Education:
2017-21 DMA in Piano Performance
Prof. Inna Faliks
UCLA
Herb Alpert School of Music
Los Angeles, CA
2006-08 Graduate Performance Diploma
Prof. Michael Lewin
Boston Conservatory of Music
Boston, MA
2003-05 Master of Music
Prof. Mirjana Šuica- Babić
Belgrade Music Academy
Belgrade, Serbia
1999-03 Bachelor of Music
Prof. Mirjana Šuica- Babić
Belgrade Music Academy
Belgrade, Serbia
Teaching and Professional Experience:
2017-20 Teaching Assistant
UCLA, Piano Department
Los Angeles, CA
2019-20 Teaching Associate
UCLA, Piano Department
Los Angeles, CA
2014-15 Piano Teacher
Cornerstone Conservatory
Los Angeles, CA
2011-14 Piano Teacher
At Your Door Music
Boston, MA
2008-14 Staff Accompanist
Boston Conservatory of Music
Boston, MA
2006 Teacher Assistant
New England Conservatory
Preparatory School
Boston, MA
Selected Scholarships, Grants and Awards:
2017-20 Fellowship Recipient
UCLA, Gluck Fellows Music
Outreach Program
Los Angeles, CA
2017-20 Scholarship Recipient
UCLA
Herb Alpert School of Music
Los Angeles, CA
2018 All-Star Soloist
UCLA Philharmonia
Los Angeles, CA
2006-08 Scholarship Recipient
Boston Conservatory of Music
Boston, MA
2006 Scholarship Recipient
Norwegian Embassy
Belgrade, Serbia
1996-05 Scholarship Recipient
Belgrade Ministry of Culture
Belgrade, Serbia
2000 Special First Prize
International Competition
“Petar Konjović”
Belgrade, Serbia
1998 Second Prize
International Competition
“Nikolai Rubinstein”
Paris, France
1994 First Prize
International Competition
“Città di Stresa”
Stressa, Italy
Selected Performances:
Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA
LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Boston Symphony Hall, Boston MA
Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA
Steinert Hall, Boston, MA
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA
Belcourt Castle, Newport, MA
Kolarac Hall, Belgrade, Serbia
Belgrade Philharmonic Concert Hall, Serbia
National Museum Atrium, Belgrade, Serbia
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
Oratorio Santa Cecilia, Perugia, Italy
National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
Scala Theater, Karlstad, Sweden
Conference Papers:
2023 Women in Global Music Network
International Conference
Women at the Piano (1848-1970)
University of California, Irvine, USA
Paper Presentation:
Defying the idea of ‘feminine:
Leopoldine Blahetka’s
‘Two Nocturnes’ Op. 46
2022 Performance Studies Network
International Conference
University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
Defying the idea of ‘feminine’:
Leopoldine Blahetka’s
‘Two Nocturnes’ Op. 46
2021 The Third International Conference
on Women’s Work in Music
Bangor University, Bangor, Wales
Nocturnes in Great Variety:
Reconsidering. the Nineteenth-
Century Nocturnes Through Women
Composer-Pianists
2021 UConn Graduate Music Conference
University of Connecticut
Connecticut, USA
Nocturnes in Great Variety:
Reconsidering the Nineteenth-
Century Nocturnes Through Women
Composer-Pianists
2021 Graduate Symposium
UCLA, Herb Alpert School of Music
Los Angeles, CA
Nocturnes in Great Variety:
Reconsidering the Nineteenth-
Century Nocturnes Through Women
Composer-Pianists
Invited Talks / Lecture Recitals:
2021 Guest Lecturer
UCLA, Herb Alpert School of Music
Los Angeles, CA
The Nineteenth-Century Nocturnes
Composed by Women
2020 Guest Lecturer
UCLA, Herb Alpert School of Music
Los Angeles, CA
Music Salons During the Nineteenth
Century Explored Through the
Works of Maria Szymanowska and
Leopoldine Blahetka
Commercial Recordings:
2019 Album “For Liza”
Works by Chopin, Schumann,
Mendelsohn, Babić and Hurwitz
2015 Album “Encore”
Works by Chopin, Tchaikovsky,
Rachmaninoff, Khachaturian, Babić
and Bazik