Croatian born pianist Maksim Mrvica is one of the best selling Classical – Crossover pianist in the world. Maksim showed early promise, finishing his education at the «Ferenz Liszt Academy of Music» in Budapest and «Alexander Skrjabin Conservatioire» in Paris after already having won first prize in a National Competition in Croatia as well as first prize at Rubinstein Piano Competition in France. After signing a contract with record label EMI, the album “Piano Player” sold more than 4 million copies achieved Double Platinum in Hong Kong and Gold status in Singapore and many other countries. He held a 20 city tour in Japan that was considered the biggest tour ever by an international artist. The tour’s success led to invitations from the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra to perform as a soloist, as well as by the Chopin Society in Warsaw to celebrate the bicentennial of Chopin’s birth.

Maksim Mrvica ( Croatian pronunciation:; born May 3, 1975) is a Croatian pianist. He plays classical crossover music. History Mrvica was born in Šibenik, Yugoslavia.

Maksim’s success encompasses more than just the classical music world, reaching a diverse audience. His work has been included on the official album of Olympic Games and has earned an MTV award for best debut crossover album of the year, as well as having gotten over 120 million hits on YouTube. His music style has broken down the boundaries between music genres, from classical and movie music to pop and electronic in cooperation with EMI, Sony, and Universal. He has performed at venues and events as prestigious as Roundhouse in London, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sydney Opera House, CCTV Spring Gala Festival and many others. His artistic diversity runs beyond music to the fashion realm, where his collaborations with such leading brands as Dolce and Gabbana, Armani, and Christian Dior have even led to his being named Best Dressed Man by Vogue Homme. Other brands that have been attracted to his charisma and immense talent include American Express, BMW, Samsung, Star Alliance and Yamaha.

Contents • • • • • • • Biography [ ] Mrvica was born in, Croatia. He took piano lessons at the age of nine. Three years later he gave his first concert performance of 's Piano Concerto in C major. When war broke out in 1991, 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 in 1993. Mrvica went on to study at the where he spent five years under Professor, who himself was a pupil of.

Inwells car alarm manual free. He then spent a year at the in Budapest and during this year he won first prize at the International Piano Competition. In 2000, he moved to Paris to study with and gained first prize in the Piano Competition in 2001. International appeal [ ] Mrvica was spotted by, who composed several tracks for the crossover string quartet,, and it was Tonči who put Mrvica in touch with British Mel Bush. Classics was also interested in Mrvica and soon a new album was underway.

This album was, which gave a new spin to compositions. Since its release in 2003 it has been successful, in Asia, where it has achieved Gold status in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China, Platinum in Taiwan and Croatia and Double Platinum in Hong Kong. It was also in the number 1 slot in the HMV international pop chart in Hong Kong for twelve consecutive weeks. Under Mel Bush's management, Mrvica's performances generally take place against a backdrop of special lighting, stage and video effects. Mrvica's piece 'Exodus' was used as the floor music of Russian artistic gymnast in the. Adaptations and arrangements [ ].