The concert is being organized in cooperation with the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia.
Program:
Carl Vine
Sonata for piano, 4 hands
Prelude
Walts
Deuces
Meditation
Toccata
Ivan Brkqačić
A Piece, a Cookie, a Collage for 20 fingers (piano 4 hands)
Samuel Barber
Souvenirs, suite for piano, 4 hands, Op. 28
Waltz
Schottische
Pas de Deux
Two-step
Hesitation-tango
Galop
Biographies:
Marija Đukić graduated and holds a Master degree at the Piano department at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, where she studied with professor Srđan Grbić. She took master courses in Tours, France, with professor Alexey Nasedkin and in Sion, Switzerland, with professor Bernhardt Ebert. She spent two years specialising in Saint Petersburg, Russia, at the State Conservatory Rimsky-Korsakov, with professor Ekaterina Murina.
She is a full time professor and Head of Piano Department Council at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. Marija Đukić performed as a soloist and a chamber musician across Serbia, in Montenegro, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Russia, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Turkey and South Africa.
A composer with whom she was associated throughout her career is Frederic Chopin. She performed one of the most significant and successful Chopin concerts at the Kolarac concert hall in 2010, celebrating 200th anniversary of composer’s birth. The concert was under the patronage of the embassy of the Republic of Poland.
Marija Đukić performed in various chamber ensembles, in duets with flautists, singers, violinists, accordeonist, in trios, namely Amorosso and Classica Aeterna. More recently, she is exploring and performing a repertoire for piano duo.
Marija Đukić played at the Composers Forum, the International Harp Festival, the Chopin Fest, the NIMUS Festival, the Artlink Festival, the International Festival The Days of Music, in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.
She also made recordings for Radio Belgrade. As a soloist, she collaborated with Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, RTS Simphonic Orchestra, Army Orchestra and Belgrade Stting Orchestra “Dušan Skovran”.
Marija Bajalica is a Belgrade born classical pianist. She has obtained her Bachelor and Master Degrees in Piano Performance at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. During her studies, she competed at national and international competitions in piano performance with greatest recognition. In 1992, Marija relocated to South Africa, where she remained for fourteen years, teaching Piano Performance in the capacity of Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Pretoria. Along with teaching engagements at the University, she gave concerts and master classes throughout the country. She was a permanent recording artist for the National Broadcasting Corporation, SABC. At the beginning of 2006 Marija settled in Adelaide, Australia. She was employed in teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Piano Performance at the University of Adelaide from 2007 to 2016. In 2008 she received a prestigious Australian Postgraduate Award for doctorate studies in Piano Performance, which she completed in 2013. In Australia, Marija’s concert engagements included recitals for the Elder Hall Concert Series, Ngeringe Concert Series, Recitals Australia, Classic FM Sunday Concerts Live, and recordings for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 5MBS Radio and Radio Adelaide. Marija adjudicates national and international competitions in Piano Performance and is the member of the Association of Music Artists of Serbia. Since 2017 she lives in Austria, focusing mostly on concert performances, while maintaining close professional liaisons with the Sydney Piano School & Pedagogy Research Centre. The following people contributed significantly to the shaping of Marija’s musical thought: Konstantin Bogino, Anđela Perišić, Dušica Mitić, Mirjana Šuica-Babić, David Lockett and Charles Bodman Rae showed her the way.