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This yummy Yugoslav's recording of contemporary pieces, Gestures, became one of the fastest-selling classical discs ever in his native Croatia and led to him being invited to open the Porin award ceremony (Croatia's Grammies) - a slot usually reserved for rock acts. He was then signed to EMI Classics.

Mrvica (pronounced 'Máravitsa', with a rolled 'r') dresses like a model and has looks to match. But he's also a formidable talent - winner of the Nicolai Rubinstein competition in 1999, in 2000 he moved to Paris to study with Igor Lazko.

But Croatian interest in its prodigy son was Maksimised and he returned to launch Gestures in a 2,000-capacity Zagreb show that included a laser display, dry-ice and a video wall. For the second half Maksim ditched the lasers, donned a suit and rattled off Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto. Lasers or not, that's flashy.

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