Amazing Petrit Çeku plays Schubert's Serenade - Ständchen

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Franz Schubert
Ständchen
Serenade

Petrit Çeku, guitar

Arr. Johann Kaspar Mertz

This clip is part of Live Stream BEETHOVENplus benefit festival
for Croatian music institute 16th september 2020
apologise for street and audience noise

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Petrit Çeku is a renowned classical guitarist, born in Prizren, Kosovo, on June 2, 1985. He began playing guitar at the age of six, inspired by his father. He later studied in Zagreb, Croatia, at the "Pavao Markovac" music school, and went on to graduate from the Music Academy in Zagreb in Darko Petrinjak's class in 2008. From 2009 to 2013, he continued his studies with Manuel Barrueco at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, USA. Çeku is currently based in Zagreb.

Petrit Çeku is highly acclaimed and has won numerous prestigious awards at international guitar competitions:
* Top Prizes at Major Competitions: He is a top prize winner at some of the most esteemed international guitar competitions, including:
* 2012 Parkening International Guitar Competition, Malibu, California (First Prize)

* 2011 Allentown Symphony Schadt String Competition, Allentown, Pennsylvania (First Prize)

* 2011 Maurizio Biasini International Guitar Competition, Bologna, Italy (First Prize)

* 2007 Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition, Alessandria, Italy (First Prize)

* 2005 Ferdo Livadic Competition, Samobor, Croatia, for Best Concert Performance

* 2004 Andres Segovia International Competition for Young Guitarists, Velbert, Germany

* 2004 Emilio Pujol Competition, Sassari, Italy

* 2003 All Croatia Competition, Dubrovnik, Croatia

* 2003 Anna Amalia Guitar Competition, Weimar, Germany

* Other Significant Awards:

* 2012 JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition, Buffalo, New York (Audience Favorite and Musicians Favorite Honors, Second Prize overall)

* 2008 Zagreb Philharmonic, Best Young Musician of the Year, Zagreb, Croatia

* 2005 Ivo Vuljevic Best Young Musician of the Year Award

* Discography: Çeku's debut CD was released in 2008 on the Naxos label. In 2016, he released a recording of J.S. Bach's complete cello suites, arranged by Valter Dešpalj, under the Spanish label Eudora.

* Performances: He has performed extensively in solo recitals and as a soloist with various symphony orchestras across Europe and America, including the Baltimore Symphony, Czech Chamber Philharmonic, State Hermitage Orchestra of St. Petersburg, and the Zagreb Philharmonic.

* Teaching: He regularly teaches at the Polish Guitar Academy and the Young Masters Samobor Festival.