MARIJA DOJKOVIĆ
concert pianist
Biography
She was born in Belgrade in 2005, where she completed her primary music education at the "Davorin Jenko" Music School, her secondary music education at the "Kosta Manojlović" Music School (in the piano class of Dr. Dina Hadžiomerović), and her general secondary education (Gymnasium). She is continuing her piano studies during the 2026/2027 academic year as a fourth-year undergraduate student at the Faculty of Arts in Niš, in the class of Professor Dragoslav Aćimović.
Throughout her education to date, she has won over 25 first prizes as a soloist at numerous domestic and international competitions, including the Festival of Slavic Music, the Davorin Jenko International Competition, the Republic Competition organized by the Association of Music and Ballet Pedagogues of Serbia, the Republic Competition of Music and Ballet Schools of Serbia, the Smederevo International Piano Competition (ULJUS), and others.
She has performed as a soloist and with chamber ensembles in many renowned venues, including: the Great Hall and Gallery of the Kolarac Endowment; the Belgrade Philharmonic Hall; the Main Stage and the "Raša Plaović" Stage of the National Theatre in Belgrade; the "Artget" Gallery; the Ceremonial Hall of the Belgrade City Assembly; the "Lazar Vozarević" Gallery in Sremska Mitrovica; the "Guarnerius" Hall in Belgrade; the Concert Hall of the Faculty of Arts in Niš; the "Banovina" building (University of Niš Rectorate); the "Kefalos" Theatre in Argostoli and the Cultural Centre Hall in Skala (Greece); the Banski Dvor in Banja Luka; the Parish Hall in Ljubljana (Slovenia); as well as the NUCK "Anton Panov" hall in Strumica and the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle for Statehood and Independence in Skopje (Macedonia). She has also gladly participated as a soloist in numerous charity and humanitarian concerts.
She is a recipient of the Youth Fund Award from the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia for outstanding achievement in piano performance. She is also a scholarship holder of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia, recognized as a high-achieving student with an excellent grade point average.
She serves as a collaborative pianist for the Faculty of Arts Orchestra in Niš, as well as for the Mixed and Women’s Academic Choirs of the Student Cultural Center in Niš.
She also engaged in solo singing from a very early age. At just three years old, she participated in the "Japan in the Heart" project, recording a CD and DVD as a vocal soloist accompanied by a children's choir and piano. During that time, she premiered two compositions at several performances in Belgrade before large audiences, in the presence of the then-Japanese ambassador and high-ranking state officials.
She furthered her piano studies through numerous seminars and masterclasses with distinguished professors from home and abroad: Maja Rajković, Jokut Mihailović, Aleksandar Sinchuk, Nenad Kačar, Vladimir Milošević, and many others.
She is a member of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia (UMUS).
From her extensive repertoire, we highlight...
Solo repertoire:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano concerto in d-minor, No. 20;
- Fazil Say – Black Earth;
- Franz Liszt – S. 141, Grandes études de Paganini. No 5;
- R. Schumann/F. Liszt – Libeslied, S. 566 - „Widmung“;
- Sergei Rachmaninoff – Études - Tableaux Op. 33, No. 7 in E flat major ;
- Sergei Rachmaninoff – Suite in d-minor, II movement – Lento;
- Sergei Rachmaninoff – Moment musicaux No, 3;
- Sergei Rachmaninoff – Prelude Op. 32, No. 12;
- Edvard Grieg – Sonate in e-minor;
- Edvard Grieg – Moods, Op. 73, No. 5, Study (Hommage à Chopin);
- Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonate No. 27, Op. 90;
- Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonate No. 17 in d-minor Op. 31, No. 2 „Tempest“;
- Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonate No.7 in D-major, Op.10, No. 3;
- Alexander Scriabin – Etudes Op. 8 – No. 2;
- Francis Poulenc – Improvisation No. 15;
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – K. 397, Fantasia in d-minor;
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Chamber repertoire:
- Saint-Saens – Dance Macabre for 2 pianos, 8 hands;
- Sergei Rachmaninoff – 2 pieces for 6 hands – I. Waltz, II Romance;
- Dimitri Shostakovich – Concertino in A-minor for 2 pianos;
- Astor Piazzolla – Libertango (Improvisation) – piano duo;
- Valery Gavrilin – Tarantella – piano duo;
- Franz Shubert – Grand Rondo in A-major, D-951, piano duo;
- Samuel Barber – Souvenirs Op. 28, III movement – Pas de deux – piano duo;
- Aram Khachaturian – Waltz from the Masquerade – piano duo;
- Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt suite no.1 – piano duo;
- Francis Poulanc – Sonata for piano 4 hands;
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Accompanying repertoire:
It encompasses more than a hundred works spanning various eras and styles, ranging from significant compositions by Old Masters and lyrical songs, as well as choral and orchestral pieces, to famous opera arias and choral excerpts from operas such as "Eugene Onegin" by P.I. Tchaikovsky, "Cavalleria Rusticana" by P. Mascagni, "The Magic Flute" by W.A. Mozart, and others.