St Stephen’s Church. Sunday 12th February 2023 at 4.00pm
Nina Savicevic returns to Inverness for a second visit, having received an enthusiastic audience response when she performed the last musicinverness concert in the Old High Church before it was closed last February.
A prize winner of both national and international competitions, pianist Nina Savicevic is the recipient of the prestigious Wright Scholarship at the Royal Northern College of Music. She began her studies under Dr Galina Kulish at St Petersburg’s Rimsky Korsakov Conservatoire, Russia, and later on with Dr Caroline Diffley. She gave her very first concert after three months. In 2013 Nina was awarded a full scholarship to study under Hilary Coates at Wells Cathedral School, one of the UK’s specialist music schools.
During her time at Wells, Nina gained success in various competitions, most notably winning first place at the Birmingham Piano Competition, first place in the piano category at Taunton Young Musician, and third place and Audience Prize at the Windsor International Piano Competition. She has competed in the BBC Young Musician Competition and was a finalist at the Scottish International Youth Competition. Nina was also awarded the Robert Lewin Scholarship from Awards for Young Musicians which enabled her to work alongside the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Maida Vale Studios.
As of September 2019, Nina studies at the Royal Northern College of Music under Helen Krizos. During 2021/2022, Nina performed across the UK, most notably at the 1901 Arts Club in London, St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh and at the Cheltenham Music Festival and Girton College, Cambridge. She also became a mentor for Awards for Young Musicians, where she works alongside young musicians and guides them with their studies
For her musicinverness concert on Sunday 12th February 2023 at 4.00pm in St Stephen’s Church, Nina will be playing an eclectic programme of solo piano works.
J. S. Bach : Prelude and Fugue in D minor No 6 from Book One of The Well Temper’d Clavier.
Chopin : Largo in Bb major, B.109
Chopin : Nocturne No 20 in C# minor. Schubert : Moments Musicaux No 3. Handel arr. Wilhelm Kempff : Minuet in G minor.
Dora Pejacevic : Selection of six pieces from Waltz Caprice Op 28.
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Schubert : Sonata in A minor, D784.
Debussy : Reflets dans l’eau.
Liszt : Ballade No 2 in B minor
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