Pijanistkinja iz Beograda, osnovne i magistarske studije završila je na FMU u Beogradu u klasi prof. Mirjane Šuica Babić a doktorske studije na istoj akademiji u klasi prof. Marije Đukić. Usavršavala se kod renomiranih klavirskih pedagoga: Lazar Berman (Vajmar), Jan Novotny (Prag), , Avo Kouyoumdjian (Bec), Karl – Heinz Kämmerling (Lindau) i u Americi u okviru Fulbright programa (prof. Arthur Greene i prof. Martin Canin). Dobitnica je mnogobrojnih nagrada na domaćim i međunarodnim takmičenjima, kao i značajnih umetničkih priznanja među kojima su i nagrada „Emil Hajek“ za najperspektivnijeg pijanistu i Oktobarska nagrada grada Beograda. Održala je čitav niz solističkih koncerata i kamernih nastupa kao i gostovanja na više evropskih festivala u Austriji, Nemačkoj, Španiji, Švedskoj, Francuskoj, Turskoj, Češkoj, Grčkoj, Italiji, Bugarskoj, Bosni i Hercegovini, Crnoj Gori, Makedoniji i Srbiji kao i u mnogim vanevropskim državama; Izrael, Kuvajt, Kina, Japan i SAD uključujući renomirane koncertne dvorane kao što su Kennedy Center – Washington, Simphony Space – New York, Martin Hall – Prague i Crkva sv. Sofije – Ohrid. Kao solista, nastupala je 15 puta sa svim domaćim simfonijskim orkestrima, sa Vidinskom filharmonijom (Bugarska) i Simfonijskim orkestrom Montabaura (Nemačka). U organizaciji Eleanor Valkenburg (sopran), direktora ansambla „Poetica Musica“, sa sedištem u New York-u (SAD) svake godine nastupa u dvorani “Old Westbury Gardens”. Od 2017. godine sarađuje u klavirskom duu sa pijanistom Nenadom Kačarom. Zaposlena je od 1998. godine na FMU u Beogradu, u zvanju redovnog profesora na Katedri za klavir. Održala je brojna predavanja i seminare za studente i mlade umetnike u SAD -u, Španiji, Turskoj, Izraelu, Grčkoj, Bugarskoj, Makedoniji, Srbiji itd. Redovan je član brojnih žirija na domaćim i međunarodnim takmičenjima. U okviru pedagoških dostignuća, njeni studenti aktivno koncertiraju i osvajaju brojne nagrade na domaćim i međunarodnim takmičenjima. U okviru Erasmus projekta je predavala i nastupala na Muzičkoj akademiji u Vigu (Španija). Ostvarila je trajne snimke za brojne radio i televizijske kuće. U oktobru 2018. je snimila I izdala solistički CD i DVD.
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Natasha Mitrovic received her undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees with excellent results at the Music Academy in Belgrade. She is a piano profesor at Belgrade Music Academy. Further studies included studies in Vienna with prof. Avo Kouyoumdjian and piano studies with prof. Jan Novotny in Prague. Natasha Mitrovic was the only artist from Serbia to be awarded Fulbright scholarship in year 2004. During her Fulbright grant, Ms. Mitrovic studied at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), at Julliard University (New York) and at de Paul University (Chicago) where she performed extensively with great acclaim. The resent one was in the famous Kennedy Centre in Washington (DC). During her Fulbright grant, she worked on the project ‘’Music without borders’’ which is about similarities and differences between Serbian and American pianistic schools. Ms.Mitrovic has performed 15 times as a piano soloist with all major orchestras in Serbia and also with the Bulgarian Philharmonic and the Simphony orchestra of Frankfurt and Montabaur (Germany). Ms.Mitrovic has won many prizes for piano performances in Serbia and abroad:
– prize of the Music Academy in Belgrade for the best student in generation and the prize for the best graduate exam at the piano department,
– prize “Emil Hajek” for the best pianist at the Music Academy,
– Octobar prize of the city of Belgrade for the highest achievements in music,
– prize of the Music Academy in Belgrade for the best performance of Beethoven sonata,
– acknowledgement from the Music Academy in Belgrade for her contribution as pedagogue and performer,
– Silver medal from University of Art for her important contribution of development of Faculty of Music in Belgrade.
She also won many prizes at piano competitions and festivals in former Yugoslavia as a soloist and in chamber music. She has given numerous recitals in France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Germany, Sweden, United States, China, Turkey, Kuwait, Japan. She is very often a member of the jury in international piano competitions and she often runs master classes for piano students in Europe. She was one of the representatives of Belgrade Music Academy on the Festival “Nei Suoni Dei Luonghi” in Italy. She also had a concert which was a part of Festival of Modern music in Skoplje (Macedonia). In July 2013. she was the President of the jury on International piano competition “Jozef Suk” in Prague (Czech Republic), where she also played in famous Martinu Hall. As a member of Music Society “Poetica Musica” every year she plays in Concert Hall “Old Westbury Gardens” in New York (USA). Since 2017. she plays actively in piano duo with croatian pianist Nenad Kačar. She has recorded for television and radio in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Macedonia and with RAI, in Italy and also recorded a CD and DVD with repertoaire of piano variations from 17. until 21.century. She is a member of Fulbright board in Belgrade and also was a representative of Serbia on Fulbright Congress in Beijing (China).