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Biography

While performing her transcriptions for the piano at the IBLA Grand Prize 2008 competition in Italy, Julija Bal’s originality as composer and pianist drew the attention of the public and music critics alike. As the laureate of the competition and the winner of  the „Villa Lobos“ special prize,Julija Bal performed on the IBLA Winners concert tour in Carnegie Hall with encore request and great critical acclaim.

Her winners concert tour included over fifteen performances in Virginia, North Dakota, Arkansas, and New York. At the end of the tour, she became the Ambassador of good will of Arkansas. Invited by the organizers, from 2009 she became one of the youngest jury members at the same competition. Her performing style being described as an original combination of powerful individuality and temperament as well as peculiar techniques of sound creating have attracted the audience and the Competition jury when she performed her own virtuosic transcriptions of Schubert, Albéniz and Villa Lobos for the piano.

Soon after the performance at IBLA Grand Prize competition, Julija gained success once more with these transcriptions and entered the finale “Tansman International Competition of Music Personalities” in Lodz ,Poland , 2009. On spring 2010 she became winner of the international piano competition “Bradsaw & Buono” in New York. As the winner of the competition, she has been invited to perform in New York again while touring the USA. Ms Bal has also won awards at competitions such as the international competition „Petar Konjovic“, state and federal competitions in Belgrade, the „Competition of Young Pianists of Yugoslavia“ in Nis, the „Yamaha“ competition in Novi Sad, the „IBLA Grand Prize“ and many others.

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12 Etudes for the guitar of Heitor Villa Lobos transcribed for the piano by Julija Bal  (Julija Ba...

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12 Etudes for the guitar of Heitor Villa Lobos transcribed for the piano by Julija Bal

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Heitor Villa Lobos/Julija Bal Etude No2
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Heitor Villa Lobos/Julija Bal Etude No.7
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Julija Bal - Heitor Villa Lobos: Etude no.11&12
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Julija Bal - Heitor Villa Lobos: Etude no.11&12

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Live concert -Zaduzbina Ilije M. Kolarca
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Youngmasters 2015 (Croatia) Youngmasters 2015 (Croatia)

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Classical Guitar 2013 Classical Guitar 2013

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