Hail, O Queen, Mother of Mercy,

our life, our sweetness and our hope, hail.

On the eve of this great solemnity, 14 August 2026 at 8 PM, in the Cathedral of St Anastasia, within the framework of the Third International Organ Festival Organs of St Anastasia, a solo organ concert in honour of the Queen of Heaven will be performed by Croatian organist Alen Kopunović Legetin.

Our firm confidence in Mary’s return to God in both body and soul foreshadows our own resurrection and our final union with God. In celebrating Mary’s Assumption into heaven, we honour not only the love God bestowed upon her, but also, more broadly, the love He shows to all His children by granting everyone the possibility of the final resurrection.

On 15 August, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven. We believe that the Blessed Virgin Mary, because of her obedience and fidelity, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory at the end of her earthly life. The glory of the Saviour’s Mother is a source of immeasurable joy for all her children.

A detailed programme of the concert will be announced soon!

Alen Kopunović Legeta received his primary and secondary music education in Subotica (he graduated from the theory and piano departments), and graduated in 1997 from the Zagreb Academy of Music, 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 the organist and choirmaster at the parish of St. Maximilian Kolbe in Bijenik in Zagreb.

He often performs as a soloist or with orchestras (Zadar Chamber Orchestra and Croatian Army Orchestra). He has participated in numerous festivals: 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, concert series Organ Heferer, Ars Organi Sisciae, Organum Histriae. 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 Tesker, trumpeter. He has been 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, the charter of the Oratorio Society of the Church of St. Mark from Zagreb, which declared him an honorary member. His solo album Portrait of the Queen was released in 2011 by the record company Croatia Records. In 2020, the recording of the Croatian Musical Baroque was released by the Aulos publishing house, 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.

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 Croatia Records label. In 2024, he released two albums on Nota Bene Records, the first with the male klapa "Leggero" which also contains his original compositions for klapa and organ, and the second album entitled "Magnificat" was recorded with a quartet of male voices, namely Croatian Marian compositions throughout the liturgical year. He is a member of the Croatian Society of Musicians. In 2024, a record was released on Nota Bene Records, entitled Magnificat anima mea with Marian compositions throughout the liturgical year, performed by the male quartet "ADORE", where he performed as organist and artistic director.

We look forward to welcoming you!