| Biography | Aleksandar Djermanovic is a pianist who recently finished RCMs Artist Diploma course studying with Ian Jones and Dmitri Alexeev with whom he had previously finished the Master studies. During his time at RCM he has received generous financial support as an ABRSM scholar, Gary and Eleanor Brass Scholar and as a beneficiary of the Henry Wood Trust, Lee Abbey Award and a Leverhulme Postgraduate Studentship. His early and undergraduate musical studies were undertaken in Serbia where his piano professors were Tatjana Vukmanovic and Dorian Leljak respectively after starting to play the piano at the age of 11.
Aleksandar won numerous competitions as a soloist, a chamber musician and as a composer including First Prize and a Laureate title at Serbian Republic Competitions (2005, 2007), Memorial Isidor Bajic (2008), Moscow International Festival of Slavic Music he was the only award winner (2008) and Memorial Dr.Vojislav Vuckovic as a soloist; Serbian Republic Competitions (2006 - violin and piano, 2008 piano duo); Children Composers SCG (2005) as a composer. Recently he won the third prize at the Sheepdrove intercollegiate piano competition (UK).
He performed throughout Europe in venues such as Rachmaninoff Hall (Moscow), in London at Steinway Hall, Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Purcell Room, Cadogan Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the French Institute as well as giving many performances at RCM, also at Kolarceva zaduzbina (Belgrade), Pump-room Hall (Bath), Concert Halls of Skandenborg and Viborg (Denmark), Hubad Hall (Ljubljana).
Aleksandar appeared on Serbian National television RTS2 on Ad libitum and on RTV on Novosadske razglednice. As an EPTA Serbia representative (European Piano Teachers Association) his composition is to be published in London by Faber Music. As a composer he has attended a masterclass with Aleksandra Vrebalov and his work was subsequently premiered in Serbian Parliament and in the Pavle Beljanski Art Gallery and was aired on the RTV Radio in Novi Sad. He played for a concert at the French Institute in London which was recorded by the BBC3 Radio.
He was a last minute substitution for a concert with the Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra performing the Chopin Piano Concerto no 1 under Neil Thomson.
His upcoming performances include a concert at the St Johns Smith Square with the YMSO performing Prokofievs piano concerto no.3 in March 2016.
Aleksanda has been awarded the Anthony Saltmarsh Junior Fellowship in piano accompaniment for 2015/16. |