Croatian pianist Vedran Janjanin is an exceptional rising talent. His debut performance at Wigmore Hall in 2023 was warmly received by audiences and earned him a new invitation for a solo recital in 2024.

Janjanin studied at Zagreb Music Academy and at Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest as well as at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Janjanin has received guidance from artists such as Emanuel Krasovsky, Christopher Elton, Kalman Drafi, Dina Yoffe, Jerome Rose, Janos Devich, Eugen Indjic, Wayne Marshall, and Andrei Korobeinikov and has himself taught at the Music School in Varaždin, Croatia. He is the recipient of the prestigious Darko Lukić, Krajanski and St. Euphemia awards.

Janjanin has performed worldwide on stages such as the Stefaniensaal in Graz, Slovenian Philharmonic Hall in Ljubljana, Croatian Music Institute, Church of St. Mary in Oxford, Royal College of Music, and Wigmore Hall in London, and was featured as soloist in orchestras such as the Zagreb Philharmonic, Zagreb Academy Symphony and Croatian Young Musicians Orchestra. In 2016 he went on tour with the Central European Youth Orchestra, conducted by Mo. Mladen Tarbuk.

Janjanin has collaborated with renowned international musicians such as Andrey Gugnin, Sujari Britt, Istvan Balazs, Darija Auguštan, Ivan Krpan, and Jelena Štefanić. Most recently, he played alongside cellist Josephine Knight.

Notable performances include Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto N. 2 with the MA Symphony Orchestra as part of the “Zagreb Classic Open Air” festival and Gershwin’s Piano Concerto with Zagreb Philharmonic at the Lisinski Concert Hall. Janjanin’s performance in a night dedicated to honouring Scriabin was singled out as “excellent” in bringing out the nuanced complexities of the composer (Igor Koruga, Tjedno), while his execution of Rachmaninov’s arrangement of Bach’s Partita, Janjanin achieved the difficult balance of tones in a performance “characterized by airiness . . .  and clarity of melodic lines” (Vedran Lesar, Jeunesses Musicales International).

Upcoming performances include recitals at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb,

the Norwich Chapel Concerts, All Saints Church, Summer Piano Festival at the Royal Academy, and the inaugural season at the new Bechstein Hall. Janjanin currently lives in London.