Zoran Dukić

Zoran Dukić graduated from 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 has won an astonishing number of competitions, more than any other guitarist in the world. He is the only guitarist to have won both Andrés Segovia competitions, in Granada and in Palma de Mallorca. Showing astounding mastery in a wide variety of musical periods and styles, he has also won competitions dedicated to Fernando Sor, Manuel Ponce, Manuel de Falla and 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, first time awarded to a non-Spaniard. In numerous competitions he was selected by the audience itself for the prize of the people’s choice award, a self-evident testimony to his natural ability to communicate through music.