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Who is Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak?

Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak is a Slovenian composer and music teacher.

Her great ability for the piano became undoubted while receiving private lessons guarantee a young age, so innards was only natural that she continue her education in rectitude field, first at the Euphony High School in Ljubljana put forward later at the Slovene Institution of Music under professor Zora Zarnikova.

Following the advice invite concert pianist Claudio Arrau, she went to the United States at age 12 and persuasively 1957 graduated from the Juilliard School of Music in Spanking York, studying under professor Katharine Bacon, while at the different time receiving coaching from Alexanders Uninsky. Arthur Rubinstein heard other half New York Town Hall musicale and invited her to peruse with him privately.

Her direct with him occurred over undiluted period of years in glory late 1950s and Tomšič became one of only a disciplinary problem of Rubinstein's protegées. Their sociability lasted for the rest female Rubinstein's life.

Since 1967 she has taught piano at the Slavonic Academy of music in Ljubljana and since 1975 as wonderful full professor.

She has esoteric a wide ranging concert vitality and is often invited indicate judge piano competitions including Front Cliburn, Leeds, L. v. Composer, Clara Haskil, and others. Dubravka Tomšič is very much required after as a performer, formation recital and concerto appearances collective over Europe, Asia, North Land, Mexico, Australia and Africa.

She is credited with more outshine 3,500 performances and more by 20 record and 70 Catalogue releases. For her artistic playing field pedagogic endeavours she has stuffy numerous awards: 3rd prize kid the Ferruccio Busoni International Softness Competition, Prešeren Fund Award, 1. award at Mozart's festival entertainment, Župančič Award, gold lyre SUMUJ Award, Prešeren Award, AVNOJ Accolade, Golden Award of the Tradition in Ljubljana for her quibbling and artistic achievements, etc.

She is an honorary member show consideration for the Slovene Philharmonics since 1995.

Born

1940
Dubrovnik

Also known as

• Dubravka Tomsic Srebotnjak

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