Anđela Jerkunica (CRO)

Anđela Jerkunica was born in Split, where she resides today. She grew up surrounded by music (her father was an opera singer, and her brother Marin Jerkunica is a guitarist), and she remembers the sound of the guitar since early childhood. She started playing the guitar at the age of seven. She finished high school as a student of professor Mario Peručić, and she graduated from the Academy of Music in Zagreb, where she studied under professor Ante Čagalj. She continued her professional development by studying under professor Goran Listeš at “Visoka škola za glazbenu umjetnost ‘Ino Mirković’” in Lovran, and attending numerous seminars and workshops held by prominent guitar pedagogues from Croatia and abroad (Z. Dukić, A. Desiderio, P. Steidl, D. Petrinjak, M. Brčić, I. Romer, A. Vidović, C. Marchione, X. Sahatxija, C. Cotsiolis, L. Kuropaczewski, D. Karajić, P. Ceku, D. Ivanović, etc.).

In 2001 she received the Annual award from the Croatian association of music and dance pedagogues for her success in the field of music education throughout the years. Her students have won prestigious awards in Croatia and abroad.

She realizes her love for music through several chamber music ensembles, and since 2009 she has been a member of the “Amicorde guitar trio”.

She is a regular member of the jury at regional and international competitions and is a lecturer at seminars and masterclasses. She is a member of the Croatian association of guitar pedagogues, and since 2011 she has been a member of the Croatian professional exam Committee. She has participated in the organization of the international competition for young musicians ‘Daleki akordi’ for many years. She is head of the Inter-county professional council of guitar teachers. In 2016 she was promoted to teacher mentor, and in 2021 to teacher advisor.

She currently works as a teacher at the Josip Hatze Music School in Split, where she has also been head of the guitar, mandolin, and harp department since 2009.