Marija Gluvakov
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Marija Gluvakov - Medenica (Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Глуваков - Меденица) (born April 3, 1973), is a Serbian pianist
and piano
teacher
.
, Serbia, formerly Yugoslavia. She received her early training in music schools in Novi Kneževac
, Bihać
and Zemun
. She graduated from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade in 1995, as the best student of the year. She completed there, with the highest marks, her postgraduate studies in both Piano
Performance
(1999) and Chamber Music
(1997). Her primary teacher were Srebrenka Široki, Zorana Grbić, Miloš Ivanović
and Olivera Djurdjević
. She also studied with Dušan Trbojević
, Arbo Valdma
, Rita Kinka
and with Russian
pianists Dorensky
and Pisarev
, professors at the Moscow Conservatory
. In 1995 she was invited to continue her studies at the Manhattan School of Music
in New York
. The invitation was made by famous Professor Solomon Mikowsky, a jury
member at the Frederic Chopin
International Competition in Rome, who was especially delighted by Gluvakov's performance of the Third Piano Sonata of Sergei Prokofiev
.
and chamber musician, Marija Gluvakov won top prizes at many state and federal
competitions in former Yugoslavia, as well as at the international competitions in Rome
and Stresa
, Italy
(both in 1995).
include the premiere of the composition named Gambit
, written by eminent Serbian composer
Rajko Maksimović (1995), performances in the Great Hall of the Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment
in Belgrade, in the Church of St. Sophia
in Ohrid
, at the international music festival
s BEMUS
and NOMUS, recitals in Belgrade
and Smederevo
organized by EPTA, participation in the project named Classical Guerrilla (a cycle of concerts held in 2002 in the Hall of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
), collaboration with Serbian and foreign artist
s in several multimedia
l projects, etc.
In addition to frequent solo
and chamber music
recital
s, as a soloist
with orchestras, Gluvakov has performed standard piano concerto
s (Bach
, Beethoven, Schumann
, Liszt
).
She has recorded for the radio
and television
.
of Professor Ivanović (1995–1998). She got her first professional teaching engagement at the same institution
, where she taught Piano
and Accompaniment
and Sight Reading under the supervision
of eminent piano pedagogues Miloš Ivanović
, Aleksandra Pavlović, Tijana Humo and Jokut Mihailović (1998–2004).
Gluvakov has been teaching at the University of Priština Faculty of Arts since 2004. She served first as an accompanist and secondary piano teacher
(2004–2008). She was appointed Assistant Professor of Piano
in 2008.
since 1996.
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
teacher
Teacher
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.
Education
Gluvakov was born in SentaSenta
Senta is a town and municipality on the bank of the Tisa river in the Vojvodina province, Serbia. Although geographically located in Bačka, it is part of the North Banat District...
, Serbia, formerly Yugoslavia. She received her early training in music schools in Novi Kneževac
Novi Kneževac
Novi Kneževac is a town and municipality in the North Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 7,567, while the Novi Kneževac municipality has 12,952 inhabitants .-Name:...
, Bihać
Bihac
Bihać is a city and municipality on the river Una in the north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Bosanska Krajina region. Bihać is located in the Una-Sana Canton in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.-History:...
and Zemun
Zemun
Zemun is a historical town and one of the 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia...
. She graduated from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade in 1995, as the best student of the year. She completed there, with the highest marks, her postgraduate studies in both Piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
Performance
Performance
A performance, in performing arts, generally comprises an event in which a performer or group of performers behave in a particular way for another group of people, the audience. Choral music and ballet are examples. Usually the performers participate in rehearsals beforehand. Afterwards audience...
(1999) and Chamber Music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
(1997). Her primary teacher were Srebrenka Široki, Zorana Grbić, Miloš Ivanović
Miloš Ivanovic
Miloš Ivanović was a Serbian pianist and professor at the Faculty of Music at Belgrade.-External links:*...
and Olivera Djurdjević
Olivera Djurdjevic
Olivera Djurdjević was a Serbian pianist, cembalist and professor at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade.-References:****...
. She also studied with Dušan Trbojević
Dušan Trbojevic
Dušan Trbojević was a famous Serbian pianist, composer, musical writer and university professor.-Education:...
, Arbo Valdma
Arbo Valdma
Arbo Valdma is a Serbian pianist and music pedagogue of Estonian heritage. He is a professor of piano at the University of Music in Cologne...
, Rita Kinka
Rita Kinka
Rita Kinka is a Serbian pianist of Hungarian descent.She graduated at the University of Novi Sad's Academy of Arts under Arbo Valdma, and finished her studies at the Juilliard School under György Sándor after she was granted the Gina Bachauer scholarship.Kinka started a concert and recording...
and with Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
pianists Dorensky
Sergei Dorensky
Sergei Dorensky is a Russian pianist.He was trained under Grigory Ginsburg at the Moscow Conservatory. Dorensky was awarded a Gold Medal at the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students and the 1957 Rio de Janeiro Competition's 2nd Prize, which allowed him to perform through Western Europe and...
and Pisarev
Andrey Pisarev
Andrey Pisarev is a Russian pianist combining an international concert career with teaching at the Moscow Conservatory, where he serves as a professor.-External links:* * ], May 6, 2008.]...
