Mislav Režić is one of Croatia’s most prominent classical guitarists, with a rich international career as both a soloist and a chamber musician. His wide-ranging musical interests and ability to perform on period and modern instruments — including electric guitar — enable him to collaborate with a variety of artists and ensembles across genres. Passionate about contemporary repertoire, he frequently commissions and performs new works for the guitar, thereby enriching its literature. Composers Vlado Sunko, Nikoleta Chatzopoulou, Michalis Paraskakis, and Sofia Avramidou have dedicated solo works to him.

 

He is a founding member of the Machetes (Netherlands) and Tetttix (Greece) ensembles, both specialized in contemporary music. Mislav Režić performs as a soloist and in collaboration with renowned artists, including percussionists Pepe Garcia and Diego Espinosa, harpsichordist Cvetanka Sozovska, mezzo-soprano Tanja Šimić, soprano Georgia Balabini, baritone Jussi Lehtipuu, violinist Laura Vadjon, flutists Antigoni Tsalla and Gregor Schulenburg, and saxophonists Gordan Tudor and Guido de Flaviis. His concerts have been presented in European, African and North American venues and festivals, including Split Summer, Korkyra Baroque, Smash Salamanca, Bridges, Tectonics, Athens and Epidaurus, Eleusis European Capital of Culture 2023, Time of Music in Viitasaari (Finland), the Greek National Opera, Onassis Cultural Center, St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rabat, Morocco, The Knoll at Stanford University, the Center for New Music in San Francisco, and the European Parliament in Brussels.

 

He studied at the Academy of Arts in Split and later at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and the Conservatory of Maastricht, where he earned his Master’s degrees. Mislav Režić is a winner of many prizes, including the Croatian Society of Music prize (2003) and two international competition awards (International Guitar Competition in Zwolle, 2002, and in Enschede, 2007).

 

He is co-founder and artistic director of the chamber music festival Musical Evening at St. Jerome’s in Kaštela, Croatia, and its annual international summer guitar course. His debut album Auburn (2017, DNA label) features a rich program of contemporary works for guitar.

 

The duo with saxophonist Gordan Tudor was the winner of the Concert Hall Ivo Tijardović — Hrvatski dom Split award for the 2023/24 season. As a result, Gordan Tudor and Mislav Režić were named artists in residence for the 2024/25 season at Concert Hall Split. Their first album featuring contemporary Croatian repertoire was released in May 2025 by HDS – Cantus.

 

Mislav Režić is a Hannabach and Hatzinikolaou Guitars artist.