Anika Vavic is frequently to be found on stage being directed by conductors like Valery Gergiev, Paavo Järvi and Hannu Lintu, but it was with the mythical Mstislav Rostropovich that the Serbian pianist learned some of her most important artistic lessons – for example, setting out to create an escape from everyday life in the space of a concert. Vavic openly acknowledges Rostropovich and Elisabeth Leonskaja amongst the major driving forces behind her career. The renowned conductor Zubin Mehta praised her for “her great talent, brilliant technique and smart and passionate playing”.

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester 
Tobias Wögerer Conductor
Anika Vavic Piano

Béla Bartók 
Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73

Sergei Rachmaninov 
Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini, op. 43

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 
Scheherazade, op. 35