staatskapelle Weimar and performed with the Jena Philharmonic, Erfurt Theatre Orchestra and Südthüringisches Staatstheater Orchestra. Alongside music, she appeared as an actress in the Iranian drama I Will Be a Myth, directed by Roya Nonahali. She is a member of the orchestra of the Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka and performs in ReVibrant Trio and Chamber Philharmonic Rijeka.

Violin

Anton Kyrylov (b. 1984, Pervomaisk, Ukraine) began violin studies at the age of five. He trained at the Kharkov Special Music School for Talented Children and later at the Kharkov State University of Arts, where he completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees as well as postgraduate study with Professor I. Shapovalov.

A prizewinner of the 2009 Art of the XXI Century International Music Competition in Kyiv, he has appeared as a soloist with orchestras across Ukraine. From 2004 to 2010, he performed with the Kharkiv Philharmonic Orchestra on tours in Spain, Italy and Germany. He then worked as Principal Second Violin at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb and as Assistant Principal Second Violin with the Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra. Since 2015, he has been Concertmaster of the orchestra of the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc in Rijeka, alongside solo, chamber and guest-orchestra work.

Cello

Giovanni Genovese (b. 1995) began studying the cello in Modena and graduated with top honours from the “A. Pedrollo” Conservatory in Vicenza. He continued his studies in Fiesole and at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, alongside international masterclasses with Ulrike Hofmann, Giovanni Gnocchi and Alexander Baillie.

In 2012, he became Principal Cellist of the Italian Youth Orchestra and has also performed with the Orchestra of Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. A committed chamber musician, he has worked in string quartet formations and studied at the academies in Imola and Fiesole. Since 2017, he has been Principal Cellist of the orchestra of the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc in Rijeka. He is a member of Kamov Trio and collaborates with Nuova Orchestra da Camera Ferruccio Busoni as principal cellist and soloist.

Piano · Composition

Juraj Marko Žerovnik (b. 1993, Rijeka) is a pianist and composer. He studied piano and composition in Rijeka, graduating in piano in 2017 and composition in 2018. His studies have also taken him to Karlsruhe, where he worked with Markus Hechtle, Vito Žuraj and Wolfgang Rihm, and to the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, where he completed advanced composition studies with Vito Žuraj from 2020 to 2024.

His music ranges from chamber and orchestral works to opera and music theatre. It has been performed by ensembles including the Zagreb String Quartet, Cantus Ensemble, Slowind Wind Quintet and the Chamber String Orchestra of the Slovenian Philharmonic. His work has been presented in Croatia and internationally, including in Germany, Slovenia, Italy, France, Indonesia and the United States. He currently works as an assistant at the Music Academy of the University of Juraj Dobrila in Pula. In 2024, he received the Milko Kelemen Prize of the Croatian Composers’ Society.

Flute

Lucija Kovačević graduated in flute from the Zagreb Academy of Music in the class of Marina Novak. Her studies have included masterclasses with leading flautists including Emmanuel Pahud, Andrea Oliva, Luisa Sello and Jean-Claude Gérard, as well as an Erasmus+ semester at the Giuseppe Tartini Conservatory in Trieste with Luisa Sello.

She has appeared as a soloist with the Rijeka Symphony Orchestra, the Croatian Armed Forces Orchestra and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2023, she received First Prize and a special award for the best performance of a work by a Slovak composer at the International Flute Competition in Bratislava. Since 2018, she has been Principal Flutist of the Rijeka Symphony Orchestra.

Oboe

Antonio Haller (b. 1994, Rijeka) studied at the Ivan Matetić Ronjgov Music School and graduated in oboe from the Music Academy in Zagreb in 2019, in the class of Branko Mihanović. His work has been recognised with awards at national and international competitions, several Rector’s Awards, and the City of Samobor and Croatian Composers’ Society Prize at the Ferdo Livadić Competition in 2021.

Since 2020, he has been Principal Oboist of the Rijeka Symphony Orchestra at the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Rijeka Symphony Orchestra, Zagreb Soloists and Collegium musicum Fluminense; recent highlights include Richard Strauss’s Oboe Concerto and Antonio Pasculli’s La Favorita with the Rijeka Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of the Rijeka Wind Trio and Rijeka Wind Quintet, and has taught oboe at the Ivan Matetić Ronjgov Music School in Rijeka since 2019.

Clarinet · Composition

Toni Kranjac (b. 1997, Rijeka) began his musical education in Labin and later studied clarinet at the Zagreb Academy of Music with Milko Pravdić. He has received prizes at national and international competitions, including First Prizes at the Woodwind & Brass Competition, HDGPP and the Papandopulo Young Musicians Competition.

A committed chamber musician, he co-founded Histriatria, an ensemble exploring original music, improvisation and Istrian musical heritage. His work also includes studies in jazz and conducting. He is Principal Clarinetist of the Rijeka Opera Orchestra at the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc and teaches clarinet and saxophone in Labin.

French Horn

Alessandro Saraconi began studying the French horn at the age of eight. He graduated from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome in 1993 and completed further studies in chamber music in 1999, working with musicians including Alessio Allegrini and Radovan Vlatković.

From 2003 to 2014, he was First Horn of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma. His orchestral work has included Teatro Massimo Bellini, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and the San Carlo Theatre, under conductors including Zubin Mehta, Antonio Pappano and Kirill Petrenko. Since 2019, he has been Principal French Horn of the HNK Orchestra in Rijeka; in December 2024, he was appointed First Horn of the HRT Symphony Orchestra in Zagreb. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Vienna Musikverein and the Berlin Philharmonie, recorded for Naxos, Brilliant and Sony, and collaborated with Ennio Morricone and Nicola Piovani on soundtrack recordings.

