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NADA
KOLUNDZIJA
Nada
Kolundzija, Belgrade based pianist, is a renowned performer and
promoter of contemporary music. For decades, she has been continually
premiering major piano works of XX century music by international
as well as national composers. It is difficult to imagine Belgrade
contemporary music scene without her inspiring performances. Nada
Kolundzija, described by music critics like charismatic artist,
commissioned a number of piano works from composers around the world.
Her recent project, New Waltzes for piano, resulted in 9 new pieces,
dedicated to her, from composers living in Serbia, Canada and USA
and were performed on an international tour in venues such as Kennedy
Center, Washington DC, Steinway Hall, NYC, Berklee College of Music,
Boston, Great Hall, University of Toronto. In promoting new music,
Nada Kolundzija often goes beyond piano repertoire in supporting
new ways of expression. In 2008. she initiated and organized the
first multimedia festival in Belgrade, Art
of Sounds, that presented more then 40 new works of composers
from Australia, Canada, Europe, USA and Asia. She is a long term
collaborator and guest artist of
Les Amis Concerts from Toronto.
In
addition to performance carrier and teaching at the Faculty of
Music in Belgrade, Nada Kolundzija is the artistic director of
Guarnerius
Art Center in Belgrade, promoting young artists and enriching
Belgrade cultural life. Being a multifaceted artist, Miss Kolundzija,
together with her brother, Jovan Kolundzija, well known to Serbian
and international audience as a performer of classical repertoire.
She performed in Hungary, Holland, China, India, Thailand, Germany,
France, Spain, USA, Canada, Mexico, Austria, Italy, Slovenia,
Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Romania, Greece and performed at International festivals: Dubrovnik
Summer Festival (Croatia), Ohrid Summer Festival (Macedonia),
Festival of Contemporary Music
Biennale Zagreb (Croatia),
CHINCH presents -Composers in the first person ( Serbia),
Cervantino Festival (Mexico), Interfest, Bitola (Macedonia), The
Hvar Summer Festival (Croatia), A tempo - (Montenegro), BEMUS
( Serbia ), Temisoara Musicala, ( Romania), International Review
of Composers ( Serbia), sounaXis
festival (Canada), Festival of Chamber music, Nis (Serbia),
Festival Ljubljana (Slovenia), BELEF, Belgrade (Serbia), PLANUM
Festival, Budapest (Hungary), Festival of Performing Arts in the
Celebration for H.M. the king`s 60th Birthday, Bangkok, Thailand,
NOMUS, Novi Sad (Serbia) ...
She
was a member of Ensemble for Different New Music (minimal music)
and Crossover Elita (classical and jazz fusion).
Nada
Kolundzija was born in Belgrade (Serbia) where she earned her Master
degree in piano performance at the Academy of Music in Belgrade
under Professor Dusan Trbojevic. She completed her graduate studies
at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, where she studied
with world-renown pianist Zoltan
Kocsis.
Ms.
Kolundzija is the recipient of awards for her interpretation of
contemporary music, including the International Arnold
Schonberg Piano Competition in Rotterdam, Award of the Community
of Self-managing Organizations for Culture of Belgrade for the Best
Interpretation of the Year in Belgrade, National Award for achievements
in music in Zagreb and Artists Award of the Social Youth of Serbia
for results achieved in the production of the youth in Belgrade.
Kolundzija
performances are released on 6 LP records by Suzy, PGP, RTB,
Diskos, SKC and 4 CDs records by CeSUF and Guarnerius Art Center,
as a soloist and chamber musician.
She had been featured as one of the most important Serbian artist
in multiple shows at Serbian radio and television programs.
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