idija Horvat Dunjko graduated in 1989; in 1995 received her master's degree in solo singing (leid, oratory and opera) at the Academy of Music in Zagreb in professor Zdenka Žabčić's class. She continued her professional development in Vienna at Mrs. Kammersangerin's, Olivera Miljaković's, and in Zagreb with Mrs. Dunja Vejzović. Lidija Horvat – Dunjko has won many state and international awards. She made her début in 1988, while still a student, in the role of Despine in the opera “Cosi fan tutte“. She was later sucessful in more than 30 titles Lidija is particularly favoured on the stage. Alongside the greatest Croatian concert events “Varaždin Baroque Evenings” and “Dubrovnik Summer Festival”, with her recitals she has captured the hearts of the audience in Paris (Theatre des Champs Elisess), Vienna (Musikverein, Konzerthaus....), Toronto (Rayerson theatre, Massey hall), Berlin, Munich, Bruxelles, Dublin, Ludwigsburg, Mainz, Graz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Torino, Venice, Zurich, Geneva, Ljubljana, Madrid, Lisabon (Teatro Tivoli), Buenos Aires (Teatro Colon, Teatro Cervantes), Montevideo, Santiago de Chile, Dusseldorf, Johannesburg, Pretorie, Stellenbosh, Moscow (Tchaikovsky Concert Hall).., St. Petersburg,… Thanks to the remarkable vocal range (upwards unlimited; all piano tones) and excellent musical education, she is one of the few singers working on the avant-garde music and the 20th century music in general. She sang world premières in Vienna (the Musikverein concert hall, Konzerthaus) with the philharmonic and “Die Reihe“ ensemble with the famous maestro Friedrich Cerha.Along with the avant-garde music, she has dedicated her talent to the stylistic renaissance and baroque music; since 1994 she has worked with the renowned ensemble “Vox antiqua“ and performed as the guest of the ensemble of the “Zagreb Solo Singers”, “Musica da camera“ and as a duo with the lute player Edinom Karamazov.She has worked with renowned orchestras and directors; Milan Horvat, Pavle Dešpalj, Igor Gjadrov, Nikša Bareza, Uroš Lajovic, Kazushi Ono, Arnold Katz, Vladimir Kranjčević, Giuseppe Raffa, Friedrich Cerha, Paul Polivnick, Aleksis Hausen, Arend Werkamp, Mladen Bašić, Loris Voltolini, Erol Erdinc, Conrad Artmuller, Norman Widjaja, Leopold Hager…… She has sung with the greatest artists of today, as are Ghena Dimitrova, Renato Bruson, Bruna Baglioni, Paata Burdhulatze, Nicola Martinucci, Ruža Baldani, Dunja Vejzović...... She has worked for the biggest TV and radio stations in Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Germany, France, Ireland, Argentina, South African Republic.Since 1996, she has been a permanent member of many Croatian and international singing competitions and competitions in chamber-music. ​ Alongside the extremely rich artistic activity, she does scientific and pedagogical work at the Academy of Music in Zagreb, where she works as Fellow Professor.