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Davor Mata\u010di\u0107 was born in Vara\u017edin. He enrolled in the Vara\u017edin School of Music at an early age, and began to study piano under Tatjana Majnari\u0107. He graduated from both Vara\u017edin First Grammar School and the Vara\u017edin School of Music (where he majored in piano) under Olimpija Vojvoda.
\nAt the 29th Croatian Competition for Music and Dance Students he won the 1st prize, and as a successful student he represented the Vara\u017edin School of Music at the national television (HRT). He enrolled in the Music Academy in Zagreb under Professor \u0110or\u0111e Stanetti, where he graduated with honours in 2002.
\nAmong many concerts he took part in, some of the most prestigious venues he performed at are: Dubrovnik Summer Festival, the Festival of St. Mark in Zagreb, the Croatian Music Institute in Zagreb. He also performed with the Zagreb soloists at the 34th Vara\u017edin Baroque Evenings.
\nHe has taken numerous master courses with eminent music educators, such as R. Kehrer, S. Benda, L. Baranyay, K. Richter and K. H. K\u00e4mmerling. He has also recorded for the Croatian Radio and Television educational programme.
\nHe has worked at the Vara\u017edin School of Music since 2002 and has achieved remarkable results as a music teacher and piano accompanist. He has also served as a jury member at piano competitions in Croatia, Slovenia, Italy as well as at the prestigious International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition.
\nHe established the Vara\u017edin Woodwind & Brass International Competition and the Tribute to Jurica Murai and Murai Grand Prix International Piano Competition, which, shortly after its founding, joined the prestigious Alink Argerich Foundation. He also serves as the chairman of the Organizing Committee of the two competitions.
\nHe completed his postgraduate studies in International Relations at the Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb, with a thesis on the role of UNESCO in international cooperation.
\nHe is a lecturer at the Music and Media Studies at the University of the North, where he has been working since 2021
\nHe is a member of the Croatian Society for the United Nations. He was a student at the UN Academy organized by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the US Embassy in the Republic of Croatia.
\nHe was appointed to the Vara\u017edin Baroque Evenings Jury on several occasions, and is part of the jury panel of this oldest European festival dedicated to baroque music for three years now. In September 2018, he received the Vara\u017edin County Award on behalf of the Vara\u017edin School of Music for outstanding achievements in the previous year and in the year 2020 he recived the same award for the organisation of Carl Orff\u00b4s Carmina Burana in Vara\u017edin. In May 2022 he participated at the S\u00e9joure culture programe in the organisation of the French Ministry of Culture and the Maisons des Cultures du Monde.
\nBy the decision of His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain, in occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between The Kingdom of Spain and the Republic of Croatia, he was given the Order of Isabella the Catholic in recognition of extraodinary service in promotion of international cultural relations.<\/p>\n
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