Ivan Ilić, Piano

Biography

Recently praised by the New Yorker as an "adventurous pianist" who "likes his music on the brainy side," Ivan Ilić is rapidly gaining a strong international reputation. A disciple of the legendary François-René Duchâble, Ivan has earned support from the American Foundation in Paris, the Karić Foundation in Belgrade, the University of Illinois, and the Nadia Boulanger Foundation in Paris. He recently completed a one-year residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts. In April 2010 he will be artist-in-residence at the American Academy in Rome.

Ivan started music studies at age 6 and gave his recital debut at 11. He took degrees in music and mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley before moving to Paris on a fellowship from the University. Shortly afterwards Ivan was admitted to the esteemed Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris, where he took a Premier Prix in piano performance. The City of Paris sponsored his first recording.

Recent engagements included recital débuts in Boston, Washington, Dublin, Bristol, Glasgow, and Cardiff. Current season highlights include recitals at Carnegie Hall(New York), Wigmore Hall(London), the National Concert Hall (Dublin), the Belgrade Philharmonic, Glenn Gould Studio (Toronto), and the American Academy in Rome.

Ivan's first CD of music by Claude Debussy, lauded as "masterly" by Gramophone Magazine, recently received Mezzo Television's prestigious Critic's Choice Award in France. The disc has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Radio France, Radio 4 Netherlands, American Public Radio, and Radio Canada, as well as major classical music stations in Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Ireland, the Czech Republic, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, and South Africa.

His follow-up CD for Paraty Records will be a survey of Godowsky's formidable transcriptions of Chopin Etudes for the left hand alone.

For more information please visit www.IvanCDG.com.