Maras, Marin

Marin Maras(Dubrovnik, 1990) is a violinist with extensive experience performing on prestigious European and international stages, distinguished both as a soloist and as a member of various chamber and orchestral ensembles. He began studying the violin in his hometown at the Luka Sorkočević Music School, and at the age of 15, having demonstrated exceptional talent, he enrolled at the Academy of Music in Zagreb in the class of Professor Leonid Sorokow. After completing his degree, he continued his studies with the same professor at the prestigious University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

He made his first solo appearance with an orchestra at the age of 11 with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, with which he has subsequently performed numerous times as a soloist. Since October 2025, he has also served as one of the orchestra’s concertmasters.

As a soloist, he has also performed with renowned ensembles including the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, the Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra, the Varaždin Chamber Orchestra, the Zadar Chamber Orchestra, the Zagreb Soloists, the National Academic Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra, and the Toledo Symphony Orchestra (Ohio, USA).

He further refined his artistry through masterclasses across Europe, including at the Music Academy in Liechtenstein, where he has regularly participated in numerous seminars and concert activities since the institution’s founding. He is an active member of Esperanza Vaduz, a chamber orchestra composed of scholarship recipients of the academy, established in 2015.

He has had the opportunity to study with many distinguished musicians and pedagogues, including Latica Honda-Rosenberg, Coosje Wijzenbeek, Boris Kuschnir, Pinchas Zukerman, and many others.

As a frequent participant in Liechtenstein’s musical life, he has been regularly involved in projects of the Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra since 2012, serving both as a tutti musician and section leader, and during the 2015/2016 season as one of its concertmasters.

Throughout his education, he was also deeply committed to chamber music, which led to his appointment to the renowned Zagreb Quartet, of which he became a member in 2014, serving for three years as first violin.

From an early age, he won numerous prizes at national and international competitions. He was the winner of the International Violin Competition in Novosibirsk, Russia (2007), and of the Croatian national selection for the Eurovision Young Musicians Competition (Zagreb, 2008), which was held that year in Vienna. In 2009, he received the Stjepan Šulek Award for the best performance of a violin composition, as well as the Ivo Vuljević Award for the best young musician of the year. At the Stefanie Hohl Competition, organized annually by the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, he won first prize in 2012. In 2013, he was awarded fourth prize at the 10th International Violin Competition Václav Huml, the largest violin competition in Zagreb.

From 2019 to 2024, he was a regular external collaborator of the Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra, serving as Associate Concertmaster.

He is currently employed as a permanent member of the Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra and as Concertmaster of the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra. He regularly participates in the activities of the Music Academy in Liechtenstein as one of the chamber music mentors in masterclasses and is actively involved in chamber and orchestral music projects in Croatia and abroad.

He performs on a violin made by the Austrian-German luthier Martin Leopold Widhalm, renowned for his work in 18th-century Nuremberg.