Piano Duo LP was founded by pianists Sonja Loncar and Andrija Pavlovic in summer 2004. They finished postgraduate studies for piano duo at „Hochschule für Musik und Theatre Rostock“, in class of professors Hans-Peter and Volker Stenzl with the highest grades. In April 2007, they were accepted for PhD studies „Konzert examen (KEX)“, the only studies for piano duo in Europe in class of professors Hans-Peter and Volker Stenzl. Konzert Examen (KEX) is the highest education any musician can receive in Europe.
Piano duo LP are only duo from Balkans attending this studies, and there is only 4 duos in Europe that finished „Konzert Examen-KEX“. Beside PhD studies in Germany, they are finishing postgraduate-specialization studies for contemporary chamber music-piano duo at Faculty of music art in Belgrade.
They won first prize at International competition in Krakow (Poland), and at the same competition they were awarded with the special prize for the best performance of the piece by Dutch composer. They passed two stage auditions to be chosen among duos from Europe, Asia and Africa to take part in the final 10 best duos at International competition in Miami (Florida), where they are going to play 5 recitals in March 2008. They are the only duo in history of Balkans to participate in the biggest piano duo competition in the world in Miami (Florida). Their debut performance was at Belgrade summer festival 2004, when they performed as a premiere piece by famous French composer Olivier Messiaen „Visions de L’Amen” in Sava Centre.
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