Svetislav Stančić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Svetislav Stančić

Pianist and musician scholar

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1895

Place of Birth: Zagreb, Zagreb County, Croatia

Date of Death: 07-Jan-1970

Profession: composer, pianist, music pedagogue, academic musician

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Svetislav Stancic (7 July 1895 in Zagreb – 7 January 1970 in Zagreb) was a Croatian pianist and music pedagogue. Stancic initially studied piano in Zagreb and then moved to Berlin where he studied with Karl Heinrich Barth, Conrad Ansorge, and Ferruccio Busoni, who also taught him composition. Stancic had a career as a concert pianist, and later he became legendary Professor of Piano at the Music Academy in Zagreb. He was a member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts and a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
In 1960 he received the Vladimir Nazor Award for lifetime achievement in music. Some of his notable students included Ivo Macek, Branka Musulin and Vladimir Krpan.
The International Piano Competition Svetislav Stancic is named after him.