Milica Zakić
Serbian pianist Milica Zakić was born in Belgrade in 1996 and graduated from the University of Belgrade as the best student in the piano class of Professor Lidija Stanković. During her studies, she attended master classes with pianists such as Jacques Rouvier and Florent Boffard and received several scholarships from the Serbian Ministry of Education and Youth. Between 2021 and 2023 she studied and performed with Klangforum Wien under the direction of Joonas Ahonen. Since then, she has performed regularly at new music festivals such as IMPULS, Wien Modern, Musik Protokoll and Tage der Neuen Klaviermusik, where she gave her debut solo recital, and has worked with renowned ensembles such as Wiener Collage, Schallfeld and Cantando Admont.
She has performed as a soloist with renowned orchestras, including the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, and has appeared on Serbian National Radio programmes.
As a soloist, ensemble and chamber musician, she has performed in major concert halls in Austria and abroad, including the Vienna Musikverein and Konzerthaus, the Opera House, Mumuth and Minoritensaal in Graz, the Frankfurt LAB, the Auditori i Palau de Congressos de Castelló and the Great Hall of the Kolarac Foundation in Belgrade.
Milica Zakić has also worked with some of the most important composers of our time, including Enno Poppe at the Lucerne Festival, Olga Neuwirth, Alberto Posadas and Beat Furrer, whose music she recorded for the CD Ins Offene für Gerd Kühr, and performed his work Nuun as a soloist with Klangforum Wien and PPCM under his own direction.
Milica Zakić has won prizes at over 20 national and international competitions, including Serbia, Young Virtuosos (Bulgaria), the John Cage Award Halberstadt (Germany) and ReCrea (Spain).
Milica Zakić will make her debut at the Vienna State Opera in April 2025 with Morton Feldmanʼs Ixion for two pianos in Merce Cunninghamʼs ballet Summerspace.
Performances with Milica Zakić
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Dress Rehearsal
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Cast on Tuesday 8. April 2025
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Premiere
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Cast on Wednesday 9. April 2025
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Cast on Friday 11. April 2025
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Cast on Monday 14. April 2025
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Cast on Monday 21. April 2025
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Cast on Saturday 26. April 2025
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Cast on Saturday 3. May 2025
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Cast on Wednesday 7. May 2025
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Cast on Sunday 11. May 2025
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Cast on Thursday 5. June 2025
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Cast on Saturday 7. June 2025
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Cast on Tuesday 10. June 2025