It is with deep sadness that SIPO says goodbye to the great pianist Eugen Indjic who left us too soon, on February 28th, at the age of 76. Eugen was not only a brilliant pianist and prize winner of three international competitions – Warsaw (1970), Leeds (1972) and Rubinstein (1974) – he also was a man of profound humanity.
A “Leonard-Bernstein” scholarship holder at Harvard University, he studied musicology and composition with Laurence D. Berman and Leon Kirchner, graduating cum laude in 1969. Leonard Bernstein described him as “an extraordinary pianist and musician”. Arthur Rubinstein, who until his death remained his friend and mentor, called Indjic “a world-class pianist of rare musical and artistic perfection.”
He performed with the main orchestras in the United States, South America, Europe and Asia, under the guidance of conductors such as Bernstein, Bělohlávek, Casadesus, Fedoseiev, Gergiev, Gielen, Jochum, Kubelík, Leinsdorf, Sanderling, Sinopoli, Solti and many others.
The entire team, teachers and students of the SIPO master classes and the public who attended his concerts will keep a special memory of this outstanding personality of enormous culture and knowledge, always loved by everyone for his warm company, full of humor.
Eugen, we are grateful to have had the enormous privilege of your presence. We shall miss you very much, but your inspiring music will always remain with us!
Manuela Gouveia
Artistic Director
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Since 1996, the SIPO master classes and festival are a landmark in the international music landscape. We welcome artists of exceptional reputation in the world of music.
Why should you enroll?
The master classes are unique as they offer you the possibility of working with one or more teachers who are present throughout the whole event. Moreover you can attend all classes, thus benefitting from a wide range of pedagogic and musical moments of rare quality enjoying a highly diversified festival program. Furthermore, the final audition of the participants is recorded and transmitted by the Portuguese classical radio and you can also win the Antena 2 / ACIM prize. The charm and hospitality of the medieval town of Óbidos also contribute to the success of this extraordinary cultural event.
Since 2011, the “Antena 2” prize is awarded by the classical Portuguese radio station Antena 2. As of 2019, the prize is a joint prize of Antena 2 and the organizer of SIPO, the Association of International Master Classes, ACIM, and has changed its name to „Prize Antena 2/ ACIM“.
It consists of one live recital performed within the Antena 2 “Open concerts“ series in Lisbon, recorded and transmitted by the radio station, two further recitals in different locations and a monetary prize worth 2000 €.
The prize is awarded by the public and the faculty of SIPO to the students whose artistic performance in the final concert of the master classes is considered to be outstanding. The winners of the Antena 2 Prize in 2023 are Anthony Ratinov (USA) and Ke Wang (China).
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