KOTORART TALENTS - VIKTOR HUNTER, OLEKSIY MOLCHANOV

Viktor Huter, violin student at the Music Academy in Cetinje, first completed primary music school under Professor Tanja Bogdanović before going on to graduate from the Vasa Pavić Secondary Music School in Podgorica, studying first under Professor Vili Ferdinandi and then under Professor Marko Simović. At the age of sixteen, he enrolled at the Music Academy under Professor Vujadin Krivokapić, where he is currently completing his first-year of studies. Viktor Huter has won numerous first prizes and special awards. He is a permanent member of both the Allegro Vivo Orchestra, led by Professor Radovan Papović, and the Montenegrin Youth Orchestra. Viktor Huter has collaborated with renowned musicians such as: Stefan Milenkovich, Arkadiy Vinokurov, Anton Martinov, Ivo Stankov, Vujadin Krivokapić, Vitalij Gulijčuk, Romolo Gessi, Misha Bereznitsky, Oleksiy Molchanov, Julio Marić, and Dmitry Prokofiev, among others. He has appeared in hundreds of performances, most notably full-length concerts with the Aeternum Piano Trio (Podgorica, 2019) and performances at the Ministry of Culture in Cetinje, KotorArt, and the Perast String Festival. Viktor Huter held his first solo concert in 2020 at the Budo Tomović Cultural Information Center, with accompanied on Piano by Professor Oleksiy Molchanov.

Oleksiy Molchanov, piano, completed his undergraduate and master's studies in Piano at the State Conservatory in Kiev, under Professors Alexander Snegiryov and Vladimir Vinitsky. During his studies, he won the Lysenko Competition in Lviv, in 1984, while at the First Rachmaninoff Competition in 1983 (Moscow), he received the Special Award for the performance of the competition’s required piece. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed in Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Lebanon, and Switzerland, among others. In 1999, Molchanov moved to Montenegro, where he has successfully continued his professional and artistic engagement, appearing on all the important stages throughout the country and many abroad. He has performed at numerous festivals such as the Mokranjac Days, Nimus, A Tempo, KotorArt, the Montenegro Music Fest, the Bar Chronicles Festival, Espressivo, Nei suoni dei luoghi, and Budva City Theater, among others. He is a member of the Aperto Piano Duo with pianist N. Popović and of Con Spirito Trio, with flutist Ž. Lekić and cellist I. Perazić. Oleksiy Molchanov was also engaged in the Nuova Project (Cetinje, Montenegro). He is a Full Professor at the Music Academy of Cetinje.