Nadia Stankovich also known as Nadia Stankovitch (born February 24, 1924 ? Mexico City , August 30, 2017) was a Yugoslav-born Mexican pianist, concert player and teacher, highlighted by the interpretation of the works of Mexican composers as Juventino Rosas and Ricardo Castro . ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Career [ edit ]

Stankovich born in Belgrade , at the time Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1924. She studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Emil von Sauer , a Franz Liszt disciple being a soloist in the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg . She escaped from Yugoslavia in 1950 and settled her exile in Mexico. As a concert artist, Stankovich toured in America, Asia and Europe concert halls. In Mexico she was conducted by directors such as Luis Herrera de la Fuente , Eduardo Mata , Francisco Savin , Helmut Calgeer , among others.

As a pianist she kept a special attention of Mexican XIX and early XX century romanticism composers as Juventino Rosas and Ricardo Castro. ^[5] From 1994 to 2000 she performed and recorded the complete piano works of Rosas . Stankovich was part of the group of soloists of the National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico. As a teacher she trained several generations of pianists and musicians. ^[3]

Awards and recognitions [ edit ]

• Aguila de Tlatelolco given of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico , 1978

References [ edit ]