As one of the rising stars in the world of period performance, Bojan Čičić is fast making a name for himself with his sensitive and virtuosic playing. In addition to being the leader of the ensemble Florilegium, he frequently guest directs and performs as a soloist with groups such as the Academy of Ancient Music, European Union Baroque Orchestra, and Budapest Festival Orchestra. His recording of J S Bach’s concerto for two violins with Rachel Podger was recently named the ‘best available’ recording by BBC Music Magazine.

Bojan’s own group, the Illyria Consort, recently recorded their first album, a groundbreaking recording of Carbonelli’s virtuosic violin sonatas. The Illyria Consort explores rare repertoire of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries from the Venetian Republic and Habsburg Empire, and has performed at the Utrecht Early Music Festival, the Korkyra Baroque Festival, Laus Polyphoniae, and at the Festival de Sablé.

Bojan is Professor of Baroque Violin at the Royal College of Music in London, and plays a violin by Ruggieri from the 1680s, kindly loaned to him by the Jumpstart Junior Foundation.