Svetislav Stančić (7 July 1895 in Zagreb – 7 January 1970 in Zagreb) was a Croatian pianist and music pedagogue.
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Stančić initially studied piano in Zagreb and then moved to Berlin where he studied with Karl Heinrich Barth, Conrad Ansorge, and Ferruccio Busoni, who also taught him composition. [1] 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 Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts and a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. [2] In 1960 he received the Vladimir Nazor Award for lifetime achievement in music.
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3,748,148 (2018) inhabitants make it the second most populous city proper of the European Union after London. The city is one of Germany's 16 federal states. It is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, and contiguous with its capital, Potsdam. The two cities are at the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region, which is, with about six million inhabitants and an area of more than 30,000 km², Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions.
Karl Heinrich Barth was a noted German pianist and pedagogue.
Conrad Eduard Reinhold Ansorge was a German pianist, teacher and composer.
Some of his notable students included Ivo Maček, Branka Musulin and Vladimir Krpan. [1] The International Piano Competition Svetislav Stančić is named after him.
Ivo Maček was a prominent Croatian pianist, composer, teacher, editor and academician. He was born in Sušak on March 24, 1914, and died in Zagreb on May 26, 2002. On account of his diverse social work, for his work as pianist, composer and editor, he was the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions.
Branka Musulin was a German-Croatian classical pianist and teacher.
Vladimir Krpan is a Croatian pianist and piano pedagogue.
