Ivan Vukčević
Ivan Vukčević is the solo viola of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano, Switzerland), a position he has held since 2002. He is also a founder and violist of the internationally renowned Quartetto Energie Nove, with which he has recorded critically acclaimed Janáček and Prokofiev quartets for Dynamic. Since 2012, he has been a Professor of Viola at the International Menuhin Music Academy (Gstaad, Switzerland).
As a soloist, he has performed the most important works from the viola repertoire and his performances have been broadcast throughout the world. Vukčević has appeared as a soloist with ensembles in Australia and Europe, such as the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (Norway), Camerata Menuhin, Camerata Lysy Gstaad (Switzerland), Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra, Chernivtsi Symphony Orchestra (Ukraine) and the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano, Switzerland). With the latter, he has recorded Harold in Italy by Berlioz, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante (with the violinist Klaidi Sahatci) and Bartók’s Viola Concerto under the baton of Alain Lombard.
Vukčević’s orchestral engagements included tenure as a co-principal violist of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (Norway) from 2001 to 2002, and the solo viola position with the Sinfonieorchester Basel in 2008. While a student, he was also regularly a guest violist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Vukčević plays on a rare 1789 Joseph Gagliano viola and a 1991 F. Bissolotti instrument.
