Miroslav Martinjak

Miroslav Martinjak is a Croatian organist, liturgist, composer, arranger, church musician, Catholic priest and university professor. He is among the most prominent Croatian contemporary composers of liturgical choral music, influenced by Croatian liturgical tradition (Dugan, Vidaković, Klobučar etc.) and Gregorian chant. He is also regens chori of the Zagreb Cathedral.

Martinjak is a member of the Committee for Liturgy of the Croatian Bishops' Conference (since 1992) and Conferénce Européenne des Associations de Musique d’Église (since 1995). He was the president of the Institute for sacral music in Zagreb (1996-2012) and, since 2001, the editor-in-chief of the liturgical magazine "Sveta Cecilija" (Saint Cecilia).

Hrvatska misa za troglasni zbor i orgulje, 1989 Misa za troglasni mješoviti zbor, 1989 Misa brevis, 2005 Misa novorođenom kralju, 2005

Scientific papers (selected)

Gregorijansko pjevanje baština i vrelo rimske liturgije, Zagreb, 1997. Orguljska pratnja gregorijanskih napjeva Gregorijanska nadahnuća: Muke po Mateju, Marku, Luki i Ivanu Liturgijske skladbe u glazbenom prilogu časopisa sv. Cecilija