Svetislav Stančić (7 July 1895 in

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– 7 January 1970 in Zagreb) was a

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n pianist and music pedagogue. Stančić initially studied piano in Zagreb and then moved to

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where he studied with Karl Heinrich Barth, Conrad Ansorge, and Ferruccio Busoni, who also taught him composition. Stančić had a career as a concert pianist, and later he became legendary Professor of Piano at the Music Academy in Zagreb. He was a member of the

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and a corresponding member of the

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. In 1960 he received the

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for lifetime achievement in music. Some of his notable students included Ivo Maček, Branka Musulin and Vladimir Krpan. The International Piano Competition Svetislav Stančić is named after him.

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* Moritz von Bredow: ''Klang gewordener Geist''. Branka Musulin zum 100. Geburtstag. Eine Hommage. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung v. 14. August 2017, S. 10. 1895 births 1970 deaths Croatian pianists Academic staff of the University of Zagreb Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Vladimir Nazor Award winners 20th-century pianists {{Croatia-music-bio-stub