Nataša Veljković
Nataša Veljković ( Serbian - Cyrillic Наташа Вељковић ; born April 2, 1968 in Belgrade ) is a Serbian pianist .
Life
From the age of four, Veljković received her first piano lessons from Lili Petrović , performed at public concerts and, before she was ten, won first prizes in international youth competitions in Italy . She played piano concertos by Bach and Haydn for radio recordings .
After years of apprenticeship with Arbo Valdma in Belgrade, she was accepted into Paul Badura-Skoda 's class at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts at the age of 14 , where she graduated with honors in 1987. Nataša Veljkoviċ owes Paul Badura-Skoda her intensive study of Mozart . Further years of study followed at the Juilliard School in New York with Rudolf Firkušný (1988–1989) and at the Geneva Conservatory with Harry Datyner (1990–1992). In the course of her career she maintained intensive professional contacts with numerous musicians such as Nikita Magaloff and Norman Shetler .
Nataša Veljkoviċ has been taking part in European concerts since 1985. Her long-term collaboration with the Belgrade Strings "Dusan Skovran" and Maestro Aleksandar Pavlović took her on concert tours to Russia and China . She is a member of the jury at major international piano competitions.
Prominent conductors such as Lawrence Foster , Dimitrij Kitajenko , Antoni Wit , David Zinman , David Shalon , Emil Tabakov worked with Nataša Veljkoviċ. She also took part in many European festivals, for example Montreux , Berlin , Chopin Festival in Poland , MIDEM Classique Cannes , Juventus in Arcs et Sennans and Cambrai ( France ), Carinthian Summer , Haydn Festival Eisenstadt and BEMUS Belgrade.
She lives and works in Vienna, where she has headed a piano class at the University of Music and Performing Arts since 1993.
Nataša Veljkoviċ is married to cellist Tobias Stosiek and is the mother of violinist Milica Zulus (born August 31, 1999 in Vienna) and of Miloš Stosiek, who is from his first marriage.
Discography
- Franz Liszt –Recital, CD 69 min., Zulus Records October 1st, 1999
- WA Mozart selection, CD 72 min., Zulus Records November 1, 1999
- Romance CD 78 min., Gramola June 10, 2008
- J. Haydn CD, Gramola February 22, 2010
- Dora Pejačević - The Complete Piano Works 2, CD, cpo 555 003-2, June – July 2014
Prizes and awards
- 1977: First prize at the international youth competition in Capua
- 1978: First prize at the international youth competition in Senigallia
- 1985: Winner of the International Clara Haskil Piano Competition in Vevey
- 1990: First place at the World Music Masters in Paris
Web links
- Nataša Veljkoviċ
- Nataša Veljkoviċ at Artists & Partners
- Audio sample: “Chopin Prélude e Moll, op 28” on YouTube , accessed on May 30, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nataša Veljkoviċ on the website of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, accessed on June 24, 2015
- ↑ Nataša Veljkoviċ with her family in “Our Wunderkinder” on www.kosmo.at ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on June 24, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Veljković, Nataša |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Veljkoviċ, Nataša |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2nd, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belgrade , Serbia |