Monday 26 April 2010

Petar Milić; wonderful young pianist of Slovenian origin


Petar Milić was born in Kranj, where he began his piano lessons with prof. Sabira Hajdarević. He continued his musical education in Secondary Music School in Ljubljana in the class of yearlong and wonderful Professor Janez Lovše, who remained his mentor also in the Academy of Music. Already during the study, he has given many concerts in Slovenia, recorded for RTV Slovenia and worked with renowned international masters such as Arbo Valdma, Igor Lazko, Daniel Alberto, Pascal Devoyon and Elena Lapitskaja.
In 1977, he attended an international piano competition "Nikolai Rubinstein" in Paris where he won first prize and was invited to a festival in Geneva "Recontres Musicales de Geneve."
His musical career continued with postgraduate studies at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin with Professor Klaus Hellwig. During this time he performed in Berlin, Hanover, as well as in Slovenia, where he made several audio and video clips for RTV Slovenia.
In the context of international tribune of young musicians, an idea that was initiated by Yehudi Menuhin, in 2001, the jury of European radio outlets selected a clip of his recital, what gave him oppurtunity to participate at the music festival in Bratislava. His live solo performance was accompanied by several million listeners in Europe.
As a solist, Petar Milić performed with chamber orchestra Carnium, Slovenian RTV Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra of Slovenian Philharmony. He participated as well in many international festivals such as Carniola, Cellomusica, Bohinj and Piran Summer Festival...



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