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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685. - 1750.)

Toccata (and Fugue) in D minor, BWV 565

Hvalimira Bledšnajder, organ
Instrument: Walcker (1855)
Zagreb Cathedral, 28. V. 2017.

Hvalimira Bledšnajder (Zagreb, 27.IX.1947.) is Croatian organist and pianist, currently on position as titular organist of Zagreb Cathedral. After graduation at "Pavao Markovac" Music School in Zagreb (in class of Maša Majer), she continued her studies at Music Academy in Zagreb; piano with Petar Dumičić (student of Alfred Cortot), organ with Vlasta Hranilović (student of Franjo Lučić) and Anđelko Klobučar (student of André Jolivet), a brother of conductor Berislav Klobučar, and harmony with Natko Devčić (student of Franjo Dugan (Max Reger's student), and Svetislav Stančić (student of Ferruccio Busoni)). After she graduated as concert pianist and organist in 1972, she continued her education with famous Fernando Germani (student of Ottorino Respighi) at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, where she perfected her pedal technique and gained delicate registration skills.

In the early 1970s, after several solo recitals she gave in Zagreb Cathedral, she started to perform duty of deputy organist and assistant of Anđelko Klobučar, main cathedral organist whose position she succeeded as main titular organist in 1987 until today! Maestro Klobučar (also a composer) dedicated several compositions for organ to her as a token of respect.
She also worked as permanent church organist of St. Joseph Church for more than four decades and organist of St. Blaž Church in Zagreb for one decade.

She continued her international career in Slovenia, Austria, Germany, France, Switzerland and Netherlands as concert organist. As a soloist, she has played at many international music festivals, churches and concert halls, such as "Europaeische Kirchenmusik", "Orgelmusik in Domkirche-Wien", "Organ of the Zagreb Cathedral", "Varaždin Baroque Evenings", "Osor Musical Evenings", "Heferer Organs", "Požega Organ Evenings", "Hvar Summer Concerts", "Organ of St. Mark's Church in Zagreb", "Vatroslav Lisinski" Concert Hall...
In chamber ensembles, she performed with artists as Ruža Pospiš Baldani (mezzosoprano), Josip Klima (violinist), Ivanka Boljkovac (soprano), Ljiljana Molnar Talajić (soprano), Branka Oblak-Stilinović (soprano), Dubravka Šeparović Mušović (mezzosoprano), Želimir Puškarić (tenor), as well as permanent piano and organ accompanist of several choirs ("Ivan Goran Kovačić" Male Vocal Ensemble, "Zagreb Doctor's Choir", "Zagreb Cathedral Mixed Choir", etc.).
She made several recordings for labels Jugoton (later Croatia Records) and "Sacred Music", both as soloist, accompanist in sacred music and with her early music ensemble "Syntagma musicum", where she played positive, portative organ and harpsichord.

Her organ repertoire consists of works from renaissance and baroque period up to contemporary composers, with a special affinty for late romantic and modern French composers (Dupré, Duruflé, Franck, Langlais, Dubois, Boëllmann, Widor, Hakim...) and modern Croatian authors (Dugan, Kolb, Vidaković, Odak, Klobučar, Njirić, Magdić, Lešćan...). As claimed by herself, she never gave a recital without playing at least one composition by Anđelko Klobučar, the professor whom she was most grateful for.
In her long career, she especially emphasizes her playing at the liturgical celebration in Marija Bistrica during the visit of Pope John Paul II. to Croatia in 1998.

Apart from concert career and contribution to liturgical celebrations, she left an enormous impact in musical pedagogy in Croatia. She worked as assistant professor (docent) of organ at "Albe Vidaković" Church Music Institute (1973 - 2008) as well as organ and piano professor at "Pavao Markovac" Music School in Zagreb (1973 - 2013). In those four decades, she raised many students and several prominent organists, always imparting them her knowledge of pedal technique and registration, until her retirement in 2013. As a member of "Organum" organological society, she held several masterclasses and courses as part of the Organ Summer School in Šibenik (Croatia).
Hvalimira Bledšnajder was appointed by the Croatian Episcopal Conference in the Professional Organ Protection Trust of the Cultural Heritage Directorate of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia. She was often invited to play at the formal collaudation concerts of new or renewed organs in Croatia and abroad.