RANKOVICH, TATJANA Tatjana Rankovich
Tatjana Rankovich was born
in Belgrade, in the former Yugoslavia, where she won three first prizes in national
competitions by the time she reached the age of 18. Coming to the United States
the following year, she studied at the Juilliard School, where she earned Bachelors
and Masters Degrees and won the Judelson Award. Her teachers have included
Josef Raieff, Benjamin Kaplin, Zelma Bodzin, and Clifton Matthews. Ms. Rankovich
has concertized throughout the United States, Europe, and South America, winning
awards at the Young Keyboard Artists International Competition and the Artists
International Auditions. Her frequent appearances as soloist with the Belgrade
Radio Symphony have been broadcast live on radio and television. Ms. Rankovich
is currently on the faculties of the Mannes College of Music and the Dalcroze
School of Music.
Although she is a gifted interpreter
of the standard piano repertoire from Bach through Ravel, Ms. Rankovich has
become an enthusiastic advocate for American music. She has revived little-known
masterworks by such composers as Nicolas Flagello, Vittorio Giannini, and Paul
Creston, featuring them on her recital programs and recordings.
Ms. Rankovichs performances
and recordings of the music of Nicolas Flagello have received lavish praise.
A Fanfare critic wrote, More than simply an accomplished pianist, she is an
intelligent artist, capable of bringing to life a work that has never been played
before, and making it sound like an established masterpiece. These sentiments
were echoed by Internet critic Steve Schwartz, who wrote, The performances
communicate marvelously. Rankovich strikes me as a thinking musician, rather
than as a set of fingers. The American Record Guide found her Flagello performances
thrilling, while the Scranton Times described them as stimulating, technically
adept and convincing.
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