ArtLink – Société Générale Most Promising Young Music Artist Award for 2014
Belgrade City Hall,
12 December 2014,
at 19.00 hours
The New Years’ concert of ArtLink – Société Générale Young Talents’ Cycle was held at Belgrade City Hall on 12 December at 19h with the official conferring of the ArtLink – Société Générale Most Promising Young Music Artist Award for 2014. The Artistic Director of ArtLink, pianist, Ms Jovanka Višekruna Janković and the president of the Société Générale Bank Serbia Executive Bard, Mr Frederic Coin, presented the award to the winner of ArtLink – Société Générale Most Promising Young Music Artist Award for 2014 to 17 years old violinist David Horvat.
David Horvat started playing the violin at the age of seven in Music school for specially gifted children in Ćuprija, Serbia. He won many national and international competitions including the First prize at the Kocijan competition in the Czech Republic. He was the first child from Serbia who passed the exam at the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School for music talents in London. Receiving the scholarship, David became the student of prof. Nataša Bojarski. He performed in Sweden, the Netherlands with Het Brabants Orkest – Eindhoven as the youngest soloist ever, in Switzerland and in Serbia. David regularly performs in the Royal Albert Hall as a part of his training.
ArtLink, together with their exclusive sponsor Société Générale, will provide a first professional CD for David, support the artist in his future professional engagements and help him build his professional career through public promotions, continued media coverage, tailored performances and other selected international professional engagements.
ArtLink – Société Générale The Most Promising Young Artist Award is an excellent example of an inspiring partnership between art and business sectors on a high-quality art project that serves as a role model of the concept that relies on the sustained investment into, and the unrelenting support of talented individuals.
The newly founded ArtLink Chamber Orchestra was also presented at the concert performing with the best young soloists of the ArtLink – Société Générale Young Talents’ Cycle.
