Preparatory Division Faculty
Vladimir ValjarevicVladimir Valjarevic, P.S.C., Conservatoire Supérieur de Genève, Switzerland (Fulbright Scholarship/Swiss Arts Government Grant), M.M., B.M., Mannes College of Music (Marian Marcus Wahl Award). Doctoral Degree, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University (Saldarini Award). Additional studies at Conservatory of Music in Belgrade, Serbia and Centre de Musique Ancienne in Geneva, Switzerland. Festivals include IMS Prussia Cove (England), American Conservatory in Fontainebleau (France), Apeldoorn (The Netherlands), International Festival-Institute at Round Top (Texas), Kneisel Hall (Maine), International Keyboard Institute (New York).
Piano
Profile:Piano studies with Pavlina Dokovska, Pascal Devoyon,
Susan Starr and Vladimir Feltsman. National performances on the series
of Southwest Virginia Festival for the Arts, Manchester Music Festival
and Middlebury College in Vermont, University of Tennessee in Knoxville,
DePaul University in Chicago, ProMozart Society in Atlanta, French and
Swiss Embassies and American University in Washington D.C., and major
venues in New York City, including Bargemusic, United Nations, Weill,
Steinway, Yamaha, Merkin Halls, "Concerts at One" at Trinity Church, New
School's Tishman Auditorium. Orchestral appearances with Youngstown and
Knoxville Symphonies, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra in USA, and Camerata
Academica in Serbia. World premieres of orchestral compositions by
Vrebalov and Hyman with Knoxville Symphony as well as European premiere
of Cage's "Four Walls" in Berlin and Hamburg. Prize winner at numerous
competitions in former Yugoslavia and "Citta di Stresa" and "Citta di
Marsala" Competitions for the Young in Italy. Overseas professional
activity in Japan, China, Switzerland, Germany, England, France, The
Netherlands, Italy, Bulgaria, and former Yugoslavia. Recordings for
Labor Records, Centaur, Voice of America, Yugoslav Radio and Television.
Piano faculty, Mannes Extension Division since 1999, Mannes Preparatory
Division since 1997. Piano Pedagogy faculty, Mannes College Division
since 2008. Teaching Assistant for Pavlina Dokovska, Mannes College
Division since 2005.
Personal Website:www.vladimirvaljarevic.com
