The Austrian-based pianist, Pavle Krstic (b. 1998), has been credited with “individuality, sensitivity, lyricism, as well as dramatic and expressive” playing. He performs as a soloist, chamber musician and with orchestra, works on arrangements and orchestrations, and focuses on an analytical approach to the interpretation of piano music. Since the winter semester of 2022 he is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Musicology of the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. He is also a faculty member at the ArtePiano Festival in Italy since the 2023 edition.
Pavle has given numerous piano recitals, the first at the age of 12, and has performed at important events in Europe, Asia, North America and South America, including festivals such as Ljubljana Festival, Ferrara Piano Festival, Marbella Piano Festival and Chopiniana Festival in Buenos Aires. His most notable performance with orchestra was that of both Chopin piano concertos at the age of 17 in the Kolarac Concert Hall in Belgrade. Since 2017 he has also released three CDs including the first part of a 2-CD series of the complete piano works by Stravinsky (2023).
Pavle received scholarships and awards from the University Mozarteum Salzburg and various music festivals and academies, such as the International Music Academy in Liechtenstein, where he performed and attended master classes with recognized pianists and professors. He is the recipient of the “Würdigungspreis 2021” of the Austrian Ministry of Education and the “ArtLink Most Promising Young Music Artist for 2016” award. Furthermore, he has won over 40 prizes at international piano competitions, including “Concours international de piano Lagny-sur-Marne”, “Neuhaus Festival”, “Chopin Golden Ring”, “Junior Piano Academy Eppan”, “Horowitz Piano Competition” (Kiev), “International Piano Competition for Young Musicians” (Enschede), “Concours International Piano Campus” (Pontoise), “Concours International de Piano à Mayenne”, International Competition of the “Arthur Rubinstein Institute” in Marbella, “Ferrara Piano Festival”, “Juliusz Zarebski International Music Competition”, “Premio Annarosa Taddei”, “ArtePiano Competition”, “Chopin International Piano Competition” (Hartford), “Delia Steinberg International Piano Competition” (Madrid), “Radovljica International Piano Competition”, “Pietro Argento Music Competition” (Gioia del Colle) and others.
Pavle completed his Bachelor, Master and Postgraduate piano studies in the class of Prof. Pavel Gililov at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, where he has also completed a PhD in musicology.
