About me
Milanja Ivana - guitarist and musical educator, born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1974.
She approaches to music as a child, attending elementary school musical
"F.Livadic" of Samobor, which ends in three years instead of the six established (class of V. Haber).
She continued her musical education with Maestro I.Roemer and R.Podvorac, performing in various chamber ensembles and writing arrangements for guitar trios and quartettes.
Ivana performed at all national guitar festivals and for television and radio network.
Winner of multiple scholarships. In parallel, she graduated at language’s high school with excellent results.
After 3 years of teaching and performing in 1997 she moved to the Italy in order to continue with his musical studies under the guidance of Maestro A.Gilardino, at the Conservatory "A. Vivaldi" in Alessandria.
Meanwhile she is involved in the music marketing throughout Europe for the software house "Sincrosoft" in Milan continuing the musical and guitar studies attending courses at the "Music School of Milan", under the guidance of Maestro C.Ballabio. She graduated in 2006 at the G. Verdi Conservatory in Milan.
During the entire study period had participated in guitar master classes directed by the leading exponents of the guitar in Italy (A.Gilardino, L.Biscaldi, M.Mela, L.Micheli, E.Segre). In concerts is expressed in performances as a solist, in duets, trios, quartets.
In 2009 became Professor of classical guitar and musical educator for the 3-5 years old children at Ricordi Music School. Pretty soon she will become responsible for one of the citie’s schools , where besides teaching, will manage the entire education and organization area.
Ivana continued her studies for the 0-6 children attending the National Training Course "The musical education for the 0-6 years through the Music Learning Theory of Edwin E. Gordon" - AIGAM and in 2014 became a certificated teacher of Audiation Institute.
2015 attended the course with Christopher Azzara -Eastman School of Music (Rochester NY USA) "Improvisation through audiation" - E. Gordon's Music Learning Theory.
In 2011 she founded thogether with her friends musically appasionated the music school "Do You Music?" where she practiced her art's director profession organizing courses and musical events.
2022 Guitar teacher at High music school IC Città di Chiari