EUROPASSION 2009 - GALA OPENING FEATURING MIHAEL PAAR
Mihael
Paar was particularly honoured
receiving the
invitation to perform at the
Gala opening of the Passion Heritage, distinguished
festival which annually
takes place
shortly before the eve of Easter
in Zagreb and other Croatian cities. The acknowledgment is
even
greater as his festival
collaborator – the famous
Zagreb Quartet
known as the Croatian oldest
chamber
ensemble and
the
oldest active string quartet in the world
-
celebrates
its 90th birthday in the course of
2009. The special
occasion brought us a special
programme feature:
Mozart's Clarinet Quintet K581 saw the light
through
its Croatian Integral
Premiere
and thus was performed on the basset clarinet, with Mihael Paar as the
first Croatian clarinetist ever to do so. The Gala event
took place on March 29 in one of the most beautiful Croatian
baroque churches - The St. Catherine's
in the
historical Zagreb Upper Town.
Passion Heritage Festival is a member of the
Europassion Association since 1998.
