Canadian violinist Marc Djokic is the concertmaster of the Orchestre classique de Montréal and co-founder of the multidisciplinary ensemble ART CRUSH | Ensembl’arts. He is a Mécénat Musica Prix Goyer recipient, Prix Opus laureate and winner of the 2020 ECMA Classical Recording of the Year for his debut album Solo Seven. His next solo album, Solo Eight, will be released in 2024 by ATMA Classique. His recent albums include an Analekta recording Piazzolla: Port of Call. Buenos Aires, and a Centrediscs recording of three Canadian double concertos, Shadow & Light.
An accomplished chamber musician, Djokic has toured Canada and internationally several times with organizations including BC Contact, Jeunesses Musicales, and Debut Atlantic. Recent international highlights include chamber music tours to several cities in France and Switzerland. As a soloist Djokic has performed with orchestras such as the Orchestre classique de Montréal, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, and the Orchestre symphonique de Québec.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Djokic grew up in a large musical family. He first and foremost studied with his father Philippe Djokic, one of Canada’s great soloists and a pupil of violin pedagogue Ivan Galamian. He performs on a rare 1740 Guarnerius violin, a 1927 Carl Becker and a 1922 Hannibal Fagnola and enjoys choosing the right violin for the occasion. 1922 Hannibal Fagnola. Djokic will be premiering the violin concerto written for him by Robert Rival, Under the Shadow of the Cypresses, throughout 2022–2024 in a multi-city tour with several orchestras.
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“Astonishing… a certain inevitable perfection to his playing, as if he could not make an error or fail to deliver a single nuance to a note. Christopher Bergland, an ultrarunner, calls it superfluidity: “… a state of performing with zero friction, zero viscosity, and superconductivity — it is a state of absolute harmony and endless energy.” That’s the zone where Djokic was, stepping squarely into it each time he picked up his bow.” The Buzz, PEI
“..du violon de haut niveau. L’héritage musical est là, évident à chaque instant: dans le sens rythmique, dans le phrasé naturel, dans la sonorité égale…” – Claude Gingras, La Presse
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