Egon Mihajlovic

* 1972 in Postojna; harpsichordist and specialist in historic keyboard instruments; studied in Frankfurt am Main; professor of harpsichord and historical performance practice at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. He studied harpsichord and historic keyboard instruments at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main with Harald Hoeren; in 1992 he took his artistic diploma and in 1996 his Konzertexamen. Since 1994 he has appeared as a soloist at European music festivals and in German concert halls. Since 1992 he has worked together with the recorder player Jeremias Schwarzer in concerts, recordings and courses. In 1997 he took over the direction of the Compagnie Fontainebleau, with which he shaped the gala performances for the 250th anniversary of the Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth, Claudio Monteverdi’s “Marian Vespers” in Kotor and gala concerts for the anniversary “300 Jahre Preußen”; as a guest conductor he directed the Zürcher Kammerorchester. For the marc aurel edition he recorded the harpsichord works of Domenico Scarlatti, whose solo sonatas form the focus of his work. In 2002 he was appointed professor and head of the early music department at the Hochschule für Musik in Cetinje and named cultural attaché of the Republic of Montenegro. Three albums connect him with Cybele, and all three were made in duo with the recorder player Jeremias Schwarzer: German Music of the 18th Century with works by Johann Sebastian and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and by Händel (1998), Il Ritratto dell’amore with French music from Hotteterre and Couperin to Roussel, Poulenc and Milhaud (1999), and Vivi felice! with music of the 15th to 18th centuries from Italy, Spain and Dalmatia (2003). On them he is heard on harpsichord, organ and harmonium.