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"…A genuine musician" -Brussels' Le Soir "lyrical sweetness, intimately eloquent
phrasing, climaxes of starling intensity and many flashes of virtuosity…remarkable
technique". "Uppermost among her assets is her large
well-orchestrated sonority and her grasp of spanning architecture…superb
technical abilities, bravura outbursts, dignity and power,"
"Mihailovich is a wonderful Mozart Player." Zora Mihailovich has been such a wonderful addtion
to Rochester's musical community. I have had the great pleasure
of working with her and our orchestras in performance of several
major works during recent seasons. I have been astonished by the
excellence and range of her artistry and interpretation. Her performance
of Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto was filled both with great
musical passion and wonderful attention to detail. Her Beethoven
Emperor Concerto and Mozart D Minor both displayed appropriate elegance
as well as certain joyful inevitability of playing which makes both
the orchestra and audience feel that this is the way the piece should
sound. She is a wonderful interpreter of other styles as well. Her
Franck Symphonic Variations perfornance was filled with timbral
variety and flair...the orchestra and I are looking forward to collaborating
with her again for Brahm's Second Piano Concerto. As always, her
great musicality, personal warmth and dedication to the joy of music
making will be a pleasure for us all to experience together. |
ZORA MIHAILOVICH
Pianist in the Grand Tradition
Belgrade-born American pianist Zora Mihailovich has made a name for herself internationally as a recitalist, orchestral soloist, recording artist and educator.
Ms. Mihailovich has performed in recital and as orchestral soloist in major European and North American centers such as London's Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall, New York's Carnegie Hall, and Brussels' Conservatoire Royal. She has collaborated with singers Giuseppe di Stefano, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Gedda and Anna Moffo. Concert tours and festival appearances have also taken her to much of North America and both Western and Eastern Europe. Most recently in Geneva, London, Belgrade, and Los Angeles.
Numerous recordings by Zora Mihailovich can be found on Centaur, Yugoton, PGP-RTS, Virtuoso and Virtuoso Classics labels. Among her recent recordings are Anton Rubinstein Works for Piano (1995), Chopin Piano Sonatas No. 2 & No. 3 and Polonaises (1996), Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto and Franck's Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra (1998), Mozart's Piano Sonatas K. 282, K. 331 and K. 333 (1999), and Rachmaninov's 2nd Sonata, Six Musical Moments op. 16, and Preludes (2000).
Ms. Mihailovich is currently artist-in-residence at the University of Rochester.
Taught first by her mother, Dobrila Mihailovich, she began her musical career at the tender age of five, with the J.C. Bach Double Piano Concerto. At 16, she made an acclaimed debut with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra. A year later, she became the youngest person ever to graduate from the Academy of Music in Belgrade. She completed her studies in Rome at the Academia di Musica Santa Cecilia with the renowned Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. From 1975 to 1989, she was Professor of Piano at the Belgrade Academy.
Moving to the U.S., she was a Guest Artist at the University of Southern California School of Music (1989, 1992, 1996). She has also been Guest Faculty Artist at California State University at Fullerton, and Guest Artist at the California Institute of Arts. As well, she has served as Visiting Professor at the University of Arizona's School of Music in Tucson, and at the Uppsala School of Music in Sweden. She has also been a judge for the Jeunesses Musicales International Piano Competition in Belgrade and the Concerto Competition in Los Angeles. As a Steinway Artist, she gives master classes in Europe and the U.S.
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