Tomsic received private lessons at a very young age and continued with education at the Music High School in Ljubljana and later at the Slovene Academy of Music under professor Zora Zarnik. Following the advice of concert pianist Claudio Arrau, she went to the United States at age 12 and in 1957 graduated from Juilliard School of Music in New York. Her teachers were Katherine Bacon and Alexander Uninsky. Arthur Rubinstein heard her New York Town Hall recital and invited her to study with him privately in the late 1950s. Tomšič became one of Rubinstein's protegées.[1]
Career
Tomsic has been teaching piano at the Slovene Academy of music in Ljubljana since 1967. She has had a wide ranging concert career and is often invited to judge piano competitions including Van Cliburn, Leeds, L. v. Beethoven, Clara Haskil, and others. Dubravka Tomšič is very much sought after as a performer, making recital and concerto appearances all over Europe, Asia, North America, Mexico, Australia and Africa. She is credited with more than 3,500 performances and more than 20 records and 70 CD releases. For her artistic and pedagogic endeavours she has received numerous awards: 3rd prize at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition (Bolzano, 1961), Prešeren Fund Award (1962), 1. award at Mozart's festival recital (Brussels, 1967), Župančič Award (1970), gold lyre SUMUJ Award (1974), Prešeren Award (1975), AVNOJ Award (1976), Golden Award of the University in Ljubljana for her pedagogic and artistic achievements (1989), etc. She is an honorary member of the Slovene Philharmonics since 1995.
Her students include: Majda Martinc, Sonja Pahor, Hinko Haas, Lidija Stanković, Tatjana Ognjanović, Tomaž Petrač, Anja German, Miha Haas, Slaven Kulenovic, Natalija Šaver, Tadej Horvat, Sara Rustja Turniški, Stanislav Krutilov and Fada Azzeh.
Personal life
She was married to the late Slovenian composer Alojz Srebotnjak and has a son Martin Srebotnjak, who is a Slovenian film director.
References
^"Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak". Teatro Colón. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
External links
. Dispeker Artists. Archived from the original on 2020-04-22. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
Biography on the Bach Cantatas Website
May 04, 2023
dubravka, tomšič, srebotnjak, born, february, 1940, dubrovnik, croatia, kingdom, yugoslavia, slovenian, pianist, music, teacher, 1962, contents, early, life, career, personal, life, references, external, linksearly, life, edittomsic, received, private, lessons. Dubravka Tomsic Srebotnjak born 7 February 1940 in Dubrovnik Croatia Kingdom of Yugoslavia is a Slovenian pianist and music teacher Dubravka Tomsic Srebotnjak 1962 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 References 5 External linksEarly life EditTomsic received private lessons at a very young age and continued with education at the Music High School in Ljubljana and later at the Slovene Academy of Music under professor Zora Zarnik Following the advice of concert pianist Claudio Arrau she went to the United States at age 12 and in 1957 graduated from Juilliard School of Music in New York Her teachers were Katherine Bacon and Alexander Uninsky Arthur Rubinstein heard her New York Town Hall recital and invited her to study with him privately in the late 1950s Tomsic became one of Rubinstein s protegees 1 Career EditTomsic has been teaching piano at the Slovene Academy of music in Ljubljana since 1967 She has had a wide ranging concert career and is often invited to judge piano competitions including Van Cliburn Leeds L v Beethoven Clara Haskil and others Dubravka Tomsic is very much sought after as a performer making recital and concerto appearances all over Europe Asia North America Mexico Australia and Africa She is credited with more than 3 500 performances and more than 20 records and 70 CD releases For her artistic and pedagogic endeavours she has received numerous awards 3rd prize at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition Bolzano 1961 Preseren Fund Award 1962 1 award at Mozart s festival recital Brussels 1967 Zupancic Award 1970 gold lyre SUMUJ Award 1974 Preseren Award 1975 AVNOJ Award 1976 Golden Award of the University in Ljubljana for her pedagogic and artistic achievements 1989 etc She is an honorary member of the Slovene Philharmonics since 1995 Her students include Majda Martinc Sonja Pahor Hinko Haas Lidija Stankovic Tatjana Ognjanovic Tomaz Petrac Anja German Miha Haas Slaven Kulenovic Natalija Saver Tadej Horvat Sara Rustja Turniski Stanislav Krutilov and Fada Azzeh Personal life EditShe was married to the late Slovenian composer Alojz Srebotnjak and has a son Martin Srebotnjak who is a Slovenian film director References Edit Dubravka Tomsic Srebotnjak Teatro Colon Retrieved 2022 04 30 External links Edit Dubravka Tomsic Dispeker Artists Archived from the original on 2020 04 22 Retrieved 30 December 2022 Biography on the Bach Cantatas Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dubravka Tomsic Srebotnjak amp oldid 1130426915, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