Bassoon

Eva Fritz (b. 1999) studied bassoon in Krško before continuing at the Zagreb Academy of Music with Žarko Perišić and Matko Smolčić, graduating cum laude in 2023. During an Erasmus exchange at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, she studied with David Seidel and Bernhard Krabatsch.

She has received prizes in solo and chamber competitions, including three First Prizes at TEMSIG and First Prize at the Papandopulo Competition in Zagreb in 2025. Her performance experience includes the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, appearances as a soloist with the Zagreb Philharmonic, and chamber work with the Tromeja Wind Quartet in Graz. In 2023, she held the position of Principal Bassoonist of the orchestra of the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc in Rijeka; since 2024, she has been a permanent member of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra.

Piano, Composer

Cello

Paola Genovese (b. 1992, Zadar) began cello studies at the Blagoje Bersa Music School in Zadar and graduated from the Music Academy in Zagreb in 2016, in the class of Krešimir Lazar. Her further development has included chamber-music festivals and masterclasses with leading cellists in Croatia and abroad.

In 2016, she received Second Prize at the national HDGPP Competition. Since 2014, she has been a permanent member of the Zadar Chamber Orchestra and has appeared with it as a soloist. Her orchestral work has also included the Zagreb Philharmonic, Croatian Chamber Orchestra, Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb and Nuova Orchestra da Camera Ferruccio Busoni. Since 2017, she has been a tutti cellist in the orchestra of the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc in Rijeka.

Viola

Ecem Eren (b. 1998, İzmir, Turkey) began her studies at Bilkent University and graduated with High Honours from Hacettepe University’s Ankara State Conservatory. She continued at the Conservatorio Tartini in Trieste through Erasmus+ and completed Bruno Giuranna’s Advanced Viola Course at the Stauffer Academy in Cremona in 2024.

Her orchestral experience includes the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra and the FVG Orchestra, alongside masterclasses with Simone Gramaglia, Atilla Aldemir and Alexander Zemtsov. From 2021 to 2025, she performed with the New Era Quartet, which received prizes including the 2023 Giulio Rospigliosi and 2024 Lilian Caraian awards and toured in France, Montenegro and Vienna. She currently pursues a second Master’s degree in Chamber Music at the Conservatorio Tartini while working at the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc in Rijeka.

Clarinet

Michele Fabbrica is a clarinetist and First Clarinet of the orchestra of the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc in Rijeka. He completed his Master’s degree with highest honours at the Bruno Maderna Conservatory in 2021, in the class of Piero Vincenti, and continued his artistic development in Rome with Calogero Palermo.

In 2017, he was selected by the Italian Chamber of Deputies as a conservatory student distinguished in international competitions and was recognised by its then President, Laura Boldrini. In 2021, he won the Clarinet category of the National Prize of the Arts, organised by Italy’s Ministry of University and Research; he later appeared on RAI 1 in connection with the award. His competition prizes include the Saverio Mercadante, Città di Carlino, Young Virtuosos of Sofia, Ciro Scarponi, Giacomo Mensi and Marco Fiorindo competitions.

Oboe

Višnja Stapić (b. 1999, Split) began playing the oboe at the Josip Hatze Music School and graduated from the Music Academy in Zagreb in 2023, in the class of Branko Mihanović. Her awards include prizes at Daleki Akordi, HDGPP and Varaždin Woodwind & Brass, and she has studied in masterclasses with Ramón Ortega, Ivan Podyomov, Tilmann Zahn and Bram Nolf.

She has also received Rector’s Awards for her work in the opera productions Cinderella, Animal Farm and Amphitryon. Since the 2021/22 season, she has collaborated with the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc in Rijeka, where she is now employed. Her freelance work has included Komedija Theatre, HNK Split, the Croatian Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Cantilly and festivals including the St. Mark’s Festival. She has also taught at the Zlatko Grgošević and Vatroslav Lisinski Music Schools.

Percussion

Marco Viel began studying percussion at the age of thirteen at the Giuseppe Tartini Conservatory in Trieste, graduating with top honours in 2019 under Fabian Perez Tedesco. He continued his training with Koen Wilmaers, Carlo Willems and Aiyun Huang at institutions including the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp and the University of Toronto.

His work spans solo, chamber and orchestral performance, and he has received First Prizes at competitions including Premio De Cecco and the National Arts Award. In 2018, he co-founded the Viel–Boaro Percussion Duo, which has received awards including the Lilian Caraian Prize. He has performed with the Teatro Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra, FVG Orchestra and the orchestra of the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc in Rijeka.

Violin

Giuditta Rossi graduated from the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence in 1998, studying violin with Christine Geissmann and Roberto Michelucci, and later with Andrea Tacchi and Francesco Manara. Her chamber-music training included work with Piero Farulli and the Milan Trio.

Since 2001, she has performed with orchestras including Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Teatro La Fenice and the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, where she was First Violin from 2007 to 2014. She has recorded for Naxos, Brilliant and Sony, and appeared in venues including La Scala, Carnegie Hall and the Vienna Musikverein under conductors such as Carlo Maria Giulini, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Lorin Maazel and Riccardo Chailly. Since 2020, she has performed with the HNK Orchestra in Rijeka.