Ratimir Martinović
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| Background information | |
| Born | Kotor, Montenegro |
| Genres | Classical music |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Labels | Maestoso Productions |
| Website | www.ratimirmartinovic.com |
Ratimir Martinović (Serbian: Ratimir Martinović/Ратимир Мартиновић, pronounced [rǎtimiːr martǐːnɔʋit͡ɕ]) is an award-winning Serbian-Montenegrin pianist.
Martinović was born in Kotor, Montenegro, then Yugoslavia, where he completed the elementary music school; he continued his education in Novi Sad at the Isidor Bajić Music school and at the Academy of Art in the class of the world-renowned pianist Kemal Gekić. He graduated in 1999 playing in one night Bach's »Goldberg Variations«, Beethoven's »Hammerklavier« Sonata, Chopin's Four Ballades, and Prokofiev's Toccata to great critical acclaim.
He received his master's degree in 2002, playing an all Bach program.
At present, Martinović works at the Academy of Arts, as the youngest piano professor.
He has had advanced studies with well-known pedagogues and pianists such as Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Hiroko Nakamura, Jacques Rouvier, Arie Vardi, Sergio Perticaroli, Arbo Valdma, Alexei Nasedkin, Jelena Richter, Victor Liadov and Marian Ribicky.
He has performed in over 350 recitals, chamber concerts, concertos with orchestra. He played in all major domestic concert halls such as the Sava centar, Kolarac Memorial Hall, the Montenegrin National Theater, the Novi Sad Synagogue, the Serbian National Theatre, Subotica Town Hall, as well as on podiums in Rome (Sala Baldini), Salzburg (Leopold Mozart Hall), Bonn, London (St. James Picadilly, St. John's Smith Square), Taipei (Small Hall of the National Theater), Miami (FIU Great Hall), Helsinki (Sibelius Academy Hall), Warsaw, Hamamatsu, Paris (UNESCO hall), Helsingborg (Great hall of Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra), Cologne (Deutsche Welle Hall), Zagreb (Lisinski Hall), Luxembourg (Auditoire Banque de Luxembourg), Turku and elsewhere.
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