Marija Ilic, pianist
Biography
Pianist Marija Ilic is an active performer of the traditional repertoire and new music in New York City and has been praised as a "clear and decisive musician," "compelling," and "poetic" by The New York Times. Her recent performance highlights include recitals with violist Lawrence Dutton of the Emerson String Quartet at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., as well as in Bronxville, New York, and Westport, Connecticut. Past performances include recitals at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Musica Viva in Belgrade, the Clark Studio Theater at Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street Y, as well as the Music Festival of the Hamptons, the Aldeburgh Festival in England, the Norfolk Contemporary Music Festival, Music at Concordia, and Trinity Church.
Ms. Ilic has worked with composers Martin Bresnick, George Crumb, Oliver Knussen, Joan Tower, Vykintas Baltakas, Meredith Monk, and John Patitucci, among others. She has collaborated with the National Theater of the United States of America on their productions Chautauqua! and What's That on My Head?, with choreographers Ariane Anthony, Rachel Cohen, and Rajika Puri, and she is a member of the Patrick Grant Group and Dan Joseph Ensemble. She is the founding principal pianist of Christopher Caines Dance Company, with which she has appeared regularly since 2000.
A native of Belgrade, Serbia, Ms. Ilic holds degrees from the Belgrade Music Academy and the Mannes College of Music, and a doctorate in piano performance from Rutgers University. Her piano teachers include Susan Starr, Pavlina Dokovska, Nina Svetlanova, Stephanie Brown, and harpsichord master Kenneth Cooper. She can be heard on New World Records, Mutable Music, Innova, and Silent Treatment Music labels. Ms. Ilic is on the piano faculty of Concordia College and Concordia Conservatory in Bronxville, NY, and maintains her private teaching studio in New York City.
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