“BACK TO BACH”
ANITA TOMASEVICH (piano) & OLIVERA RIALAS (violin)
The concert will take place on
Tuesday, 11th April 2023 at 20:00h
Entrance Free
Reservations are mandatory: info@guarnerius.rs or 066/8028-368
Anita Tomasevich (piano) performs extensively around Europe starting with her first solo recital at the age of 10. She has wide musical interests, from Scarlatti and Bach to the contemporary repertoire. Her performances are characterized by strong artistry, individualism, subtle sensibility for composers style and an impressive stage presence. She is a laureate of international competitions, including first prize in Citta di Tortona Italy. She studied at the Music Academy in Novi Sad (Bmus, Mmus) and Royal Conservatoire in Den Hague. She studied with renowned teachers such as Jegor Chugayev, Svetlana Bogino Yelena Richter, Lazar Berman, Gyorgy Sandor, Stephan Vladar, among others. In 2006 her career as a concert pianist was stopped by a spinal injury. After ten years of recovery, Anita started performing again, both solo and chamber music with the excellent critiques. Anita forms a duo with the Romanian violinist, residing in Cyprus, Sorin Alexandru Horlea. She performed as soloist and in chamber music in Serbia, The Netherlands, UK, Spain, Russia, Denmark, italy and Cyprus.In 2006 she published her first solo piano CD with the works of Scarlatti, Chopin, Scriabin and Prokofiev. In 2019 she released her second CD “Nocturnal Ballads”with violinist Sorin Alexandru Horlea and in 2021 her third CD (solo piano) “Winter Solstice” under the German label Edition Wandelweiser.Anita is the founder and the Artistic Director of the Avaton International Music Festival, which received international recognition.She is an artistic director and event curator at Cornaro Art Institute ICSAH (International Center for Arts and Humanites beased in Rome) in Limassol, Cyprus.
Olivera Jakovljevic-Rialas (violin) was born in Belgrade where she began her music studies at the Vojislav Vuckovic Music School for Gifted Children. She graduated from Belgrade University and continued her studies at the “Franz Liszt Academy of Music” in Budapest, Hungary. She studies with renowned teachers such as Dejan Mihailovic, Hallasz Ferenz, Pereny Ester, Alexander Eisenberg among others. Ms. Rialas enjoyed a distinguished performing carrier touring extensively throughout Europe and China as a member of “Dusan Skovran” Chamber orchestra, and performed, throughout former Yugoslavia and Hungary both solo recitals and as a soloist with the Belgrade Radio Symphony Orchestra and Nis Chamber Orchestra. She recorded for RTV Serbia radio and television. From 2001 she lives and works in New York USA and performs regularly. She was the concert master of New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Wagner Festival Orchestra, an affiliate of the Mannes College of Music. She performed at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, and Nassau Museum, LIC Music Festival, Guitar Festival Belgrade, Nomus Festival Niš, among others, and gave master classes including a Master Class in SUNY Old Westbury. She held an Associate Professorship at the Long Island Conservatory where she was appointed as the String Department Chair from 2002-2004 and held the position as a full time professor at Niš Music Academy (Serbia). She moved to Cyprus in 2010 and is a member of Comandaria Chamber Orchestra and Limassol String Orchestra. As an Artistic Director she helps Multicolored Music Children Orchestra. She was awarded honorary Doctorate for helping kids in performing arts from Institute Roma Belgrade in 2022.