Alen Kopunović Legetin will perform a solo concert in the Cathedral of St. Anastasia. In his performance this summer evening, the sounds of the toccata to which this concert is dedicated will resound throughout the cathedral.

He received his primary and secondary music education in Subotica (he graduated from the theory and piano departments), and graduated in 1997 from the Academy of Music in Zagreb, in the class of Prof. Ljerka Očić. During his studies, he was the permanent organist of the Boys' Seminary Church in Šalata and the organist of the Church of St. Mark in the Upper Town in Zagreb. During his studies, he was awarded the Rector's Award of the University of Zagreb. In the academic year 1998/1999, he studied at the famous Mozarteum University in Salzburg, in the class of Prof. Elisabeth Ullmann, and in 2004/2005 at the Pontifical Institute for Church Music in Rome, majoring in liturgical music, with Maestro Valentin Miserachs, and organ with Maestro Fr. Theo Flury. From 1999 to 2016, he worked as an organist and choirmaster at the Church of St. Lawrence in Požega, pontifical choirmaster and organist at the cathedral, artistic director of the Požega Organ Evenings and conductor of the HKUD Vijenac Požega. From February 2017 to September 2020, he was organist and choirmaster at the parish of Blagovijesti – Naveztenja Gospodinova in Zagreb. He is an organist and choirmaster at the parish of St. Maximilian Kolbe on Bijenik in Zagreb. He often performs as a soloist or with the orchestras Zadar Chamber Orchestra and HV Orchestra, HRT Orchestra, Varaždin Chamber Orchestra, Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra.

He has participated in numerous festivals: Organ concert in the Black Church of Brasov - Romania, he performed in Spain at the International Organ Festival in Madrid, Zagreb Summer Festival, Musical Evenings in St. Donatus, Rab Evenings, Varaždin Baroque Evenings, Požega Organ Evenings, Osor Musical Evenings, Makarska Cultural Summer, St. Mark's Festival, the Heferer Organ concert series, Ars Organi Sisciae, Organum Histriae, Munich Cathedral, St. Stephen's and St. Matthias Basilicas in Budapest, Am Hof ​​Church in Vienna, almost all Croatian cathedrals, Cathedrals in Kotor, Belgrade, Subotica, St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, in St David's Concert Hall in Wales.

He also performs as an accompanist and chamber musician with instrumentalists and vocal soloists, and has a successful collaboration with the male klapa Stine and Leggero, for which he arranges and composes. He also composes liturgical and spiritual music (masses, motets, psalms). He is the artistic director of the vocal-instrumental ensemble Capella Lignum of the Festival Ensemble of the Sancta Barbara Wooden Chapel Festival. He is a member of the Fiat lux trio with Josipa Lončar, soprano, and Dario Teskera, trumpeter. In collaboration with Davor Ljubić, he founded the Organ Duo VOLUNTAS - their program includes arrangements for 4 hands and 4 legs. He was a member of the jury of county and national organ competitions.

In 1998, he was awarded the Antuš Award in Subotica for promoting the culture of the Bačka Croats. In 2010, he was presented with the Annual Award of the City of Požega for his contribution to musical culture, and in 2013, he was awarded the charter of the Oratory Society of the Church of St. Mark in Zagreb, proclaiming him an honorary member.

His solo album Portret kraljice was released in 2011 by the record company Croatia Records. In 2020, the record company Aulos released the album Croatian Musical Baroque, a recording of a concert from the Varaždin Baroque Evenings where he performed as a harpsichordist and organist with our celebrated prima donna and artist Dunja Vejzović. He composes mostly liturgical music - motets, masses, psalms, litanies, and compositions for solo voice. A new solo album called Cantantibus Organis, which he recorded on the excellent organ of the Požega Cathedral of St. Teresa of Avila, was released in 2023 under the label of the record company Croatia Records. In 2024. He has released two albums on Nota Bene Records, the first with the male klapa "Leggero" which includes his original compositions for klapa and organ, and the second album entitled "Magnificat" he recorded with the male quartet "ADORE" and includes Croatian Marian compositions throughout the liturgical year. He is a member of the Croatian Society of Musicians.

The program of the concert that Alen Kopunović Legetin will perform at the Cathedral of St. Anastasia:

1. Theodore Dubois: Fiat Lux

2. Georg Andreas Sorge: Toccata per ogni modi

3. Maria Theresia von Paradies: Sicilienne

4. Claude-Benigne Balbastre: Prelude - Canonnade

5. J.S.Bach: Alle Menschen müssen sterben BWV 643

6. J.S.Bach: Toccata et Fuga in d (Doric) BWV 538

7. Pietro Yon: Toccatina for flute

8. Henri Dalier: Electa ut Sol

9. Henri Mulet: Tu es petra et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus.te

10. Alan Kljaić : REGINA CAELI (A small coral fantasy on the theme of the Queen

heaven rejoice)

We look forward to your arrival!