LECTURE: PIANO COMPETITIONS THROUGHOUT CENTURIES | prof. Milan Miladinovic
Milan Miladinović is a pianist, docent for Piano and a History of pianism and Head of the Department of Music at the Academy of Art in Novi Sad. He graduated from Music school in Niš in class of prof. Borivoje Mladenović and graduated from the AU Novi Sad in the class of prof. Svetlana Bogino. He also graduated from UDK Berlin in the class of prof. Fabio Bidini. He has won numerous international awards and has performed in the most important halls throughout Europe, in America, Russia, Brazil and Israel. His students are laureates of numerous international competitions. He is interested in artistic research and has held many lectures at major music conferences around the world.
Pedagogical and artistic significance as well as controversies that sometimes follow competitions rank them in the most exciting musical events. The results are of course important, but the competitions are primarily a holiday of music and opportunities for making new friends, sharing experiences and presenting exceptional talents!
Competitions in art have been in existence since ancient times. Over centuries in "black and white arena" in “music duels” competed some of the greatest musicians: Handel and Scarlatti, Mozart and Clementi, Liszt and Thalberg... Since 20th century, successes in competition usually creates opportunities for starting a career. Sometimes incredibly successful career launches after failure in competition - the Ivo Pogorelić case in Warsaw.
