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Veton Marevci (born in Karlovac, 1992.) is a Croatian conductor. He studied conducting at the Music Academy of Zagreb with Prof. Uroš Lajovic and Prof. Mladen Tarbuk.
Since 2020. he is working as the conductor of the Choir of the Croatian National Theater in Split. He conducted operas La traviata, Un ballo in maschera, Aida, Turandot, Suor Angelica, The Magic flute and ballets The Nutcracker and Onjegin (Medvedev). He conducted the Split premiere of Cherubini's Requiem in C minor.
He has been collaborating with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra since 2015., beginning as an assistant conductor. At the age of 23, he began a fruitful collaboration by directing two performances of Orff's cantata Carmina Burana. The Zagreb Philharmonic opened its 150th anniversary with a concert conducted by Marevci. To this day he performed more than 10 times with Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 2018, he started to collaborate with the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb. In April of 2018 he had his graduation exam and conducted Puccini's opera La bohème at CNT. CNT Zagreb booked him again in the following season, 2018/19, this time as a conductor of Mozart's The Magic Flute. In this two years he learned a lot from a great conductor Nikša Bareza. Marevci was his assistent for „The flying Dutchman“ by Wagner.
Veton Marevci has collaborated with the Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra. He made his debut as the conductor of this orchestra in 2018. at the Samobor Music Autumn Festival. In the following year he opened Musical Evenings in St. Donat. Croatia Records released Papandopulo's Concert for saxophone and orchestra and Obradović's Bird Concerto for saxophone and orchestra, in which Marevci was a conductor. Since 2016., he has served as an assistant conductor of both the Croatian Radiotelevision Orchestra and the Choir. He has worked on many projects, including his own concerts in the Choir's 'Sfumato' Cycle and the opening of the 44th Osor Musical Evenings.
He also performed with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra, the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra and the Zadar Chamber Orchestra. He is an Artistic Director of the Karlovac Chamber Orchestra for years. From 2013. to 2020. he was an assistant conductor of Croatian choir 'Ivan Goran Kovačić'.
Marevci has participated in masterclasses by Colin Metters and Alun Francis. Next to Ivan Repušić, he is only the second conductor who won the prestigious award of 'Best Young Musician' in his birth country, which the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra assigned to him in 2018. He was one of the sixteen best competitors in the 7th International Competition of Young Conductors Lovro von Matačić. He participated on Ferenc Fricsay Competiton for young conductors in Hungary. He was an assistant conductor/teacher at the Masterclass for the Choir Conductors by the Croatian Cultural Association. From 2022. he collaborates with the Arts Academy in Split.
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