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Franko Božac is one of the international artists of the non-profit global organization for music, culture and cultural diplomacy (EMMA for Peace), under the patronage of UNESCO and with Riccardo Muti as honorary president.

Franko is included in the Hübners encyclopaedia "Who is Who" 2012, a guidebook of significant people from the fields of economics, politics, science, culture, art, and sports.

In 2017, he was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in London.

He has recorded the concerto for accordion and string ensemble by Charles Camilleri for Naxos Records, the double concerto for accordion, bandoneon, piano and orchestra by Beth Mehocic and “Rememoramini” of Nan Avant for Navona Records.  

He has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, the London Royal Academy Orchestra, the Nuova Orchestra Ferruccio Busoni, the Malta Philharmonic, the Kaliningrad Philharmonic, the Österreichische Symphony Orchestra, the South Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Arad State Philharmonic, the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra, the Zagreb Festival Orchestra, the Croatian Chamber Philharmonic, Oregon Music Festival Orchestra, Lugansk Philharmonic, Ulyanovsk State Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Austriaca, String Orchestra of Moscow National Gnessin Academy, Varaždin Chamber Orchestra, Portland Civic Orchestra, and as a member of the London Symphony, Liverpool Royal Philharmonic, "Ensemble 10/10", Manchester University symphony orchestra and the HRT Symphony Orchestra.

His performances were broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC Scotland, RAI 3, ORF radio OEI, LRT (Lithuanian national radio), Radio Beograd 3 and others.

His engagements have taken him throughout Europe to North America and the Far East and has appeared in venues from Smetana Hall in Prague, Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai, to Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.

He has collaborated with eminent artists such as JC Domenech, Sir George William John Benjamin, G. Carpenter, S. Hauser, D. Ashkenazy, M. Tarbuk, E. Sakpinar, amongst others.

He studied in Croatia and in the UK at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Currently he teaches at the Academy of Music, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula in Croatia where he also holds the position of vice-dean and head of Classical Accordion department at the Academy of Music, Juraj Dobrila University in Pula.

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