Croatian born Bojan Čičić specialises in repertoire ranging from the late 16th century to the Romantic violin concertos of Mendelssohn and Beethoven. He has recently appeared as a soloist with the Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra Tokyo, the Academy of Ancient Music and the Instruments of Time and Truth. In 2018 he became the leader of the Academy of Ancient Music. His recording of J.S. Bach’s Concerto for two violins with Rachel Podger was recently named the best available recording of the work by BBC Music Magazine. This year he will appear as a director and soloist with Het Gelders Orkest, Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the Washington Bach Consort. Bojan formed his own group, the Illyria Consort, to explore rare repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries. Their debut recording of Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli’s Sonate da camera Nos. 1-6 achieved great critical acclaim and was chosen as one of Presto Classical’s “Presto Recordings of the Year” for 2017. The Illyria Consort second disc, a world premiere recording of Giovanni Giornovich’s Violin Concertos titled “London Concertos” was released in March 2019, followed by the second volume of Carbonelli's violin sonatas, No. 7-12 in July of the same year. In 2016 Bojan was appointed Professor of Baroque Violin at the Royal College of Music, and is passionate about training the next generation of instrumentalists in historically-informed playing styles. He lives in Oxfordshire with his wife and two children.