Ilinka Manova

INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL DEPARTMENT - Piano

llinka Manova, born in Macedonia, studied piano with Dr. Arbo Valdma in Cologne, Germany, and Dr. Solomon Mikowsky at the Manhattan School of Music. She received a full scholarship to study with Professor Stephanie Brown at SUNY Purchase, earning a Master’s Degree and the Artist Diploma. Currently, she is pursuing a DMA under the tutelage of Dr. Angelina Gadeliya at the University of Connecticut.

Ilinka is a winner of the Artists International Competition in New York. She gave a solo recital at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in 2001. She received other awards, including the prestigious DAAD German Scholarship in 1995 and the Yugoslav National Competition Award for Musicians in Sarajevo. Ilinka has performed in Paris, Rome, Bonn, Cologne, Geneva, Senigallia, Belgrade, Ljubljana, Skopje, Ohrid, Kaohsiung, throughout Eastern Europe, and in major cities across the U.S. She was featured in The New York Times, Greenwich Time, The Journal News and in all significant Macedonian newspapers. Her repertoire ranges from well-loved standards to contemporary music, focusing on new works from her native Macedonia. Ilinka serves as a Managing Director for ArtsAhimsa, an NPO that promotes nonviolence through the arts. A much sought-after teacher, Ilinka is a member of the piano faculty at the Browning school and The Diller-Quaile School of Music in New York City. In 2012, Ilinka co-founded Rondo Young Artist, an international concert presentation and competition encouraging young musicians to further their talents as classical singers and instrumentalists and foster their love of music. As an Executive Director and Co-Founder of Rondo, she manages yearly debut concerts for Rondo winners at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and the Rondo Summer Academy in Geneva-Blonay in Switzerland.