Maya Matievich
Maya Matievich (Serbian: Маја Матијевић; born January 5, 1990.) is a classical pianist. She started to play the piano at the age of five. She finished the Secondary Music School "Dr. Vojislav Vučković" in Belgrade in the class of Mrs Branka Žiravac–Jeremić. She graduated at the Faculty of Music Art in Belgrade in 2010. piano department, in the class of Professor Maja Rajković.
In December 2005. she was the only representative of Serbia and Montenegro at the Mediterranean festival of young pianists in Italy, where she had notable performances in several cities. She recorded a CD together with the other participants.
While going to school, she attended master classes with famous professors like: Elisso Virsaladze, Jacques Rouvier, Andrei Diev, Piero Rattalino, Igor Lazko, Sijavush Gadjijev, Svetlana Bogino ...
At the age of 19, she became the first pianist in Serbia who played Rachmaninov's 1st Sonata, in d minor, Op. 28.
She recorded three solo CDs (2005,2007,2010).
Prizes
The absolute 1st prize at the State competition in Belgrade 2007. The 1st prize at the International competition of young pianists "Vučković" 2007.; for the third time, the absolute 1st prize, Laureate at the International concorse "Alma Cornea Ionescu" in Romania 2007. (on this competition in 2005. she also had won a special prize for the best performance of Liszt’s 13th Hungarian Rhapsody). 2nd prize, Laureate on 13th International competition "Tjiarri music foundation" 2008. in Cyprus. The semi-finalist on the International piano competition СТУПЕНЬ К МАСТЕРСТВУ 2009. (EMCY) in Russia.
References
The results of the National Piano Competition 2007.