Jasminka Stančul

Jasminka Stančul-Cernko (née Stančul; Serbian: Јасминка Станчул; born 19 April 1965) is a Serbian-Austrian concert pianist and full professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Born in Serbia, she has been living in Vienna, Austria, since 1989.[1] As a pianist, she is internationally renewed as an interpreter of Beethoven's music.[2] Since a young age, she has won many music competitions and concourses.[3] In 1989, she was the winner of the 8th International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna.

Biography

Jasminka Stančul was born in Kikinda,[4] Serbia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia) on 19 April 1965. After finishing elementary music school in her hometown, she studied at the secondary music school in Subotica and graduated from the Novi Sad Academy of Arts in 1985.[1] Between 1985 and 1987, she worked as a docent at the same Academy.[5] After that, she continued studies at the Conservatory of Vienna under Noel Flores and the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève under Maria Tipo.[1] In 1989, Stančul won the first prize at the 8th International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna, playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1.[6] International jury awarded Stančul the first prize, while the second and third prize were not awarded at all.[7]

In 2013, Stančul became a professor at the Ljubljana Academy of Music. Since October 2019, she has been a full professor of piano concertos at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.[1] Since October 2024, she has been the head of the University's Institute for piano.[8]

Stančul is married to Austrian bank manager Willibald Cernko and holds Austrian citizenship.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Stepanović, Jovanka Beba (25 October 2020). "Stančul: Kada sviram ja sam srećna". JMU Radio-televizija Vojvodine (in Serbian (Latin script)). Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  2. ^ Turlakov, Sl. (11 February 1985). "Једна боља филхармонија". Borba: 8.
  3. ^ Turlakov, Sl. (18 October 1984). "Вечери солиста". Borba: 9.
  4. ^ Nikolić, Aleksandar (19 May 2001). "Можда ме је београдска публика ипак достојна". Borba: 8.
  5. ^ GOLDEN RATIO – 50 YEARS OF THE ACADEMY OF ARTS NOVI SAD (PDF). Akademija umetnosti Novi Sad. 2024. p. 392. ISBN 978-86-81666-92-0.
  6. ^ "Победник Јасминка Станчул". Borba: 10. 14 June 1989.
  7. ^ "About us – 17th International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna". Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  8. ^ "About – Jasminka Stancul". Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Steirer Willibald Cernko (52) wird neuer Chef der Bank Austria". kleinezeitung. 19 May 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009.
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