, professors at the Moscow Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
. In 1995 she was invited to continue her studies at the Manhattan School of Music
Manhattan School of Music
The Manhattan School of Music is a major music conservatory located on the Upper West Side of New York City. The school offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. The invitation was made by famous Professor Solomon Mikowsky, a jury
Jury
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member at the Frederic Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
International Competition in Rome, who was especially delighted by Gluvakov's performance of the Third Piano Sonata of Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century...
.
Awards
As a soloistSolo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
and chamber musician, Marija Gluvakov won top prizes at many state and federal
Central government
A central government also known as a national government, union government and in federal states, the federal government, is the government at the level of the nation-state. The structure of central governments varies from institution to institution...
competitions in former Yugoslavia, as well as at the international competitions in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
and Stresa
Stresa
Stresa is a town and comune of about 5,000 inhabitants on the shores of the Lago Maggiore in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy; it is situated on the road and rail routes to the Simplon pass, about 90 km north-west of Milan. Since the early 20th century, the main source of income has been the...
, Italy
Italy
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(both in 1995).
Performance career
Marija Gluvakov has been performing throughout Serbia and, formerly, Yugoslavia. The highlights of her careerCareer
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include the premiere of the composition named Gambit
Gambit
A gambit is a chess opening in which a player, most often White, sacrifices material, usually a pawn, with the hope of achieving a resulting advantageous position. Some well-known examples are the King's Gambit , Queen's Gambit , and Evans Gambit...
, written by eminent Serbian composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Rajko Maksimović (1995), performances in the Great Hall of the Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment
Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment
Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment is a building in central Belgrade. Also known as Kolarac University , it is located on Studentski Square....
in Belgrade, in the Church of St. Sophia
Church of St. Sophia, Ohrid
The Church of St. Sophia is located in the city of Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia. The church is one of the most important monuments of Macedonia, housing architecture and art from the Middle Ages. It was built during the First Bulgarian Empire, after the official conversion to Christianity...
in Ohrid
Ohrid
Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the seventh largest city in the country. The city is the seat of Ohrid Municipality. Ohrid is notable for having once had 365 churches, one for each day of the year and has...
, at the international music festival
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
s BEMUS
BEMUS
Founded in 1969, the Belgrade Music Festival – BEMUS is the oldest and the most prominent music festival in Serbia and one of the most distinctive classical music festivals in the South-Eastern Europe...
and NOMUS, recitals in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
and Smederevo
Smederevo
Smederevo is a city and municipality in Serbia, on the right bank of the Danube, about 40 km downstream of the capital Belgrade. According to official results of the 2011 census, the city has a population of 107,528...
organized by EPTA, participation in the project named Classical Guerrilla (a cycle of concerts held in 2002 in the Hall of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra in Serbia, regularly considered as one of the finest in the country. Its home base is in Belgrade.- History :...
), collaboration with Serbian and foreign artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
s in several multimedia
Multimedia
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l projects, etc.
In addition to frequent solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
and chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
recital
Recital
A recital is a musical performance. It can highlight a single performer, sometimes accompanied by piano, or a performance of the works of a single composer.The invention of the solo piano recital has been attributed to Franz Liszt....
s, as a soloist
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
with orchestras, Gluvakov has performed standard piano concerto
Concerto
A concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...
s (Bach
Bạch
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, Beethoven, Schumann
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
, Liszt
Liszt
Liszt is a Hungarian surname. Notable persons with that surname include:* Franz Liszt , Hungarian composer and pianist* Adam Liszt , father of Franz Liszt* Anna Liszt , mother of Franz Liszt...
).
She has recorded for the radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
.
Teaching career
Marija Gluvakov gained her first teaching experience during her postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, as a teaching assistantTeaching assistant
A teaching assistant is an individual who assists a professor or teacher with instructional responsibilities. TAs include graduate teaching assistants , who are graduate students; undergraduate teaching assistants , who are undergraduate students; secondary school TAs, who are either high school...
of Professor Ivanović (1995–1998). She got her first professional teaching engagement at the same institution
Institution
An institution is any structure or mechanism of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given human community...
, where she taught Piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
and Accompaniment
Accompaniment
In music, accompaniment is the art of playing along with an instrumental or vocal soloist or ensemble, often known as the lead, in a supporting manner...
and Sight Reading under the supervision
Supervisor
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of eminent piano pedagogues Miloš Ivanović
Miloš Ivanovic
Miloš Ivanović was a Serbian pianist and professor at the Faculty of Music at Belgrade.-External links:*...
, Aleksandra Pavlović, Tijana Humo and Jokut Mihailović (1998–2004).
Gluvakov has been teaching at the University of Priština Faculty of Arts since 2004. She served first as an accompanist and secondary piano teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
(2004–2008). She was appointed Assistant Professor of Piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
in 2008.
Affiliations
Ms. Gluvakov has been a member of the Association of Musical Artists of SerbiaAssociation of Musical Artists of Serbia
The Association of Musical Artists of Serbia is an association which gathers together musicians from Serbia who dedicated themselves to performing actively classical music....
since 1996.