Vedrana Subotić
Pianist Vedrana Subotić has delighted audiences in hundreds of concerts
across North and South Americas, Europe, and Asia. She has performed over five hundred works in the solo, chamber, and concerto genres and has been praised by critics for delivering performances of "shimmering beauty and thundering power." Subotić has also been noted for audience outreach and interactive concert formats. Recent performances include concertos by Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Beethoven, complete chamber works with
piano by Beethoven and Brahms, and recitals of Beethoven and Liszt sonatas. Her recording of the Liszt B minor Sonata from the 2024 album "Chiaroscuro" debuted to critical acclaim from Textura, Earrelevant, and the American Record Guide, among others. Music Web International described it as a "powerhouse performance that really grips the listener from the first moment and doesn't let go until the gradually descending notes, which create yet more drama, ending the sonata and leaving the listener with a feeling of awe."
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An admirer of contemporary music, Subotić frequently commissions and performs new works, and has recorded for the Sony and Centaur labels.
Born in Kotor, Montenegro to a nuclear physicist and an art historian, Subotić grew up and studied in Belgrade, Serbia. She attended the University of Belgrade at age 15. After winning the former Yugoslavia’s national piano competition at age 19, Subotić moved to the US. She continued her piano studies at Michigan State University under the tutelage of the Van Cliburn laureate Ralph Votapek and later at Indiana University where she completed an Artist Diploma and a Doctorate with the legendary pianist and founder of the Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler.
Subotić holds five performance degrees in piano and chamber music, and is a Steinway Artist. A Professor-Lecturer at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Subotić directs the Liszt Festival and Competition, and teaches piano and music entrepreneurship. Her students have won state and national competitions, and garnered scholarships and fellowships from prestigious institutions. Subotić is also a visiting professor at the University of Chile, Artistic Director of the Intermezzo Concert Series; President of the Utah Chapter of the American Liszt Society and the World Piano Teachers Association - USA; and a board member of the Utah Music Teachers Association.
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