Ivan Ilić photographed by Michelle Blioux [San Francisco, July 2008]
Recently praised by the New Yorker as an "adventurous pianist" who "likes his music on the brainy side,” Ivan Ilić is rapidly gaining a strong international reputation.

A disciple of the legendary François-René Duchâble, Ivan has earned support from the American Foundation in Paris, the Karić Foundation in Belgrade, the University of Illinois, and the Nadia Boulanger Foundation in Paris. He recently completed a one-year residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts.

Ivan started music studies at age 6 and gave his recital debut at 11. He went on to take parallel degrees in music and mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley before moving to Paris with a fellowship from the University.

Shortly afterwards Ivan was admitted to the esteemed Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris, where he took a Premier Prix in piano performance, followed by a Diplôme à l’unanimité from the École Normale. The City of Paris sponsored Ivan's first recording; at age 20 he launched a recital career that has taken him throughout Europe.

Ivan's playing is often broadcast on television and radio in America, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland and Serbia. Projects for 2008 included new works written for him by Keeril Makan and Dmitri Tymoczko, and multiple tours of France, Ireland, and Britain.

Over 60 solo engagements for 2007 included recital débuts in Boston, Washington, Dublin, Bristol, Glasgow, and Cardiff. In June 2008 Ivan gave his Carnegie Hall recital début; he gives his Wigmore Hall début in June 2009.