Vladimir Valjarević

Who is Vladimir Valjarević?

Vladimir Valjarević, is a Bosnian/American pianist.

Valjarević came to New York City on a scholarship from the Mannes College of Music, where he earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees as a recipient of the Marian Marcus Wahl Performance Award. His principal teachers were Pavlina Dokovska and Vladimir Feltsman. Prior to studying at Mannes, Valjarević attended the Primary and Secondary Music School in Tuzla in the class of Planinka Jurišić and Academy of Arts in Novi Sad and the Conservatory of Music in Belgrade in the class of Arbo Valdma. Additional studies include Master Classes with Pascal Devoyon, Philippe Bianconi, Gaby Casadesus, Lilian Kallir, Eteri Andjaparidze, Lydia Kouteva. Valjarevic received his doctoral degree at the Mason Gross School of the Arts of the Rutgers University under the direction of Susan Starr.

Valjarević has participated in festivals such as IMS Prussia Cove in England; American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France; International Festival-Institute at Round Top in Texas; International Keyboard Institute and Beethoven Institute in New York; Kneisel Hall in Maine; European Piano Teachers Association in Rovigno, Croatia; and Ohrid Summer, Macedonia. As a soloist and a chamber musician, Vladimir Valjarević has won numerous prizes at National Competitions in former Yugoslavia as well as at the "Citta di Stresa" and "Citta di Marsala" International Competitions in Italy. He has recorded for Yugoslav Radio and Television and the Voice of America. His latest CD, Tribute to Faure, is recorded for Labor Records.