ARDITA STATOVCI

“A captivatingly serious interpreter – honest, clear, and deeply moving.”
(Passauer Neue Presse)

Ardita Statovci impresses with uncompromising dedication to music, exceptional expressiveness, and profound artistic integrity. Her playing combines technical brilliance, emotional clarity, and a distinctive inner intensity.

Born in Prishtina (Kosovo), she began piano studies at an early age with Hadije Gjinali and Lejla Pula, completing multiple grades within a single school year. At fifteen, she was admitted to the internationally renowned University Mozarteum Salzburg, where she earned her Master of Arts degree with highest distinction under Christoph Lieske. Postgraduate studies followed at Indiana University Bloomington (USA) with the legendary Menahem Pressler, and at the Accademia Pianistica di Imola under Boris Petrushansky and Franco Scala.

As a soloist and chamber musician, Statovci is in demand across Europe, the United States, and Asia. She has appeared in prestigious venues such as the Vienna Musikverein, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Royal Palace Stockholm, Konzerthaus Vienna, Mozarteum Salzburg, CSO Ada Ankara Concert Hall, NCPA Mumbai, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, and Jiangxi Arts Center (China), among many others.

Her performances have taken her to major festivals including the European Weeks Passau, International Mendelssohn Festival Hamburg, Musik på Slottet – Stockholm, Musiktage Mondsee, Aspekte Salzburg, Kyburgiade Switzerland, Transart Bolzano, Klangspuren Schwaz, Jardins Musicaux Switzerland, Arsonore Graz, Diabelli Sommer Mattsee, Tiroler Festspiele, Kitzbüheler Sommer, Kammermusikfest Oberlausitz, Chopin Fest Prishtina, Beethoven Plus Festival, and Trelleborg Piano Festival Sweden.

As a soloist, she has appeared with orchestras such as the Haydn Orchestra Bolzano, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart Bologna, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, Presidential Symphony Orchestra Ankara, Albanian Radio Television Orchestra, SOI – Symphony Orchestra of India, Kosovo Philharmonic, and Bad Reichenhaller Philharmonie, under conductors including Claudio Abbado, Dennis Russell Davies, Tito Ceccherini, Lavard Skou Larsen, Johannes Kalitzke, Gustav Kuhn, and Alessio Allegrini.

A central part of her artistic life is chamber music. In 2015, she co-founded the piano duo ARIADITA with Swiss pianist Ariane Haering, which ORF Ö1 praised as a “piano duo of the highest class.” The duo’s repertoire spans from Baroque to contemporary music, including rarely performed works such as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 for four hands, 20th-century masterpieces like Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps, and numerous world premieres. For ARIADITA, composer Alexander Müllenbach wrote a piece premiered at the 40th anniversary of the Aspekte Festival Salzburg.

Statovci also collaborates extensively with internationally renowned artists and ensembles including Tine Thing Helseth, Kian Soltani, Niklas Schmid, Arto Noras, OENM Salzburg, Alban Berg Ensemble Wien, WINDKRAFT – Kapelle für Neue Musik Tirol, and the Carpe Diem String Quartet (USA), as well as members of the Vienna Philharmonic, Bern Symphony Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, and New Orchestra of Washington.

Her commitment to contemporary music is reflected in close collaborations with composers such as György Kurtág, Alexander Müllenbach, Johannes Maria Staud, Tristan Murail, Teresa Catalán, Kurt Rapf, Kreshnik Alickaj, Akil Koci, Aulon Naci, Gerd Kühr, Ludwig Nussbichler, Pierre-Yves Macé, Fabio Nieder, Franz Eugen Dostal, Fahri Beqiri, Rafet Rudi, and Hüseyin Evirgen, several of whom have dedicated works to her.

Her concerts and recordings have been broadcast by numerous international radio and television networks, including ORF Ö1, RAI, ServusTV, Deutsche Welle, MDR Kultur, RTK, RTSH, Klan Kosova, RTS Suisse Espace 2, and China Radio International, among others.

For her outstanding artistry, Statovci has received numerous awards and scholarships from institutions such as the Society for Music Theatre Vienna, Mozart Society Dortmund, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, Piano Academy Birmingham, Fohn Foundation, Gotthard-Schierse Foundation Berlin, Land Salzburg, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, and the International Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg. She is a recipient of the Bösendorfer Prize of the University Mozarteum, a winner of the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Salzburg auditions, the Talent of Kosovo Prize, and prizewinner at the International Rotaract Competition (Spain) and the Ibla Grand Prize (Italy). She is also a Young Steinway Artist. Her live CD featuring works by Brahms, Beethoven, and Dutilleux was released in Salzburg in 2008.

A particularly memorable moment in her career came in 2011, when she stepped in for Martha Argerich during rehearsals of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major with Claudio Abbado, the Orchestra Mozart Bologna, and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Ferrara.

Alongside her concert career, Ardita Statovci is deeply devoted to teaching. With decades of experience, she currently serves on the piano faculty of the Washington Conservatory of Music (USA) and regularly gives masterclasses in Europe, the United States, and Asia. She is also a sought-after juror at national and international piano competitions. Many of her students have won international prizes and perform successfully as soloists and chamber musicians.