THE FLORIDA
STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
Guest Artist Recital
Petra Bubanja, Violin
Monday, January 26, 2026
7:30 p.m. | Longmire Recital Hall
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PROGRAM
Deux Morceaux Lili (Marie-Juliette) Boulanger
I. Nocturne (1893–1918)
II. Cortege
Lontain Passe, Op. 11
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931)
Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano César Franck
I. Allegretto ben moderato (1822–1890)
II. Allegro
III. Ben moderato: Recitativo-Fantasia
IV. Allegretto poco mosso
INTERMISSION
Six Sonatas for Two Violins without bass, Op. 3, No. 2
Jean Marie Leclair
I. Allegro (1697–1764)
II. Sarabanda largo
III. Allegro
Sonate pour deux Violons et Piano, Op. 15
Darius Milhaud
I. Anime (1892–1974)
II. Modere
III. Tres vif
Amitie, Op. 26
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931) with Benjamin Sung, violin
Galen Dean Peiskee, Jr., piano
Petra Bubanja comes from Montenegro, a small country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Adriatic coast and surrounded with mountains. She recently received the DMA in violin performance from Florida State University, one of the country’s leading and most competitive programs. During her time at FSU she worked as the teaching assistant for Dr. Benjamin Sung. She has served as concertmaster of FSU’s University Symphony Orchestra, where among other artistic achievements, she performed the solos in Richard Strauss’ virtuosic Ein Heldenleben.
Prior to her time at FSU, Bubanja was a winner of multiple competitions at the universities she attended (Northwestern State University in 2009 and 2011, and Southern Illinois University in 2013), which provided opportunities to play as a soloist with orchestras.
Bubanja’s supplemental training includes the Brevard Music Festival, where she was part of the concertmaster studio. Here she had the opportunity to lead Brevard’s Sinfonia as concertmistress and take lessons with some of America’s top concertmasters. Additionally, Bubanja spent the summer of 2018 in Breckenridge, CO, playing in the prestigious National Repertory Orchestra, where she also performed as a soloist with the orchestra. She performed Verano Porteño by Astor Piazzolla.
Bubanja is a violinist in many other orchestras in the region such as: Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Gulf Coast, Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, and Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and a member of the newly established chamber ensemble Camerata South, based in Thomasville, GA. In addition to this, Bubanja has recently accepted the position of Adjunct Violin Instructor at Florida A&M University.
Bubanja has collaborated with some of the world’s leading violinists, including Gil Shaham, David Coucheron, and David Kim.