Testimonials.
“I wish to offer my personal congratulations to Julijana Hajdinjak. Arcady received 150 entries from 38 countries for this contest so this is a tremendous achievement!.”
— Ron Beckett, Director & Founder of Arcady
“I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your compositions are gorgeous, and deeply, deeply moving in context. The actors were completely inspired. The audience was transported.”
— Jeanette Lambermont-Money, Director of The Trojan Women
“With only four or five known Croatian opera works out there, [Padajuća Zvijezda] added to the pantheon of the music and performances.”
— Bob Vrbanac, Kitchener Post
“Julijana is one of the nicest teachers that we’ve ever met. She is so patient and has a great gift in singing and playing instruments. Also, she has great technique to transfer her musical knowledge to students! We wish her all the best in her future goals and plans!”
— Family Katava, Students of Fortepiano Music Studio
“I just have to say, we’re so used to hearing that song (Taking Chances by Celine Dion) with such an over the top massive production. When you strip it right down to piano and vocals, it’s a true test. It’s a great song, it’s a tough song, and you nailed it girl. You absolutely nailed it. That was excellent! I was tingling!”
— Alex Andronache, Metalworks
“Thank you, Julijana, for all of your hard work! You bring such a high level of skill and talent to the table and your music enhances our film and I’m sure it will make it that much more impactful!”
— Jessica Danov, Actress and Director
“Last weekend was exciting for the Croatian cultural scene in Canada. Namely, with a few famous Croatian operas in our homeland, a new one from the diaspora was invented, Padajuća Zvijezda by composer Julijana Hajdinjak. Padajuća Zvijezda is actually a legend about how shooting stars are formed. It is also a love story told in two languages, Croatian and English, which are beautifully intertwined and complemented.”
— Ana Bačić, Večernji List - Croatia
“It was lovely to meet you and work on [your choral piece] How Long Will Your Hour Last. Finding out about new composers and what kinds of ideas they have is the learning part for me, and I also value it.”
— Morna Edmundson, Artistic Director of Elektra Women’s Choir
“My name is Riken, I’m 11 years old and I have been a student of Julijana’s for over 5 years. I am very fortunate to have her as my piano teacher. Julijana is a very patient teacher. She lets you pick songs you would like to learn and teaches them to you. She makes sure you understand what you’re doing before you play. She answers all your questions and is very creative at times.”
— Riken, Student of Fortepiano Music Studio
“Just to say again that your piece was quite stunning, especially considering it was your first for treble voices. You have a very creative thought process, and a good sense of the importance of texture. Congratulations on a fabulous piece.”
— Ramona Luengen, Composer and Conductor
“Thank you Julijana Hajdinjak! Your beautiful score provides the perfect opening and music for [my documentary] Mistissini Healing!”
— Steph Vizi, Documentary Filmmaker
“Hajdinjak, who finished her Bachelor of Music in composition in April, wrote Padajuća Zvijezda, whose English title is Why Do Stars Fall? Sung in Croatian and English, her 55-minute opera begins in a beautiful, orderly celestial kingdom where love has been outlawed.”
— Karen Kawawada, Wilfrid Laurier University
“Your music is wonderful. Thank you for your fantastic work!”
— Lesley Andrew, Director of Vocal Music at George Brown College
“Amazing music. Just what I wanted! Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into this.”
— Sadie Baramikova, Director of short film, August
“[Unseen Alphabet] touches on romanticism lost, on emotion face-reading loss, it honours the love letter. It was an honour to have worked with you [and Andrew] both!”
— Camilo Gómez Durán, Filmmaker
“Thank you, Julijana for allowing me to place some of your magnificent compositions in my film. Thank you also for being there for the first screening.”
— Eduardo Jansen, Documentary Filmmaker
“Thank you again for all your hard work. This is incredible and it’s really going to work great in the film. I really appreciate all your work and effort throughout the last few months. It really turned out wonderfully.”
— Justin Kueber, Guerrilla Motion Pictures
“Thanks Julijana, and congrats! It was great working on this piece, and am so happy with how the recording turned out.” (About Julijana’s choral piece, Fire-Flowers)
— Jack Bennet, Conductor of Choirs for Change
“Thank you Julijana for an evening so well put together. All your students are such a wonderful reflection of you and your kind, thoughtful and encouraging manner. We are so pleased and so lucky to have you as an instructor.”
— Parent of student at Fortepiano Music Studio
“I just want to express how grateful I am to you for helping me complete a story very close to me! Beautiful work Julijana! I absolutely love the final mix.”
— Paul Persic, Director of Red Candle