ARDITA STATOVCI

was born in 1982 in Prishtina/Kosovo as the youngest daughter of two professors at the Prishtina Albanian University. Statovci started learning the piano in her hometown, completing several times two grades in just one school year, while at fifteen (15 years old) she was admitted at the MOZARTEUM University in Salzburg/Austria. In december 2007 she earned her Master (Magistra) of Arts degree with the highest distinction in the concert-class of Christoph Lieske.

In 2009 Ardita Statovci has studied with the legendary Menahem Pressler at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Currently Statovci is completing her Postgraduate Studies in Italy at the Imola Academy with Boris Petrushansky and Franco Scala.

Ardita Statovci has performed in many countries throughout Europe and USA including Austria, France, England, Utah, Vermont, Macedonia, Italy, Croatia, Switzerland, Bosnia, Spain, Germany, Kosovo, Hungary, etc. as a soloist with different orchestras (Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mozart Orchestra (Bologna), Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, Haydn Orchester (Bolzano) Wiener Sinfonietta, Kammerorchester „Cis“, Kosova Philharmony, Bad Reichenhaller Philharmonie, JSO Bern etc.), giving piano recitals and also playing chamber music. Numerous TV and radio recordings of her performances have been broadcasted (RTK, ORF/Ö1, Austrian Chanel)

She completed master classes with Paul Badura-Skoda, Peter Lang, Stefan Arnold, Peter Donohoe, Cyprien Katsaris, Thomas Larcher, Dubravka Tomsic, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Carmen Piazzini, Riccardo Risaliti, Norman Shetler and others.

For her outstanding achievements as a young artist, Statovci was distinguished several times with scholarship and prizes from the Society for Music Theatre in Vienna, by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture (bm:ukk), from “Internationale Mozarteum Stiftung” in Salzburg, Piano Academy Birmingham/England, Fohnstiftung, University Mozarteum/Salzburg, Land Salzburg as well as by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF). She also was awarded and won prizes at Competitions like the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now in Salzburg, “Bösendorfer Prize” at the Mozarteum University, International Competition Rotaract in Spain, “Talent of Kosovo”, International Ibla Competition in Italy etc.

In April 2008 has been released Ardita Statovci’s CD (a live recording with works of Brahms, Beethoven and Dutilleux).

She is being nominated by “Steinway & Sons” for Young Steinway Artist.
2010 Statovci was giving a very successful performance of Shostakovich’s 1. Piano concerto at the Konzerthaus Dortmund in Germany gaining outstanding critics from the german press.

In October 2010 her recital at the Schloss Goldegg/Austria has been recorded and broadcasted by the Austrian Radio-Television Channel ORF.
She is continually working together with one of the most well-known european conductor, Gustav Kuhn.

In April 2011 she replaced Martha Argerich with the Ravel Concerto, during the rehearsals with Claudio Abbado and the Mozart and Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Ferrara.

Press Reviews

“energetic is the touch of the excellent pianist, but very sophisticated, while on the first movement (Schostakovich 1. Concerto), her passages are like pearls..” (Westfälische Rundschau Waz-March, 22, 2010)

„..Statovci scored with explosive, full of energy and a pearls clear „Stringsclang" of an elitist quality. Somewhere between the works, it was a pearls crystal playing of the Mozart Sonata KV 576.“ (Balduin Sulzer, Kronen Zeitung, Jan, 2010)

„one should remember the name Statovci“ (Ch. Grubauer, Volksblatt , Jan. 2010)

„..the [Trompetist] was attached by „lust“ of music making Ardita Statovci’s, an excellent pianist.“ (Ruhr Nachrichten, Dortmund, March, 22, 2010).