Marija Gluvakov

Marija Gluvakov – Medenica (Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Глуваков – Меденица) (born 3 April 1973), is a Serbian pianist and piano teacher.

Marija Gluvakov Medenica
Marija Gluvakov at the Kolarac Recital Hall (2005)
Background information
Birth nameMarija Gluvakov
Born3 April 1973
Senta, Serbia
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Soloist, Chamber musician, Teacher
InstrumentsPiano

Education

Gluvakov was born in Senta, Serbia, formerly Yugoslavia. She received her early training in music schools in Novi Kneževac, Bihać and Zemun.[1] She graduated from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade[2] in 1995, as the best student of the year. She completed there, with the highest marks, her postgraduate studies in both Piano Performance (1999) and Chamber Music (1997).[3] Her primary teacher were Srebrenka Široki, Zorana Grbić, Miloš Ivanović and Olivera Djurdjević. She also studied with Dušan Trbojević, Arbo Valdma, Rita Kinka and with Russian pianists Dorensky and Pisarev, professors at the Moscow Conservatory.[3] In 1995 she was invited to continue her studies at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. The invitation was made by famous Professor Solomon Mikowsky, a jury member at the Frédéric Chopin International Competition in Rome, who was especially delighted by Gluvakov's performance of the Third Piano Sonata of Sergei Prokofiev.[4][5][6][7]

Awards

As a soloist and chamber musician, Marija Gluvakov won top prizes at many state and federal competitions in former Yugoslavia, as well as at the international competitions in Rome and Stresa, Italy (both in 1995).[3][4][5][6][7]

Performance career

Marija Gluvakov has been performing throughout Serbia and abroad. The highlights of her career include the premiere of the composition named Gambit,[3][8][9][10] written by eminent Serbian composer Rajko Maksimović (1995),[11][12] performances in the Great Hall of the Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment in Belgrade, in the Church of St. Sophia in Ohrid, at the international music festivals BEMUS,[13][14] NOMUS,[15] Donne in musica and ClarinetFest (with clarinetist Andrija Blagojević, I.C.A. National Chairperson for Serbia), recitals in Belgrade and Smederevo organized by EPTA,[16] participation in the project named Classical Guerrilla (a cycle of concerts held in 2002 in the Hall of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra), collaboration with Serbian and foreign artists in several multimedial projects, etc.[3][4][5][6][7]

In addition to frequent solo and chamber music recitals, as a soloist with orchestras, Gluvakov has performed standard piano concertos (Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt).[3][4][5][6][7]

She has recorded for the radio and television.[4][5]

Teaching career

Marija Gluvakov gained her first teaching experience during her postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, as a teaching assistant of Professor Ivanović (1995–1998). She got her first professional teaching engagement at the same institution, where she taught Piano and Accompaniment and Sight Reading under the supervision of eminent piano pedagogues Miloš Ivanović, Aleksandra Pavlović, Tijana Humo and Jokut Mihailović (1998–2004).[3][4][5]

Gluvakov has been teaching at the University of Priština Faculty of Arts since 2004. She served first as an accompanist and secondary piano teacher (2004–2008).[3][17][18] She was appointed assistant professor of piano in 2008.[4][5][6][7][19]

Affiliations

Ms. Gluvakov has been a member of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia since 1996.[4][5][6][7][20]

References
  1. Marija Gluvakov on the list of distinguished former students of the Kosta Manojlovic School of Music in Zemun, Retrieved on February 03, 2010
  2. http://www.fmu.bg.ac.rs/
  3. Marija Gluvakov’s biography at the Faculty of Arts website, Retrieved on September 3, 2008
  4. Report on Marija Gluvakov at the Faculty of Arts website, Retrieved on August 15, 2008
  5. Report on Marija Gluvakov at the University of Priština website, Retrieved on August 15, 2008
  6. Biography at the website of Dom kulture Studentski grad, Retrieved on April 12, 2013
  7. Biography Archived 2015-06-10 at the Wayback Machine at the website Izlazak.com, Retrieved on April 12, 2013
  8. Premiere of Rajko Maksimović ‘s Gambit Archived 2008-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on August 15, 2008
  9. Report on Marija Gluvakov at the Faculty of Arts website, Retrieved on August 19, 2008
  10. Report on Marija Gluvakov at the University of Priština website, Retrieved on August 19, 2008
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-07-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. Performances of Rajko Maksimović's Gambit, Retrieved on April 12, 2013
  13. BEMUS 1999, Retrieved on August 15, 2008
  14. Performance of Rajko Maksimović ‘s Gambit at BEMUS Archived 2008-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on August 19, 2008
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2010-06-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. http://www.epta-europe.org/
  17. Academic staff at the University of Priština, Retrieved on January 15, 2008
  18. Davorin Jenko International Competition (2008), Retrieved on August 28, 2008
  19. List of academic staff at the University of Priština Faculty of Arts Archived 2009-11-05 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on October 10, 2008.
  20. Members of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia, Retrieved on August 15, 2008
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