BIO
Isak Haracic is a Belgrade-born cellist, based in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He attended School for Musically Gifted Children in Cuprija (Serbia) after which he graduated from the Academy of Music Sarajevo (Bosnia) under the mentorship of Yevgeny Xaviereff, a former pupil of Mstislav Rostropovich.
During his studies he became a member of the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra, country's top professional orchestra, and became orchestra's principal cellist at the age of 19, in 2010.
Being equally interested in solo, chamber and orchestral playing, in the past several years he had opportunity to perform at many international festivals, such as Music Academy of the West (USA), ISA Music Festival (Austria), New York Youth Philharmonic Festival (USA), Liandu Music Fest (P. R. China), Puccini Festival (Italy), Miami Summer Music Festival (USA), among others.
As a soloist and a member of different chamber ensembles, he has performed in venues such as the Carnegie Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin, Guildhall School of Music, New World Symphony Hall in Miami, Orchard Hall in Tokyo. Most recently, as a member of different ensembles he was fortunate to perform alongside many prominent artists such as Leonard Slatkin, Riccardo Muti, Jose Luis Gomez, Isaac Karabtchevsky, Emmanuel Pahud and Sergey Krylov, among others.
Since 2012 he holds the position of associate principal cellist in the No Borders Orchestra. The orchestra, which has an CD album released by Deutsche Grammophon and Universal, is comprised of the finest young musicians from seven European countries and is based on deconstruction of stereotypes and overcoming nationalism.
In 2018 and 2019 Isak has spent most of his time in China and Hong Kong where he was asked to help set-up a cello section in a newly formed Kunming International Philharmonic, performing recitals and concerts with different orchestras.
His most recent appearances as a soloist with orchestra include performances of Tchaikovsy's Rococo Variations and Beethoven's Triple Concerto and Prokofiev’s Sinfonia-Concertante. Currently, Isak performs regularly as a soloist and a principal cellist of Sarajevo Philharmonic and No Borders Orchestra.
