Viktor Čižić, Pianist

Projects

  • Serious Ensemble Zagreb

    Serious Ensemble Zagreb
    Ensemble for contemporary music. Leading the ensemble as an artistic director is composer and musicologist Helena Skljarov, whereas my role is as a pianist and at times producer.

    Serious Ensemble Zagreb is an ensemble focused on world premieres, collective improvisation, and the fusion of music, visual art, and theatre. The group consists of young professional musicians and actors who are passionate about contemporary music. Founded in 2023 by Helena Skljarov, who also serves as its artistic director, the ensemble aims to experiment with […]

  • Got Rhythm? – solo piano concert/play

    Got Rhythm? – solo piano concert/play
    Original concert/show/play with music by George Gershwin. I play and act and tell jokes and…

    Got Rhythm? is my original project that combines piano recital and theater, with me doing everything by myself at the piano. Music used is entirely by George Gershwin (Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Cuban Overture, Preludes, Songs), and the theater bit is… Well… Some light stand-up, witty music trivia lessons, musical storytelling and […]

  • Djevojke s rogovima / Girls With Horns

    Djevojke s rogovima / Girls With Horns
    Theater play directed by Kristina Grubiša. I wrote original music and play the piano in the play itself.

    “Girls with Horns” is an original project that brings to the stage a story about female creativity, courage, passion, surrender, and pain. Through the biographies of three great women — Frida Kahlo, Dora Maar, and Mileva Einstein — this performance explores themes of living in the shadow of famous men and the internal conflicts between […]

  • Duo Crn–Bel

    Duo Crn–Bel
    A harpsichord and piano duo. Franjo Bilić on harpsichord, me at the piano, and both of us arranging very old and very new music.

    Duo consisting of harpsichord and piano started literally as a joke, but two seconds later it started to seem that it could work, and moreover – it could be much more interesting than expected. We played some early baroque and renaissance music for two keyboard instruments – which at the time weren’t specified. Seemingly anachronistic, […]