Ivo Macek occupied a significant place in 20th century Yugoslavian musical life as a pianist and educator. The Intermezzo is among his most poetic early miniatures, and the expressively wide-ranging Theme and Variations is one of his most inventive pieces. His 1985 Sonata is the most elaborate and imposing of his solo piano works while the 1980 Violin Sonata typifies the increasing sophistication and poise of his later style.

Goran Filipec studied at the Academy Ino Mirkovich, Croatia, the Cologne Musikhochschule, the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He has performed at some of the most prestigious concert halls of Europe, including the Auditorium di Milano, the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Budapest Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, and Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, as well as in Japan, South America and the USA. He is a laureate of several piano competitions, including the Concorso Internazionale Franz Liszt – Premio Mario Zanfi (Italy), Concurso de Piano Parnassos (Mexico) and the José Iturbi International Music Competition (USA) among others.

The violinist Silvia Mazzon earned her master’s degree with Prof Ilya Grubert at the Conservatorium Van Amsterdam in 2013. She has won a number of competitions, including Stresa, Val Tidone, Luigi Nono, Zinetti, Vittorio Veneto and Società Umanitaria, and has appeared in concerts and recitals throughout Italy and abroad. Since 2009 she has been a member of I Filarmonici di Roma, serving also as a soloist, and she teaches at the Achille Peri Istituto Musicale Pareggiato.