About Piano Cleveland

Lovre Marušić

June 25th 2020

Lovre Marušić  is currently studying at Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar under Grigory Gruzman.

He has won several prizes, including First Prize at 20th Santa Cecilia International Competition in Porto, Portugal (2018), First Prize at International Music Festival & Competition in Paris, France (2018), First Prize at International Music Competition “New Stars” in Manchester, (2016), First Prize at World Piano Teachers Association in London, and First Prize, Jury and Public Award at “Isidor Bajic” International Piano Competition in Novi Sad (2016), among others.

Marušić is an Assistant Professor in the Piano Department at the Academy of Music in Zagreb and was a jury member in Belgrade, Serbia. He is recording his debut CD on KNS and is the Executive and Artistic Director of Ostinato Chamber Music Festival in Croatia. In 2018/2019, he presented recitals in Cologne and Kassel (Germany), in addition to performances in Croatia, China, Japan, Portugal, and France.

You can hear Marušić’s First Round performance during Session 3 on Saturday, August 1.


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