Kristina Socanski

Kristina Socanski is a Serbian-Norwegian pianist and a diverse musician who explores both classical and modern repertoire. She performs regularly as a soloist, chamber musician and a collaborative pianist, in Norway and abroad. Kristina holds official degrees in piano performance from The Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. In 2019 she graduated from the “soloist class”, the advanced postgraduate program at RDAM in Copenhagen, specializing in chamber music and accompaniment. The most valuable musical impulses, she obtained through studies with professors Håkon Austbø, Einar Smebye and Niklas Sivelöv. This is reflected through her individual, expressive musicianship, praised for both its poetic qualities and attentiveness in collaborative work.  Exploration of contemporary music and collaboration with composers has been a great part of her artistic activity in recent years. In 2019 she explored contemporary music for piano written in the USA as a part of her artistic research project, presented in a well-received debut album, with works by Missy Mazzoli, Edward Smaldone, George Crumb, Leo Ornstein and Philip Glass. As a prize winner of several international competitions, she has made appearances at several major venues, including the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, and Kammersaal at the Berlin Konzerthaus in Germany. Her performances have also taken her to LeFrak Concert Hall in New York, Stavanger Concert Hall in Stavanger, Oslo Opera House, Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, The Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen and Kolarac Concert Hall in Belgrade. Her work has been featured on several Serbian radio and television stations (Radio Beograd 202, RTS, RTV, TV Banat). Kristina has performed in Scandinavia, numerous European countries and in the USA and is also devoted to pedagogic work and research. She is currently a doctoral research fellow at The University of Oslo.

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