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Biography |
Bojana Dimkovic leads a versatile career as pianist, harpsichordist and chamber musician. She has started playing the piano at the age of seven in her home town Belgrade and has soon won awards at numerous national and international competitions: first prizes at Cita di Stresa (Italy), Nikolai Rubinstein (France) and International Competition ‘Petar Konjovic’ (Serbia) to name but a few. At sixteen Bojana won a scholarship from the Wall Trust to study with Roshan Magub at the prestigious Purcell School for music talents in London. After being offered places at all four London conservatoires she continued her studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she obtained Bachelor of Honours degree in solo piano (studying with Caroline Palmer) and Master and Guildhall Artist degrees in chamber music (studying with Charles Owen), both with distinction. During her studies she was generously supported by the City of London Corporation, the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund, Mr Norman Hedges, The Sergei Rachmaninov Award, The Eastern European Baltic Scholarship, the Edith Vogel Bursary and several others. Upon finishing her postgraduate studies Bojana was offered Fellowship on two occassions: on the Piano Department and the Historical Performance Department, respectively. Bojana took part in master classes with Yuri Bashmet, Ronald Brautigam, the Brodsky Quartet, Gary Cooper, Laurence Cummings, Helmut Deutsch, Peter Feuchtwanger, the Florestan Trio, Claude Frank, Rolf Hind, Mikhail Kazakevich, Martin Katz, Emma Kirkby, Malcolm Martineau, Yonty Solomon, David Strange, Fou t’Song and many others. She has also received guidance from Eugene Asti, Robin Bowman, Iain Burnside, Stephen Gutman, Graham Johnson, Noretta Leach, Pamela Lidiard, Ronan O'Hora, Nicholas Parle, Oliver Weber and Andrew West. The initial contact with historical instruments (harpsichord and fortepiano) during her undergraduate studies has awakened a strong interest and further specialization: she has studied solo performance with Carole Cerasi and basso continuo with James Johnstone. After winning third prize at Broadwood harpsichord competition in 2009, Bojana becomes a member of three ensembles specializing in baroque music. The Nightingale Trio (soprano, flute and harpsichord) has performed throughout England and Ireland. The Early Music Experiment is a young, vibrant group of music professionals that programmes baroque music with modern repertoire. In June 2011 Bojana performes C.P.E. Bach Harpsichord Concerto with the group in London. The Musicians of London of London specialize in baroque music and their performances include appearances at Brighton Early Music Festival, Handel Festival and many other concerts in England. Since 2009 Bojana has collaborated as a continuo player with the prestigious St George Strings ensemble whose music director then was Gordan Nikolitch. In 2010 she also appears as a soloist alongside maestro Nikolitch and Julia Gallego in Bach’s Fifth Brandenburg Concerto. As a previous recipient of the Henry Richardson Award (Musicians’ Benevolent Fund) and finalist of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards' accompanist prize, Bojana is in great demand as a chamber musician and has collaborated with cellists Sandra Belic, Reinoud Ford, Timothy Lowe, Matthew Lowe, Vladimir Waltham, violists Francis Kefford, Natasa Stojanovic, Andriy Vytovich, violinists Hyun Ae-Lee, Ivana Cetkovic, Alex Redington, Leonard Schreiber, Marija Spengler, flautists Ljubisa Jovanovic, Ieva Rutentale, horn player Timothy Thorpe, clarinettist Sarah Williamson, singers Ciara Hendrick, Ana Sofrenovic, Derek Welton and many others. She is a member of trio Agape for flute, cello and piano. Concert performances include appearances in Wigmore Hall, Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth Hall-Royal Festival Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Belgrade City Hall, Kolarac Hall, Belgrade Philharmonic Hall, and on Cheltenham, Oxford Lieder, Handel, International Cello Fest Belgrade, NOMUS, BEMUS festivals and many others. She is currently on the Doctoral programme in performance at the University of Arts in Belgrade. Bojana has appeared in many television and radio programmes and her performances were broadcast on Radio 1 Belgrade, RTS 1, RTS 2 and RTS Digital TV channels. |
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