Ivana Bilic
Croatia

Marmba and Percussion Artist
Born in 1970. in a family of musicians. Ivana studied percussion with prof. Igor Lesnik and graduated percussion on the Zagreb Music Academy in 1993. She attended various master classes with K. Abe, S. Fink, K. Tresselt and J. Geoffrey.

Bilic made solo appearances with the Symphony Orchestra of the Danish Radio, Slovenian Philharmony, Symphony Orchestra of the Croatian Radio, Zagreb Soloists, Varazdin Chamber Orchestra, Croatian Chamber Orchestra, Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, Split Navy Orchestra, Orchestra of the Ivan Zajc Opera in Rijeka, Rijeka Chamber Orchestra.

She performs on international festivals ( Music Biennale Zagreb, Musicora Paris, Melos Ethos Bratislava, Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Trieste Contemporanea, Tempus Fugit Tel Aviv, Julian Rachlin and Friends…) and is a member of several chamber music groups.

In 1998. Ivana received the Best Young Croatian Artist Award and
was awarded with Milka Trnina for best concert performance in 2003.

Since 1996. Bilic is 1. timpanist of the Symphony Orchestra of the Croatian Radio and faculty at the Zagreb Music Academy.
Bilic regularly records for Radio and Television.

Ivana received 2 Porin Awards – prestigious Croatian Discographic Award - for best performance in the classical field
- in 2001. for her debut solo CD Follow me (she also performed on the Final TV Show)
- in 2004. for her solo appearance in the Marimba concerto by I. Kuljeric on CD Igor Kuljeric – Contemporary Croatian Composers .
Ivana performs, arranges and co-edits new works for percussion.

She regularly gives marimba and percussion clinics and masterclasses in USA, South America and Europe and acts as jury member for competitions. 

Ivana appeared at PASIC 2002 and PASIC 2006; Festival de marimbistas, Chiapas, Mexico 2004; Zeltsman Marimba Festival in Boston 2004; Belgium Marimba Competition and Festival 2004; PAS Italy Percussion days 2006.

Her recent concert appearances include the Slovenia and Croatia tour with Schwantner Percussion Concerto and enthusiastic reviews for

Mac Millan`s Veni Veni Emmanuel Percussion Concerto.
In the season 2006/07 she is invited to perform Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists by Philip Glass with Jonathan Haas and concerts with several orchestras in Croatia and Hungary. She will appear at the Zagreb Music Biennale 2007 and Zeltsman Marimba Festival 2007 in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Ivana is the author of several marimba solos and a duo published by Malletworks.

Ivana plays on MarimbaOne marimbas

Web site: www.ivanabilic.com