Ivan Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Илић; born August 14, 1978)
is a Serbian-American pianist. He lives in Paris.Ilić was born in
Palo Alto, in the United States. He attended the University of
California, Berkeley in the U.S. where he took degrees in mathematics
and music. Ilić also briefly studied at the San Francisco
Conservatory of Music before pursuing graduate studies at the
Conservatoire de Paris, earning a Premier Prix, and finally at the
École Normale de Musique de Paris. His teachers in France included
François-René Duchâble, Christian Ivaldi, and Jacques Rouvier.Ilić
performs primarily as a soloist. His recording of Debussy's 24
Préludes was released in October 2008 on the French record label
Paraty and won Mezzo TV's Critics' Choice Award in France. The disc
was also a Top Five CD of the year by a critic at Fanfare Magazine and
a Top Five CD of the Month by the French website Classique News. Ilić
rearranged the order of the Préludes on the album, a controversial
choice which he defended in several interviews.Ilić's next album was
dedicated to the left-hand Studies on Chopin's Études by Leopold
Godowsky. The disc was the Classical CD of the Week of The Daily
Telegraph, a Top 5 CD of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Figaro, and a Top 5
CD of Classique News.
is a Serbian-American pianist. He lives in Paris.Ilić was born in
Palo Alto, in the United States. He attended the University of
California, Berkeley in the U.S. where he took degrees in mathematics
and music. Ilić also briefly studied at the San Francisco
Conservatory of Music before pursuing graduate studies at the
Conservatoire de Paris, earning a Premier Prix, and finally at the
École Normale de Musique de Paris. His teachers in France included
François-René Duchâble, Christian Ivaldi, and Jacques Rouvier.Ilić
performs primarily as a soloist. His recording of Debussy's 24
Préludes was released in October 2008 on the French record label
Paraty and won Mezzo TV's Critics' Choice Award in France. The disc
was also a Top Five CD of the year by a critic at Fanfare Magazine and
a Top Five CD of the Month by the French website Classique News. Ilić
rearranged the order of the Préludes on the album, a controversial
choice which he defended in several interviews.Ilić's next album was
dedicated to the left-hand Studies on Chopin's Études by Leopold
Godowsky. The disc was the Classical CD of the Week of The Daily
Telegraph, a Top 5 CD of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Figaro, and a Top 5
CD of Classique News.
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