Zoran Dukić
Zoran Dukić (1969) graduated at the Music Academy of Zagreb with Darko Petrinjak and completed his studies with Hubert Käppel at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne. In his "tour de force" competition years (1990-1997) Zoran Dukić is the only guitarist to have won both Andrés Segovia competitions, in Granada and in Palma de Mallorca.
He has also won competitions dedicated to Fernando Sor, Manuel Ponce, Manuel de Falla, Francisco Tárrega among others. In the greatest Spanish guitar competition in Madrid, patronized by the Royal Family, he was awarded, in addition to the first prize, the special prize for the best interpretation of Spanish music.
His programs include works by Takemitsu, Henze, Reily, Carter or Gubaidulina among many others. Dukić has also toured with entire Bach programs.
He also has a special affinity for Spanish and South American musical idiom, from Sor to Albéniz, from Tárrega to Villa-Lobos.
He is currently teaching at the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague and at the Escuela Superior de Musica in Barcelona.