Ratimir
Martinović / piano
"The ideal combination of intellect, technique and passion,
refinement of touch, perfect technique, concentration and
control, exceptional dynamic potential, original ideas and
unconventional interpretation« give Ratimir Martinović, by
the critics' words, one of the leading places among pianists
of the younger generation.Born in Kotor, where he completed
the elementary music school, he continued his education in
Novi Sad at the "Isidor Bajic" Music school and
at the Academy of Art in the class of the world-renowned pianist
Kemal Gekic. He graduated in 1999 playing in one night Bach's
»Goldberg Variations«, Beethoven's »Hammerklavier« Sonata,
Chopin's Four Balllades, and Prokofiev's Toccata to great
critical aclaim.He received his Masters degree in 2002, playing
an all Bach program.
At present, Martinović works at the Academy of Arts, as the
youngest piano professor.
He has had advanced studies with well-known pedagogues and
pianists such as Karl-Heinz Kammerling, Hiroko Nakamura, Jacques
Rouvier, Arie Vardi, Sergio Perticaroli, Arbo Valdma, Alexei
Nasedkin, Jelena Richter, Victor Liadov ans Marian Ribicky.
He has performed in over 350 recitals, chamber concerts, concertos
with orchestra. He played in all major domestic concert halls
such as the Sava centar, Kolarac Memorial Hall, the Montenegrin
National Theater, the Novi Sad Sinagogue, the Serbian National
Theatre, Subotica Town Hall, as well as on podiums in Rome
(Sala Baldini), Salzburg (Leopold Mozart Hall), Bonn, London
(St. James Picadilly, St. John's Smith Square), Taipei (Small
Hall of the National Theater), Miami (FIU Great Hall), Helsinki
(Sibelius Academy Hall), Warsaw, Hamamatsu, Paris (UNESCO
hall), Helsingborg (Great hall of Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra),
Cologne (Deutche Welle Hall), Zagreb (Lisinski Hall), Luxembourg
(Auditoire Banque de Luxembourg), Turku and elsewhere.
Martinović plays as soloist with orchestras such as the Belgrade
Philharmonic Orchestra, the Novi Sad Chamber Orchestra, Helsingborg
Symphony Orchestra, the Young European Soloists Chamber Orchestra
(South-Eastern Europe), Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra, »Saint
George« String Orchestra, the Radio-Televison Serbia Symphony
Orchestra, the Stanislav Binicki Symhony Orchestra, Academy
of Arts Symphony Orchestra, Nis Symphony Orchestra, Tapiolla
Simfonietta, Ciuddad de Juarez Chamber Orchestra, colaborating
with conductors such as Emil Tabakov, Peter Sundkvist, Carlos
Garcia Ruiz, David Porceline, Andrej Bursać, Aleksandar Ostrovski,
Angel Surev, Pavle Medakovic and Petar Ivanović.
He regularly performs in festivals such as, NOMUS (Novi Sad
Music Festival), NIMUS (Nis Music Festival), Mozart Point
Festival (Ljubljana), BEMUS (Belgrade Music Festival), Festival
of the Nations (Rome), Beethoven Fest (Bonn), Budva Summer
Festival, OKTOH (Kragujevac), KotorArt (Kotor)
Martinović is also an experienced chamber musician performing
regularly with violinist Roman Simović (2005 winner of Lipizer
competition), the Rubicon, Tippett (Great Britain) and TAJJ
string quartets, cellists Bozidar Vukotić and Dragan Djordjević,
percussionist Benn Toth and others.
After initial successes in piano competitions at very early
age, Ratimir Martinović withdrew from the competition scene,
devoting his time to playing concerts.He is the winner of
domestic and international awards and tributes.
* First prize, Montenegro National competition, Kotor, 1990,
1991* First Prize, The Yugoslav piano Competition, Nis, 1993*
First Prize, The Dunav-Donau-Denjub International Piano Competition,
Novi Sad, 1993* First Prize, International Frederic Chopin
Piano Competition, Taipei, 1996* Two Special Prizes (awarded
by the president of the jury), for a compulsory author and
a performance of Chopin’s works, Taipei, 1996* First Prize,
The “FLAME” International Competition, Paris, 1997* Fourth
Prize, Bronze Medal, South Missouri International Piano Competition,
Joplin, USA, 1994* Special prize from the University of Novi
Sad, for outstanding talent, 1997, 1998* Prize for the »Most
promissin young artist of the year«, (ZAMTES) Montenegro,
1999
He has recorded for Radio Television Montenegro, Radio Television
Serbia, POLTEL(Poland), Deutche Welle (Germany), NHK (Japan),
SWT(Sweden), Luxembourg Television, HRT (Croatia), Radio Slovenia
and Radio Romania.He has recorded two CDs, one with the works
by Bach/Tausing, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms, Prokofiev and the
»Goldberg variations«.
Martinović initiated a successful collaboration with the TV
director Misko Milojevic in the field of visualisation of
classical music opening new dimensions of visual and multimedial
interpretation of music. To date, he has made seven video-clips
(Ginastera, Prokofiev, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Bach, Brahms,
Ravel) produced by Radio Television Montenegro and Radio Television
Serbia, brodcast with great success, so far, in Serbia, The
Czech Republic, Canada, Bulgaria, Tunisia. In 2006 a DVD with
all 7 classical music spots will be released by KotorArt Production.
Five documentary movies have been recorded about his work,
of which the last one, »The Heaven And Soul« has won first
prize in the International TV Festival in Albena, Bulgaria
in 2004, and was officially the »Best musical TV production
in 2004.« in Radio-Televison Serbia.
Martinović made his conducting debut in 2001. with the Novi
Sad Chamber Orchestra, conducting Symphonies by Haydn and
Mozart and playing and conducting the Mozart Piano Concerto
F Major KV 459.
Ratimir Martinović is the founder and Artistic director of
KotorArt Music festival, held every year in Kotor, Montenegro,
bringing to this medieval town ensembles such as the Zagreb
Philharmonic, the Vojvodina Symphony, the Split Chamber Orchestra,
“LADO” and soloist and teachers such as Mikhail Voskresensky,
Aleksandar Madzar, Konstantin Bogino, Grigory Zhislin, Itamar
Golan, Lovro Pogorelich, Francesco Libetta, and many others.
Martinović is President of EPTA Montenegro (European Piano
Teachers Association).
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