Today I witnessed some incredible piano playing at a concert of a Yugoslavian pianist Vladimir Milosevich. The concert was held at the Weill Recital Hall located in the Carnegie Hall building. The concert was sponsored by the Italian Academy Foundation which is a non-profit organization that sponsors and presents Italian musical, artistic and educational programmes. This time though, the musician was not Italian, but he is studying in Italy with famous Italian musicians and he has one first place in many piano competitions in Italy.

I was amazed by Vadimir's piano playing skills. Take a look at the video excerpts to see for yourself:

Programme: Mozart: Rondo in A minor, KV 511 Chopin: Sonata N. 3 in B minor, op. 58 -Intermission- Milan Mihailovic: Three preludes/1989/ Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit Prokofiev: Toccata op. 11

Vladimir Milosevich
Pianist

Born in Leskovac, Yugoslavia on May 11, 1980, Vladimir finished his graduate and post-graduate studies in Belgrade with Prof. Nevena Popovic. He studied with G. Valentini and Lazar Berman at the Accademia pianistica "Incontri col maestro" in Imola - Italy, where he will continue his studies with L. Margarius; participated in mastercourses with Arie Vardi, Naum Starkmann, Michel Dalberto, Francois Rene Duchable, Leslie Howard and others.

First Prize winner of competitions: "N. Rubinstein" - Paris, Pietra Liguere - Italy, "P. Konjovi" - Belgrade, Nis-special prize with 100 points etc. Semifinalist of "Clara Haskil" competition, Chopin competition - Warszawa 2000 and Cleveland 2001/third round. In 1998, winner of "Orpheus" prize at jeunesse musicale competition in Belgrade, "Olga Mihailovic" prize as the most talented young pianist, and "Emil Yeysec" prize as the most promising pianist of his generation. In 2001, he won "Stanojlo Rajicic" prize for the best piano recital in the preceeding season. In 1998 - prizewinner at "Paderewski" International competition in Poland and winner of the audience-prize for best performer. In October 2002 - First Prize at TIM competition in France, Torneo internazionale di musica. In June 2003, first prize at International piano-competition "Concerti in Villa" in Vicenza, as well as the prize of musical critics and prize for best foreign competitor. The prize includes debut-recital in Carnegie Hall, New York. In March 2004 - winner of the competition Mee sur Seine, France. In October 2004 - prizewinner at Porto international Piano Competition, Portugal.

Vladimir played in many recitals and with orchestra in Belgrade and other Yugoslavian cities; then in Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro. In Italy: Milano "Serate musicali", Monza, Rome, Venice, Verona, Bari, etc. In France: Paris-salle "Cortot" and many others. In Prague: Salle Foerster. In Poland: as a soloist with orchestra and in many recitals, than in Brasil, 2002, in Marocco 2003 etc. He recorded many times for radio and television in all these counties as well as for Japanese television in Warszawa.