Isidora Jovanović Driscoll

A native of Belgrade, Serbia, Isidora Jovanović Driscoll enjoys an active career as a pianist and a pedagogue. She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe and the United States, winning second prize at the International piano competition Nikolai Rubinstein.

She has appeared as a soloist with orchestras at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and during her doctoral studies at Arizona State University (ASU). Looking for ways in which to bring music to larger audiences, Isidora participated in the 352 Keys piano concert series with renowned pianist and Provost of James Madison University, Dr. Heather Coltman. Their collaboration extended to a performance at the 2014 TEDx event in Boca Raton, Florida. Most recently, Isidora presented at the World Piano Conference in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Isidora’s 15-year teaching career includes positions in her native Serbia, head of piano for FAU’s Teaching Outstanding Performers program, a Faculty Associate position at Arizona State University, and a piano instructor at ASU’S Community Music School. Believing strongly in the unique musical potential of every student, Isidora cultivates each student’s love for music and adjusts to their individual learning styles, so they can grow and share their talents with others. Her students regularly participate in the Royal College of Music and Arizona Study Program exams.

Isidora has served on jury panels for several competitions and examinations, including the East Valley Music Teachers Association (EVMTA) Piano Competition, and EVMTA Jason Sipe Piano Competition. Isidora holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from the University of Novi Sad, a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from Northwestern University, a Master of Arts degree from Florida Atlantic University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from Arizona State University. Her doctoral project has been published with the following review of her mentor, distinguished Brazilian pianist Caio Pagano: “Isidora Jovanović Driscoll’s TWO CASES STUDIES is a milestone in the present state of analysis of piano performance. She has encountered the ideal vocabulary and has brought to the attention of the reader the clear difference that two styles of performance can represent... A masterful dissertation that deserves to be known by the musical world.”

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