Anika Vavic

Born in Belgrade, Anika Vavic´ has been living since the age of sixteen in Vienna, where she studied with Noel Flores at the University of Music and Performing Arts.

She also received important impulses from Elisabeth Leonskaja, Lazar Berman, Oleg Maisenberg, Alexander Satz and Mstislav Rostropovich. The winner of the Second Steinway Competition in Vienna and its Special Prize for the best Haydn interpretation also received scholarships from the Herbert von Karajan Center in Vienna and the Gottfried von Einem Foundation. In 2002 the Austrian State awarded her the Women's Art Prize in the music category. Anika Vavic´ collaborates with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Paavo Järvi, Vladimir Jurowski, Hannu Lintu, and Mirga Gražinyte.-Tyla; recent career highlights include performances with the Mariinsky Orchestra, the London Philharmonic at the BBC Proms, and the Enescu Festival in Bucharest. Vavic´ has performed at the White Nights Festival in Saint Petersburg, at the Mikkeli Festival in Finland, at the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, the Heidelberg Spring, and Styriarte Festival in Graz.

Recital tours have led her to Carnegie Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, Wigmore Hall in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Philharmonie in Cologne, the Cité de la Musique in Paris, the Philharmonie in Luxembourg, the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, the Konzerthaus Berlin, and the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden. Her chamber music partners include Gautier Capuçon, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Carolin Widmann, Renaud Capuçon, and Daniel Müller-Schott. In 2005, Vavic´ performed the world première of Peras by Johannes Maria Staud.

The year 2020 marked her third appearance at the Ruhr Piano Festival.