Program and Artist Biography

Recently praised by the New Yorker as an "adventurous pianist" who "likes his music on the brainy side," Ivan Ilić is rapidly gaining a strong international reputation. A disciple of the legendary François-René Duchâble, he has earned support from the American Foundation in Paris, the Karić Foundation in Belgrade, the University of Illinois, and the Nadia Boulanger Foundation in Paris. He recently completed a one-year residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts.

Mr. Ilić started music studies at age six and gave his recital debut at 11. He took degrees in music and mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, before moving to Paris on a fellowship from the university. Soon after, he was admitted to the esteemed Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris, where he took a premier prix in piano performance. The City of Paris sponsored his first recording.

Sixty engagements in 2007 included recital débuts in Boston, Washington, Dublin, Bristol, Glasgow, and Cardiff. Current season highlights include recitals at Carnegie Hall (New York), Wigmore Hall (London), the National Concert Hall (Dublin), the Belgrade Philharmonic, Glenn Gould Studio (Toronto), and the American Academy in Rome.

Mr. Ilić's first CD of music by Claude Debussy, lauded as "masterly" by Gramophone magazine, received Mezzo Television's prestigious Critic's Choice Award in France.