Mrvica biography

Maksim Mrvica - Exodus. He started taking up piano lessons at the age of nine from Marija Sekso and gave his first public performance in the same year. Just three years later he gave his first concert performance of Haydn's Piano Concerto in C major. When war broke out in , both Mrvica and his professor were determined that this would not disrupt his music studies.

In spite of the war and surrounding turbulence, Mrvica entered in, and won, his first major competition in Zagreb in Mrvica went on to study at the Music Academy in Zagreb where he spent five years under Professor Vladimir Krpan, who himself was a pupil of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. When he returned to Croatia he found himself to be the focus of intense media interest and he made frequent television appearances as well as giving a great number of interviews.

He soon found himself recording his first CD, Gestures, an album of contemporary Croatian piano pieces. Gestures became one of the fastest-selling classical recordings to be released in Croatia, and Mrvica was even invited to officiate the Porin award ceremony, an honour not usually granted to a classical artist. Mel had, by chance, been looking for a new pianist for some time and he recognised Maksim's potential to appeal to a wide range of audiences.

EMI Classics was also interested in Mrvica and soon a new album was underway. It was also in the number 1 slot in the HMV international pop chart in Hong Kong for twelve consecutive weeks. Mrvica has performed in a couple of international beauty pageants and MTV awards.

Maksim the piano player

His image and charisma also attracted the interest of global brands such as American Express, who sponsored him in Singapore, and automobile giants Chevrolet and BMW, for whom he performed at their respective Colombian and Malaysian car launches. Source www. Maksim Mrvica performing John Barry's Somewhere in time.