Tania Lukic-Marx

-	Accordion concert artist
-	'Laureate' of international competitions
-	Accordion professor and tutor
-	Accordions Worldwide Recordings Reviewer

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Tania Lukic-Marx, a renowned accordion concert artist, many times Yugoslav National Champion and studied for 7 years at the Kiev Conservatorium of Music in Ukraine with the famous Professor Vladimir Besfamilnov. She completed her post graduate studies, Master of Arts in 1990 majoring in accordion.

Tania has excelled in international accordion competitions, highlighted with a 3rd place at the Klingenthal International Competition for Soloists in 1986 and 2nd place in the 1988 Coupe Mondiale International Solo Championship. The first 'Laureate' from Yugoslavia at these prestigious international competitions and the first Yugoslav piano accordionist to achieve such impressive results.

Tania performed the world premiere performance of Zubitsky's "Slavic" Sonata No. 2 in Klingenthal in 1986.

Now an Australian citizen residing in Sydney, Tania Lukic-Marx has continued performing and adjudicating internationally. In 1993, Lukic-Marx made a concert tour to the Peoples Republic of China. Concerts were televised and have been broadcast since then several times. The tour also included performances at the 1st Chinese International Accordion Festival in Beijing.

With Prof. Vladimir Besfamilnov, Kiev, 2007 at "AccoHoliday" International Accordion Competition and Festival

There have been several concert tours to New Zealand and previous to moving to Australia, concerts in St Petersburg, Moscow, Croatia, Slovenia and Yugoslavia.

Since 1992, Tania has been the Director of her own Music School in Sydney, Australia. Recently she has had several students compete to much acclaim internationally with all her students being placed in the top 8 at the Coupe Mondiale, the highest ranked competitors ever from Australia. Her students have won many Australian national awards as well as awards in the USA.

Tania is often invited to join international adjudication panels at various accordion competitions as well as to hold seminars and masterclasses.

In 1996, Tania was invited to write the CD Reviews for Accordions Worldwide the largest accordion internet site in the world.

Tania is also heavily involved with accordion activities as the President of the Australian Accordion Teachers Association Inc which runs the annual Australian International Accordion Championships and Festival in May each year.

Klingenthal 1986, the third round with orchestra

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1988 - 1991	Completed Post-Graduate Studies, Conservatorium 'P.I. Tchaikovski', Kiev, Ukraine, formerly in the Soviet Union majoring in accordion
1983 - 1988	Completed Graduate Studies, Conservatorium 'P.I. Tchaikovski', Kiev, Ukraine, formerly in the Soviet Union majoring in accordion
1981 - 1983	Obtained High School Matriculation, Kragujevac, Yugoslavia
1979 - 1980	Obtained Primary Music Teachers Diploma Kragujevac, Yugoslavia

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1988	Second place in Coupe Mondiale, held in Trossingen, West Germany
1986	Third place - International competition in Klingenthal, East Germany
1983	Fourth place - International accordion competition, Trofeo Mondiale (CMA), Caracas, Venezuela
1979 - 1983	First place (six times) at various Yugoslav accordion competitions

Tania Lukic-Marx with her two teachers, Prof. Radomir Tomic (left) and Prof. Vladimir Besfamilnov (right), all adjudicating at the "Acco Holiday" 1st Ukrainian International Accordion Competition and Festival, April 2006, Kiev.

MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL ACCORDION COMPETITION JURY

2006	"Acco Holiday" Kiev, Ukraine
2003	Coupe Mondiale in Slovakia and Hungary
2001	Coupe Mondiale in London
1995	South Pacific Accordion Championships
1993	South Pacific Accordion Championships
1991	International Competition 'Trophy of Yugoslavia', Kragujevac, Yugoslavia
1990	International Competition 'Trophy of Yugoslavia', Kragujevac, Yugoslavia
1990	Yugoslav Jury member of the 1990 Coupe Mondiale in Trossingen

SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS & FESTIVALS Tutor at International seminars, workshops and festivals in following places:
2006	Auckland, New Zealand	2004	Kragujevac, Serbia and Montenegro
1995	Auckland, New Zealand	1994	Kragujevac, Yugoslavia
1993	Urmquei & Beijing, China	1992	Auckland, New Zealand

SOLO CONCERTS PERFORMED INTERNATIONALLY
1995	Auckland, New Zealand	1993	Urmquei & Beijing, China
1992	Auckland, Taranaki & Wellington, New Zealand	1991	Copenhagen, Denmark
1989	Sydney and Melbourne, Australia	1988	Plaven, Germany
1988	Trossingen, Germany	1988	Leningrad, Soviet Union
1988	Moscow, Soviet Union	1987	Moscow, Soviet Union
1986	Bialistic, Poland	1983	to 1988 Kiev, Soviet Union

Yan Tabachnik, Member of Ukrainian Parliament, famous accordionist and the organizer of the "Acco-Holiday" 1st Ukrainian International Accordion Competition and Festival, at dinner with Vladimir Besfamilnov and Tania Lukic-Marx.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1994	Master classes Yugoslavia
1993	Master classes in Urmquei and Beijing Cities
1992	Master classes for the New Zealand Accordion Association
1992	St Charbel's College
1992	Opened private Music School for accordion, piano and theory
1989 - 1991	Professor & Chamber Music Professor at the High School of Music 'Jovan Bandur', Pancevo, Yugoslavia

MEMBER OF VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS
1993	to now, President Australian Accordion Teachers Association
1992	to now, New Zealand Accordion Association
1989	Accordion Society of Australia
1981	Association of Young Musicians, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

With Yuri Yastrebov, author of the book "Besfamilnov". Middle - Yuri Shishkin, Kiev, 2007 at "AccoHoliday" International Accordion Competition and Festival

CONTACT DETAILS
131 Carcoola Street Canley Vale, Sydney NSW 2166 Australia.	Phone: Fax: Mobile: E-mail:	+61 2-97276608 +61 2-97276608 +61 43-8727660 tanialm@optusnet.com.au