|
Željko Marasović
Željko Marasović (3 November 1951, Zagreb (Croatia) – 3 August 2021, Los Angeles) was Croatian American pianist, organist and composer of classical and film music. Biography Marasović studied piano with Ivo Maček, organ (music), organ with Vlasta Hranilović and Žarko Dropulić and composition at the Zagreb Academy of Music, where he took degrees in 1974. Later he studied at Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. He received a master's degree in music from the USC Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles. Marasović is considered as one of the most prominent organists of his generation in Croatia, together with Anđelko Klobučar and Hvalimira Bledšnajder, performing also as organist of Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic. Together with Anđelko Klobučar, he is one of just few Croatian organists who performed at organs of Notre-Dame de Paris, Notre-Dame in Paris. He made numerous recordings for label Jugoton between 1974 and 1985, when he moved to Los Angeles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level, above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city had a population of 767,131. The population of the Zagreb urban agglomeration is 1,071,150, approximately a quarter of the total population of Croatia. Zagreb is a city with a rich history dating from Roman Empire, Roman times. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Ščitarjevo. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol, Zagreb, Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851 Janko Kamauf became Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
