VEDRANA SUBOTIC
Professor (Lecturer)
School of Music
BIO
Croatian American pianist Vedrana Subotić has delighted audiences in hundreds of concerts
across North and South Americas, Europe, and Asia. She has performed over five hundred
works in the solo, chamber, and concerto genres and has been praised by critics for delivering
performances that are “superb, intuitive, and astute.” Subotić has also been noted for audience
outreach and interactive concert formats. Recent performances include concertos by Brahms,
Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Beethoven, complete chamber works with piano by Beethoven
and Brahms, and recitals of Beethoven and Liszt sonatas. An admirer of contemporary music,
Subotić frequently commissions and performs new works, and has recorded for the Sony and
Centaur labels.
Born in Kotor, Montenegro to a nuclear physicist and an art historian, Subotić grew up and
studied in Belgrade, Serbia. She attended the University of Belgrade at age 15. After winning
the former Yugoslavia’s national piano competition at age 19, Subotić moved to the US. She
continued her piano studies at Michigan State University under the tutelage of the Van Cliburn
laureate Ralph Votapek and later at Indiana University where she completed an Artist Diploma
and a Doctorate with the legendary pianist and founder of the Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler.
Subotić holds five performance degrees in piano and chamber music, and is a Steinway Artist.
A Professor-Lecturer at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Subotić directs the Liszt Festival
and Competition, and teaches piano and music entrepreneurship. Her students have won
state and national competitions, and garnered scholarships and fellowships from prestigious
institutions. Subotić is also a visiting professor at the University of Chile, Artistic Director
of the Intermezzo Concert Series, and President of the Utah Chapter of the American Liszt
Society, the World Piano Teachers Association - USA, and the State Collegiate Programs of the Utah
Music Teachers Association
INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS
- Professor (Lecturer)School of Music1 Jul 2019 - present
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Adjunct Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Utah, School of Music1 Jul 2002 - 30 Jun 2008
- Adjunct Associate ProfessorUniversity of Utah, School of Music1 Jul 2008 - 30 Jun 2013
- Associate Professor (Lecturer)University of Utah, School of Music1 Jul 2013 - 30 Jun 2019
DEGREES
- DMA, Piano Performance and Literature, Musicology and Chamber Music minorsIndiana University, Jacobs School of Music2007
- Artist DiplomaIndiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, United States
- Master of Music, PIano PerformanceMichigan State University, East Lansing, United States
- Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance and Piano PedagogyUniversity of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
LANGUAGES
- SerbianCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- CroatianCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review