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

VEDRANA SUBOTIC

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