Tuzla Guitar Week Welcome...
Tuzla Guitar Week was founded with the idea of providing guitarists the opportunity to work with outstanding teachers from across Europe and the world during the summer break. It is intended for primary and secondary music school students, university students, as well as amateur guitar enthusiasts who wish to further develop their skills.
This year’s edition will take place from July 13 to 17 and includes four evening concerts, individual masterclasses with renowned professors, group lessons and ensemble playing, structured daily practice sessions, as well as informal gatherings and exchange of experiences. Dietmar Heubner (Germany), esteemed guitar maker will present a workshop dedicated to guitar construction, maintenance, and the proper care of the instrument.
Guest Artists:
- Vojislav Ivanović (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece)
- Darko Karajić (Serbia)
- Adam Marec (Slovakia)
- Sanel Redžić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany)
- Elvis Sivčević (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Neno Munitić (Croatia)
- Guitar students of the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek
Guest Luthier / Special Guest:
- Dietmar Heubner (Germany)
Packages
This year’s participants of Tuzla Guitar Week have three packages available.
- Active participation (4 individual lessons): 235 BAM / 120 EUR
- Active participation (6 individual lessons): 350 BAM / 180 EUR
- Passive participation: 100 BAM / 50 EUR
(All packages exclude accommodation)
Locations
All activities will take place at the Atelje Ismet Mujezinović,
Klosterska bb, 75101 Tuzla – one of the most important cultural venues in the city.
Registration
Participant registration is scheduled for July 13, 2026, starting at 09:00 at the Atelje Ismet Mujezinović in Tuzla.
Application deadline: July 5, 2026
Number of participants is limited.
For all additional questions, please contact us at: [email protected]
We look forward to meeting you!
Why participate?
Work with internationally recognized artists / individual approach / concert experience / inspiring environment
Registration form: LINK
Dear participants, dear audience!
Welcome to Tuzla for Tuzla Guitar Week! I hope that you will feel comfortable in my city and that you will bring new knowledge and beautiful experiences back to your homes from here.
Sanel Redžić
TUZLA GUITAR WEEK Invited guests
Adam Marec
Slovakia
Adam Marec
SlovakiaAdam Marec started studying the guitar in 1996. Between 1998 and 2002 he studied at the Conservatory in Žilina with Dušan Lehotský. After studying under Ján Labant at the Academy of the Arts in Banská Bystrica between 2002 and 2007, he was awarded the Chancellor’s Prize. (Slovak Republic) In 2005 he spent five months at the Conservatorio A. Boito di Parma and Academia del Teatro Cinghio in Parma, Italy. Nowadays, in addition to his concert activities, he is devoted to teaching and he works as a guitar and chamber music tutor at the Conservatory of Ján Levoslav Bella in Banská Bystrica, as well as at the Academy of the Arts in Banská Bystrica and Ján Albrecht’s Academy in Banská Štiavnica.
Darko Karajić
Serbia
Darko Karajić
SerbiaDarko Karajić was born in 1964 in Šabac, Serbia. Before his formal studies, he learned guitar from Dušan Šaponja, Nadežda Kondić, Dušan Bogdanović, and Vera Ogrizović. Karajić has conducted masterclasses in Bar, Belgrade, Banja Luka, Novi Sad, Smederevo, Požarevac, Niš, Loznica, Šabac, Ankara, and other locations. He was the founder of lute studies in both elementary and secondary music schools in Serbia. He is a member of the Association of Music Artists of Serbia, the former Yugoslav Association of Classical Guitarists, and the London Lute Society.
Elvis Sivčević
BiH
Elvis Sivčević
BiHElvis Sivčević started playing classical guitar at the age of 8, and at the age of 15 he became a student of the legendary professor of classical guitar Predrag Stanković at the High School of Music in Tuzla. He continued his education in the Netherlands at the Conservatorium Codarts Rotterdam in the class of Professor Dick Hoogeeven and at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where in 2003 he earned a Bachelor's degree in Guitar in the class of Enno Voorhorst and in 2005 a Master of Music. He performed throughout Europe as a soloist or as a member of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Mediterranean Sundance Ensemble, while his students won a large number of prizes at national and international competitions.
Dietmar Heubner
Germany
Dietmar Heubner
GermanyDietmar Heubner started his career in the eighties in Stuttgart as a carpenter, but soon followed his true passion – making classical guitars. After almost three decades of working in his own workshop in the south of Germany, he moved to Berlin in 2018. There, he makes traditional guitars with contemporary sound aesthetics, which enable performers to develop a very personal and individually shaped tone.
Neno Munitić
Croatia
Neno Munitić
CroatiaPerforming all different styles from classical, jazz to pop and rock on classical and acoustic guitar. In 2002 he won the first absolute prize at 8th International Guitar Competition „Citta di Casarza Ligure“- Italy. Performed at various concerts through Europe as a soloist and a member of various chamber music ensembles. Holder of a variety of prizes by the Croatian Ministry of Education and by International Commissions, “Oscar of science” for brilliant success of his students, with whom he has won more than 200 international prizes and more than 50 competitions. He achieves special recognition for the success of the International guitar festival „Omis guitar fest“ (Croatia) as its founder. He holds the Master classes and acts as a member of jury on numerous International guitar competitions.
Sanel Redžić
BiH, Germany
Sanel Redžić
BiH, GermanySanel Redžić is one of the most virtuosic guitarists of his generation. Known for his varied repertoire and lively performances, he is quickly becoming one of the most important figures on the international guitar scene. Since 2006, he has been constantly performing around the world, both solo and in various chamber ensembles and with orchestras, and has so far delighted the audience and the media at several hundred concerts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Poland, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Italy, France, Netherlands, Great Britain, Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Mexico, Chile, China, Japan, India, Iran and USA. With the famous Bosnian-Herzegovinian band "Divanhana", Sanel constantly collaborates and expands his musical horizons beyond classical music. Evidence of this is numerous joint concerts and sound carriers.
Guitar studens from AAC Osijek
Croatia
Guitar studens from AAC Osijek
CroatiaGuitar students from the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek - Vasilije Rakanović, Ino Pavić and Borna Gernhard - will also perform at this year's Guitar Week Fest in Tuzla. Young artists will present themselves to the audience through a program of classical music, bringing a combination of superb technique, emotion and interpretation of the works of great composers for the classical guitar. Their performance promises a special musical experience for all classical music lovers.
Vojislav Ivanović
BiH, Greece
Vojislav Ivanović
BiH, GreeceBorn in Sarajevo where he started playing guitar at the age of 10. Music of Vojislav Ivanovic, composer and guitarist, is one of astonishing diversity, ranging from contemporary classical and jazz thru fusion and rock to traditional music of the world. His diverse compositional output includes music for solo and accompanied instruments, choral, chamber and orchestral works. World's leading artists have performed his music extensively all over the globe.. In addition to his performance tours, composing and recording, Vojislav Ivanovic is highly sought after at the international festivals and competitions for his teaching and master classes in composition and guitar.