Music in the University Lunchtime Concert Series: Ivan Ilić - piano
Music in the University Lunchtime Concert Series: Ivan Ilić - piano
Music in the University
Date: Thursday 22 October 2015
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ
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Website: ivancdg.com
Serbian-American pianist Ivan Ilić, known for his “restless, inquiring intellect” (International Piano) studied mathematics and music at the University of California Berkeley before moving to Paris. In 2003 he received a Premier Prix from the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris. The City of Paris sponsored his first recording.
Ivan’s first CD (Paraty/2008) of Claude Debussy’s 24 Préludes received Mezzo Television's Critic's Choice Award (France), and was a Top Five CD of Fanfare Magazine (US). His next CD (Paraty/2012) featured Leopold Godowsky’s complete Chopin Studies for the left hand. The recording, described as "breathtaking" by BBC Radio 3, was The Daily Telegraph's CD of the Week (UK), a Top 5 CD of MDR Figaro (Germany) and a Top 5 CD of Classiquenews (France). The album also received a 5-star rating from Czech Radio 3 Vltava. The Godowsky CD was broadcast widely across 6 continents, and videos of Ivan performing Godowsky attracted over 500,000 views on YouTube. As a result of the success of the album, Ivan made his acting début in two French short films: Luc Plissonneau's "Les Mains" and Benoît Maire's "Le Berger".
Ivan’s most recent CD was Part One of his “Morton Feldman Trilogy”. Entitled The Transcendentalist (Heresy Records/2014), the album juxtaposes Scriabin miniatures and meditative American music by Morton Feldman, John Cage and Scott Wollschleger. The album received the Critic’s Choice Award of Bayerischer Rundfunk (Germany), it was a Recommended CD of Listen Magazine (US), Classical CD of the month of TGV Magazine (France), a Top 5 CD of Classiquenews (France), a Top 5 CD of the Month of Sinfini Music (UK), and a Top Choice of Swiss Radio – Espace 2. It also received a Supersonic Award from Pizzicato Magazine (Luxembourg), and 5-star reviews from both Harmonie Magazine (Czech Republic) and Aachener Zeitung (Germany). The album was nominated for the International Classical Music Awards in the "Album of the Year" category. It was also mentioned by Forbes in its Top 10 list of New Classical Releases for 2014.
Part Two of Ivan’s “Feldman Trilogy” was published in November 2014 by Editions HEAD – Geneva University of Art & Design. Detours Which Have To Be Investigated is an Art Book, CD and DVD in homage to Morton Feldman. French magazine Le Nouvel Obs hailed the "sublime immobility" of Ivan’s Feldman recording; Australian Limelight Magazine described it as “marvelously spacious and resonant”. La Tribune de Genève wrote: "Under Ivan Ilić's fingers, Feldman reappears, ethereal and moving.”
http://www.ivancdg.com