Nocturnes No. 7 In C Sharp Minor Op. 27 No. 1 Larghetto - Music

Nocturnes No. 7 In C Sharp Minor Op. 27 No. 1 Larghetto by Dubravka Tomšič

Dubravka Tomšič

Artist Biography For Dubravka Tomšič

Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak Born 7 February 1940 In Dubrovnik Croatia Kingdom Of Yugoslavia Is A Slovenian Pianist And Music Teacher. Tomsic Received Private Lessons At A Very Young Age And Continued With Education At The Music High School In Ljubljana And Later At The Slovene Academy Of Music Under Professor Zora Zarnik. Following The Advice Of Concert Pianist Claudio Arrau She Went To The United States At Age 12 And In 1957 Graduated At Juilliard School Of Music In New York. Her Teachers Were Katharine Bacon And Alexander Uninsky. Arthur Rubinstein Heard Her New York Town Hall Recital And Invited Her To Study With Him Privately In The Late 1950s. Tomšič Became One Of Rubinstein's Most Important Protegées. Tomsic Has Been Teaching Piano At The Slovene Academy Of Music In Ljubljana Since 1967. She Has Had A Wide Ranging Concert Career And Is Often Invited To Judge Piano Competitions Including Van Cliburn Leeds L. V. Beethoven Clara Haskil And Others. Dubravka Tomšič Is Very Much Sought After As A Performer Making Recital And Concerto Appearances All Over Europe Asia North America Mexico Australia And Africa. She Is Credited With More Than 3 500 Performances And More Than 20 Records And 70 CD Releases. For Her Artistic And Pedagogic Endeavours She Has Received Numerous Awards 3rd Prize At The Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition Bolzano 1961 Prešeren Fund Award 1962 1. Award At Mozart's Festival Recital Brussels 1967 Župančič Award 1970 Gold Lyre SUMUJ Award 1974 Prešeren Award 1975 AVNOJ Award 1976 Golden Award Of The University In Ljubljana For Her Pedagogic And Artistic Achievements 1989 Etc. She Is An Honorary Member Of The Slovene Philharmonics Since 1995. Her Students Include Majda Martinc Sonja Pahor Hinko Haas Lidija Stanković Tatjana Ognjanović Tomaž Petrač Anja German Miha Haas Slaven Kulenovic Natalija Šaver Tadej Horvat And Fada Azzeh. She Was Married To The Late Slovenian Composer Alojz Srebotnjak And Has A Son Martin Srebotnjak Who Is A Slovenian Film Director.