Eight graduation concerts marking the end of the first year of the postgraduate studies at the Koblenz International Guitar Academy were held on Friday, the 18th of December. The concerts featured numerous guitarists from Russia, Italy, the USA, Spain, England, Turkey and Croatia. The appointed examination committee consisted of some of the world's most famous guitarists - Hubert Käppel (Germany), Aniello Desiderio (Italy), Dale Kavanagh (Canada), Goran Krivokapić (Montenegro), Günter Schillings (Germany) and Alexander S. Ramirez (Peru).

Petar was given the highest possible grade, 1.0, and the critiques which followed the concert were truly excellent. Professors pointed out that Petar already has everything he needs to be one of the world’s best guitarists – great technique, musicality, tone and the way of thinking. Most listeners admitted that this has been one of the best concerts they have ever attended, particularly referring to the compositions: Rossinianne No. 3 by Mauro Giuliani, Drei Tentos by W. Henze and Petar’s own composition M whose mystique and musicality really delighted the audience. Thanks to this amazing performance on the 22nd of May, 2010 in Koblenz  Petar will play as a soloist with the Rheinische Philharmonie performing the most popular guitar concert - Concierto de Aranjuez!

The first international guitar competition organized by the Poreč Public College and the Elementary Music School 'Slavko Zlatić' took place in the town of Poreč in the period from 12th to 14th November with about fifty participants in four different categories. Students from the class of Petar Čulić achieved noticeable results:

Daria Shafie (Elementary Music School Lovro pl. Matačić)- the 1st prize, I category
Iva Lukin (Music School Makarska)- the 1st prize, III category
The Omiš Guitar Quartet (Elementary Music School Lovro pl. Matačić) – the 1st prize, IV category
Josip Vrkić (Elementary Music School Lovro pl. Matačić)- the 2nd prize, II category

In the period from 2nd to 5th December Opatija hosted the National chamber music competition  which took place in the Palace-Bellevue Hotel and was organized by Mirković Music School.
The competition for music students was divided into several categories: piano duets (5 categories), piano for 6 and more hands (1 category), other chamber ensembles (duets, trios, quartets and ensembles with 5 to 12 members).

The Omiš Guitar Quartet featuring Marko Ćurlin, Mate Spain, Ante Bakota and Frane Miljak from the Elementary Music School Lovro pl. Matačić won the first prize in the first category.

The final concert of the competition took place in the Palace-Bellevue Hotel on Saturday, the 5th of December, beginning at 7 p.m.

Adris Foundation has awarded more than 3 million kn for 40 projects and 28 scholarships

Adris Foundation, the largest corporative foundation in this part of Europe which promotes and encourages innovation and quality in scientific and artistic work, financially supports students and young scientists, protects and promotes Croatian originality, strengthens ecological awareness and gives help to the most needy in the Croatian society.

As a part of projects ‘Knowledge and discovery’, ‘Creation’, ‘Ecology and heritage’ and ‘Goodness’, more than 2 million and 300, 000 kunas and numerous scholarships were awarded to students of all age groups – high school students, pregraduate and graduate students as well as students at postgraduate studies. This is the third year since the Foundation was established, and it has donated almost 14 million kunas. ‘We hope that our donations will improve and enable better conditions for the realisation of these projects, plans and ideas, which will inevitably bring progress to the Croatian society as a whole’, says Zvonimir Mareković from Adris Foundation.

The scholarship-winning students were, of course, the happiest ones. 'I am delighted that they recognized my efforts. In any case, this scholarship will help me finance the further course of my studies. That means that my postgraduate studies will be followed by M.A. and Ph.D.studies, so there's a lot of work in front of me. There are many goals, but the most important thing is that I keep listening to my heart and myself and keep playing for myself and other people', says Petar Čulić, one of the scholarship-winning students. 'I travel a lot from another town and to diferent competitions and seminars, and this financial support means a lot to me. I will probably spend the money on that', Roland Grlica, another scholarship-winning student, added.

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