Petrit Ceku in Concert

Petrit Çeku’s exquisite sensibility and expressiveness have attracted and engaged audiences worldwide. He has performed recitals throughout the world and has been a soloist with symphonic orchestras such as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Czech Chamber Philharmonic, Daejeon Philharmonic, State Hermitage Orchestra of St. Petersburg, Pannon Philharmonic and Zagreb Philharmonic. He collaborates regularly with The Zagreb Soloists and is a founding member of Guitar Trio Elogio. Born in Prizren, Kosovo, Çeku lives in Zagreb, Croatia and graduated at the Zagreb Academy of Music in the class of Darko Petrinjak and at the Peabody Institute in the class of Manuel Barrueco. Petrit Çeku teaches Chamber Music for Guitar at The University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria. Hailed by Calgary Herald as “an effortless player, with a strong, projecting sound,” Çeku is the first prize winner of many international guitar competitions, including Parkening (Malibu, USA), Schadt (Allentown, USA), Biasini (Bologna, Italy), and Pittaluga (Alessandria, Italy). His recordings have been released by BuntArt, Cantus, Croatia Records, Naxos and Eudora Records. Çeku’s album The Cello Suites, which includes all six cello suites by J.S Bach was nominated for ICMA Awards. Recording sessions for this album were the subject of documentary film ‘Sarabande’ by the award-winning director Kaltrina Krasniqi. Continuing the collaboration with the filmmaker, Petrit Çeku later composed the original score for her feature film ‘Vera Dreams of the Sea,’ which premiered at the Venice Film Festival 2021.

Towson University guitar graduate, Dr. Chaz Aguado, will conduct his Lake Braddock Guitar Ensemble in a Prelude Performance at 2:15 PM.