Ana-Marija Markovina (born in

Osijek Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...

, 24 April 1970) is a Croatian classical pianist. She lives in Cologne with her husband, the psychologist , and their daughter.

Life

Ana-Marija Markovina was born in Osijek,

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. She received her first music lessons at the age of five, after her parents recognized her musical talent. She would go on to study at the

Hochschule für Musik Detmold The Hochschule für Musik Detmold is a university-level music school situated in Detmold, Germany. Academics The Hochschule offers performance degrees in composition, all orchestral instruments, piano, voice, opera, art-song, conducting, as we ...

and Weimar. Her teachers include Vitaly Margulis,

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, and

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. She completed her studies at the

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in Berlin with the concert exam jury. Following graduation, Ana-Marija gave a series of important guest performances at the Bachtage Ansbach, the Bachfest Hamburg, the

Beethovenfest The Beethovenfest (Beethoven Festival) is a festival of classical music in Bonn, Germany, dedicated mostly to the music of Ludwig van Beethoven who was born there. It dates back to 1845, when the composer's 75th anniversary of birth was celebrat ...

Bonn,

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, the

Klavier-Festival Ruhr The Klavier-Festival Ruhr (also ''Klavierfestival Ruhr'') is an annual festival of piano music, which takes place in the area of the Ruhr in Germany. The festival runs from around the beginning of May for three months. The organizer of the fest ...

, the European Weeks Festival, Passau, the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Festival in Frankfurt an der Oder, the International Piano Stars Festival in Latvia and the International Piano Festival in Yokohama. Ana-Marija has also performed with the

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Orchestra, the Oulu Symphony Orchestra in Finland, The Romanian Broadcast Orchestra, the New Philharmonic Westphalia and the Kieler Philharmonic Orchestra, the among others. She has performed as soloist throughout Europe and many other cities in Central America, North America and Asia, including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, the Beethovenhalle in Bonn, The Meistersingerhalle Nürnberg, the Liederhalle Stuttgart, the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Philharmony in Kaliningrad, the Minato Mirai Hall in Yokohama, the Kitara in Sapporo, Kyoto concert Hall, St. John's London and the Konzertverein Wien. Markovina together with Professor Dr. Helmuth Reuter prepare and hold a series of lectures entitled "Music and Psychology", about the cultural and psychological significance of music in the spirit of times.

Repertoire

In addition to works by composers such as Domenico Scarlatti, Salieri, Clementi, Rossini, Respighi, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Grieg, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky,

Dora Pejačević Countess Maria Theodora Paulina (Dora) Pejačević ( hu, Gróf verőczei Pejácsevich Mária Theodóra Paulina "Dóra", link=no, 10 September 1885 – 5 March 1923) was a Croatian composer and a member of the Pejačević noble family. She wa ...

and

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. Ana-Marija Markovina is known for rediscovering rare piano music from the 18th – early 20th centuries, and has performed and recorded major cycles featuring the music of

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and sec ...

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in addition to works by contemporary composers. In 2018 she premiered thirteen previously unpublished piano works from Bruckner's Kitzler Study Book. Special and long-term projects have included the works of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Working under the auspices of the

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in Los Altos (USA), which is currently preparing the first complete edition of the composer's works, Ana-Marija had access to a number of previously unpublished scores and manuscripts to facilitate her recording of the complete C. P. E. Bach piano works, released by

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CLASSIC. Her recording received numerous critical accolades and awards including the

Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik The Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik ("German Record Critics' Award") was established in Germany in 1963 by publisher Richard Kaselowsky with the aim of setting the "most rigorous standards for supreme achievement and quality" in the field ...

(Bestenliste 2/2014) and Choc de

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(September 2014).

Discography (selected)

: ''Gesamteinspielung des Klavierwerks.'' (hänssler CLASSIC, 2014, 098.003, 26 CD-Box)''Gesamtaufnahme des Klavierwerks von Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach zum 300. Jubiläum''
. Webseite des IfBK-Institut für Bildung und Kultur, retrieved 13 August 2013. *

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

: ''Parsifal für Klavier 4-händig.'' (Ana-Marija Markovina & Cord Garben, Gramola, 2012) *

: ''Gesamtwerk für Klavier, Volume 1.'' (Genuin, Leipzig 2011) *

: ''Gesamtwerk für Klavier.'' (Genuin, Leipzig 2010) *

: ''Die Preußischen Sonaten.'' (Genuin, Leipzig 2008) *

: ''Klavierwerke.'' (Genuin, Leipzig 2007) *

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...

: ''

Kreisleriana ''Kreisleriana'', Op. 16, is a composition in eight movements by Robert Schumann for solo piano, subtitled ''.'' Schumann claimed to have written it in only four days in April 1838 and a revised version appeared in 1850. The work was dedicated to ...

op. 16,

Papillons ''Papillons'' (French for "butterflies"), Op. 2, is a suite of piano pieces written in 1831 by Robert Schumann when he was 21 years old. The work is meant to represent a masked ball and was inspired by Jean Paul's novel ' (''The Awkward Age''). ...

op. 2, Fantasiestücke op. 111.'' (Alfredo Lasheras Hakobian / Holger Busse, Genuin, Leipzig 2006) *

: ''Die Württembergischen Sonaten.'' (Alfredo Lasheras Hakobian / Holger Busse, Genuin, Leipzig 2005) *

: ''Kammermusik.'' (Robert-Schumann-Quartett und Ana-Marija Markovina, 115 min, Sony, 2004) *

: ''Complete Piano Works.'' (Hänssler, Neuhausen, 2017) *

Anton Bruckner Josef Anton Bruckner (; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-Germ ...

(1824–1896): Piano Works (Hänssler Classic, HC17054, 2018)

References

External links

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Official Website

U Vihoru Vremena interview

Interview with Classical WETA's Bill Bukowski
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