Ilija Marinkovic - (Austria)

Ilija Marinkovic was born on the first of Jully1980 in Belgrade giving his first concert with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of seven. At nine, he moved to Vienna, where he attended the “Hochschule fur Musik und darstellende Kunst” with professor M.Frischenschlager. Following aswell the advise of V.Spivakov. At eleven, the Lord Mayor of Vienna, Mr Helmut Zilk, granted him Austrian Nationality. He has been awarded top prizes at International Competitions and Awards since the age of twelve: “The Mozart Award”(Geneva, 1992), “Gradus ad Parnasum”(Graz, 1997),”Viotti-Valsesia” (2001), “Fritz Kreisler” (Vienna, 2000), Pablo Sarasate (Pamplona, 2001) where he also won the Special Audience Award, “Oestig Prize”(Austria 2002) for the best annual performance of modern music, likewise he was the winner of the International final of the popular TV Contest ”Bravo, bravissimo” (Milan,1992). He was also awarded by UNESCO “Young Artist for Peace” at the age of seventeen and “Ambassador of Music” in Japan.
Ilija has been performing as a soloist and chamber musician since his age of ten all around Europe, Japan, Korea, USA and Canada in major venues such as Santori Hall, Grand Osaka Hall, Musikverein & Konzerthaus of Vienna, Salle Pleyel & Opera of Paris, Düsseldorf Opera, Lincoln Centre in New York, Grand Hall P.I.Tchaikowsky in Moskau, Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Parma, Big Hall of the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Torino, Teatro Olimpico in Rome, Vatican of Rome among many others. He has played with most major orchestras in Italy, Austria, Japan, Russia, Bulgaria & Serbia and has shared concert platform with such artists as Montserrat Caballé, Grace Bumbry, Ivry Gitlis, Gill Shaham, Zubin Mehta, Mikhail Pletnov among others. Important highlights in his career include the performance of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Moskau Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Zubin Mehta in the hall of the United Nations in Paris, concert for the Pope in Rome, the New Years concert in the cathedral of Assisi broadcasted by RAI television, his debut in the Grand Hall P.I.Tchaikowsky in Moscau performing the Tchaikowsky violin concerto with the Russian National Orchestra where his interpretation was acclaimed by the critics as one of the best performances ever given in this hall.
Ilija has live-recorded the Brahms violin concerto with the Radio Orchestra of Vienna, he has recorded the music for “On Track of Sounds”. He was aswell chosen by SONY to record