Nataša Mitrović, pianist, is a native of Belgrade, Srbija. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees with excellent results at the Music Academy in Belgrade where she now teaches piano. Further studies included studies in Vienna with prof. Avo Kouyoumdjian and piano studies with prof. Jan Novotny in Prague. Natasha Mitrovic was the only artist from Serbia to be awarded Fulbright scholarship in year 2004. During her Fulbright grant, Ms. Mitrovic studied at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), at Julliard University (New York) and at de Paul University (Chicago) where she performed extensively with great acclaim. The resent one was in the famous Kennedy Centre in Washington (DC) in 2009. During her Fulbright grant, she worked on the project „Music without borders’’ which is about similarities and differences between Serbian and American pianistic schools. Ms. Mitrovic has won many prizes for piano performances in Serbia and abroad:
2003 and 2002 – prize from the Music Academy in Belgrade for her contribution as pedagogue and performer;
1999 – prize of the Music Academy in Belgrade for the best student in generation and the prize for the best graduate exam at the piano department;
1997 – First prize as a soloist on the International Competition in San Bartolomeo al mare (Italy);
1996 – Special prize „Emil Hajek” for the best pianist at the Music Academy;
1995 – Second prize as a soloist on the International Competition of pianist in Roma;
1994 – Octobar prize of the city of Belgrade for the highest achievements in music;
1994 – Special prize of the Music Academy in Belgrade for the best performance of Beethoven sonata;
1994 – First Special prize on the International Competition „Petar Konjovic” in Belgrade;
1993 – Second prize at the International competition „Petar Konjovic” in Belgrade;
1992 – Third prize at the International competition „Danube” in Novi Sad;
1991 – Third prize at the International competition in Stresa (Italy).
She also won many prizes at piano competitions and festivals in former Yugoslavia.
Ms. Mitrovic has performed 16 times as a piano soloist with all major orchestras in Serbia and also with the Bulgarian Philharmonic and the orchestra in Montabaur in piano duo with pianist Swetlana Mermann. She has given recitals and performances in France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Germany, United States, China and Kuwait. She was a lecture performer on 31st Fulbright Conference in Beijing (China) in October 2008 representing Serbia.
She often plays as a member of various chamber ensembles. She has recorded for television and radio in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Macedonia and with RAI, in Italy. She had very successful serial of performances with soprano Eleanor Valkenburg in Belgrade performing Serbian and American composers in Serbia and United States of America. One of the concerts was in Kennedy Center in Washington, DC (in April 2009).
She is a member of Fulbright board in Belgrade.
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