Marko Savić is a Serbian pianist

Pianist

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 and university professor.

Education

Marko Savić graduated from the Belgrade Music Academy in 1965 (Music Theory

Music theory

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) and 1969 (Piano). He completed his postgraduate studies in Piano Performance at the Faculty of Music in Skopje

Skopje

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 (1986). His major teachers were Marko Tajčević

Marko Tajcevic

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 (Music Theory), Jelica Popović and Branko Cvetković

Branko Cvetkovic

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 (Piano Performance).

Performance career

Marko Savić performed in numerous recitals, chamber music

Chamber music

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 concerts and concerts as a soloist

Solo (music)

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 with orchestras throughout Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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 (Belgrade, Skopje, Pristina

Pristina

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, Prizren, Đakovica, Opatija

Opatija

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, Rovinj

Rovinj

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, etc.).

Teaching career

Savić has been esteemed as a piano pedagogue. His students won top prizes at various competitions in Paris, Geneva, Città di Ostuni, Stresa

Stresa

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, Belgrade

Belgrade

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, Ljubljana

Ljubljana

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, Valjevo

Valjevo

Valjevo is a city and municipality located in western Serbia. It is the center of the Kolubara District, which includes five other smaller municipalities with a total population of almost 180,000 people...

, Niš

Niš

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, Skopje, Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik

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, Novi Sad

Novi Sad

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, Šabac

Šabac

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, etc.

He has been a jury member at piano competitions held in Belgrade, Pristina, Niš, Vranje

Vranje

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, Trstenik

Trstenik

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 and Lazarevac

Lazarevac

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.

He received numerous awards for his pedagogical work, including a 1974 award of the Association of Music and Ballet Pedagogues of Serbia and a 1999 award of the European Piano Teachers Association.

Marko Savić is currently Full Professor of Piano at the University of Pristina Faculty of Arts, where he has been teaching since 1975. He also taught at the Josip Slavenski School of Music in Prizren and the College

Community college

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 of Pedagogy

Pedagogy

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in Pristina.