Dorian Leljak

Dr. Dorian Leljak is Professor of Piano at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad and Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade (Serbia). His previous engagements include teaching at the Yale School of Music where he has graduated from the Doctoral program (DMA) in 2005.

Dr. Leljak has won several international piano competitions, including the Rachmaninov Competition (Belgrade) and Novi Sad Piano Competition, and has been awarded numerous prizes, including a University of Novi Sad Merit Award, Yale University Mary Clapp Howell, Irving Gilmore and Parisot Prizes. He has appeared in recital and with orchestras around the world including the Windstrings Orchestra, Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, Yale Philharmonia Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonics, Belgrade Radio-Television Orchestra, Voyvodina Philharmonics, Yale Repertory Orchestra, and many others. Dr. Leljak enjoys a successful career as a chamber musician, establishing collaborations with cellist Istvan Varga and pianist Ninoslav Zivkovic. In 2002 he made his debuts in Carnegie Hall and Boston Philharmonia Hall.

Dr. Leljak has been a member of the jury at many international piano competitions including the “Rencontres Internationales des Jeunes Pianistes” (Belgium), Isidor Bajic Piano Memorial Competition, the Konjovic International Piano Competition, the Town of Nish International Piano Competition, and has recently been invited to serve on the jury of the Cleveland International Piano Competition.

Successful as piano professor, he has given master classes and lectures around the world, including the University of Pretoria, the South-African Association of Music Teachers, Conservatoire de Namur-Jambes, University of Missouri-Columbia, Syracuse University, Hartford University, and many others. Dr. Leljak is Artistic Director of the Isidor Bajic Piano Competition and President of European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA) - Voyvodina.