Washington International Piano Arts Council

in cooperation with The Society of the Cincinnati presents

Fall 2007 Piano Concert Series featuring

Jelena Vladikovic, Piano

First Prize Winner, 2007 Washington International Piano Artists Competition

Saturday, October 20 at 1:30 PM

Anderson House

2118 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Program

Domenico Scarlatti Piano Sonata in E Major, LL 23

Piano Sonata in G Major, LL 487

Piano Sonata in C Major, LL 457

L. van Beethoven Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57, No. 23

Allegro Assai, Andante con moto

Allegro ma non troppo

Intermission

Vojislav Vuckovic Piano Suite “Platform”

Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata in F Minor No. 1

Franz Liszt Vallee d’Obermann

In cooperation with The Society of Cincinnati, WIPAC proudly presents pianist Jelena Vladikovic. She was born to a family of musicians in Belgrade, Serbia, and grew up with music. Her grandfather and uncle were violinists and her mother was a piano teacher. When the Yugoslav Music Teachers Association brought Evgeni Timakin from State Music School in Moscow to Belgrade, she was chosen as one of eight students for his Master Class, and there began her pianistic journey. She studied with Timakin until she graduated from secondary music school and was awarded a full scholarship to study in Moscow. As the foreign student quota in Moscow was full, she was sent to Leningrad instead, where she studied with Pavel Serebryakov Ms. Vladikovic received the highest rating from 11 members of the jury at the most prestigious Yugoslav competition for young musicians and was the first recipient of a Special Award at age 13. By 17, she was a substitute piano teacher at a secondary music school. After receiving a Bachelor’s degree in piano performance, she was invited to teach at the University of Novi Sad, Academy of Arts. In 1982, she immigrated to Vancouver, Canada and continued Master of Music studies at the University of British Columbia. In 2002 she came to the US with her son, who was invited to train with the Phoenix Swim Club. In the fall of 2006, she became involved with the Young Artist Committee and the USASU Bosendorfer/Schimmel International Piano Competition as a PR and Media Relations volunteer, an involvement that led to her return to piano and first public appearance in February 2007 since her retirement from performing in 1989. She joined the ranks of First Prize Winners in the 2007 Washington International Piano Artists Competition, making her the first woman to win this prestigious award. Jelena Vladikovic is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance and pedagogy at Arizona State University School of Music, under the direction of Dr. Baruch Meir.