Ivan Ilić,
Piano
Tuesday 12 October 2010
"A pianist of real personality, his name is one to remember."
Le Monde de la Musique
"A mountaineer of a musician."
BBC Radio 3 'In Tune' host Sean Rafferty
"Fidelity to what the score says is impeccable."
Classical Music Magazine
Programme
Four Songs* Henri Duparc(1848 - 1933)
Two Songs* Ernest Chausson (1855-99)
Three Songs* Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Two Songs* Francis Poulenc(1899 - 1963)
*transcribed by Ivan Ilic
Two Nocturnes Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Four Mazurkas Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
interval
Chopin
- Ten Etudes, transcribed for
left hand by Léopold Godowsky (1870-1938)
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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 Paris, and was a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome in April 2010.
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 include 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, and Glenn Gould Studio (Toronto).
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 and was featured as a Top Five CD of the Year in America's Fanfare Magazine. The disc is 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.
Ivan recently made his acting début in Luc Plissonneau's short film, 'Les Mains', which will be released in the Autumn of 2010, coinciding with the release of Ivan's new CD for Paraty Records. The new recording will feature the complete Chopin Etudes transcribed for left hand alone by Léopold Godowsky, a veritable tour-de-force of musicianship and virtuosity.
For more information please
visit www.IvanCDG.com.