Nataša Veljković is a Serbia

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n pianist.

She was trained under 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...

, Paul Badura-Skoda

Paul Badura-Skoda

Paul Badura-Skoda is an Austrian pianist.He won first prize in the Austrian Music Competition in 1947. In 1949, he performed with distinguished conductors like Wilhelm Furtwängler and Herbert von Karajan...

 (University of Music in Vienna, -1987), Rudolf Firkusny

Rudolf Firkusny

- Life :Born in Moravian Napajedla, Firkušný started his musical studies with the composers Leoš Janáček and Josef Suk, and the pianist Vilém Kurz. Later he studied with Alfred Cortot and Artur Schnabel. He began performing on the continent of Europe in the 1920s, and made his debuts in London in...

 (Juilliard School

Juilliard School

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, 1988–89) and Harry Datyner

Harry Datyner

Harry Datyner was a Swiss classical pianist who taught for many years at the Geneva Conservatory....

 (Geneva Conservatory

Conservatoire de musique de Genève

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, 1990–92). She then settled in Vienna

Vienna

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, where she is teaching at the University of Music since 1993.

At 17 Veljković won the XI Concours Clara Haskil

Clara Haskil

Clara Haskil was a Romanian classical pianist, renowned as an interpreter of the classical and early romantic repertoire....

, which was followed by the World Music Masters competition in Montecarlo five years later. At her return from Vevey

Vevey

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 she made her LP debut for Jugoton

Jugoton

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 and up to now, 10 more CDs for PGP-RTS

PGP-RTS

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, Zulus Records Vienna and GRAMOLA. She has performed through Europe and Asia since, as she is member of the jury at major international piano competitions, i.e., Concours Clara Haskil.

Nataša Veljković is mother of young violinist Milica Zulus (born in Vienna

Vienna

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, 31.8.1999).