Damir Leopold Sertić
Born and grown up in Munich
First piano lesson at the age of five
Degree in music pedagogy in 1998 from the Munich Advanced Scool for Music and Theatre
Upon completion of the Conservatory 2000 continued studies in Salzburg. There based now as freelance artist and self-employed piano teacher.
Best Croatian participant at the "Zagreb 2004" International Piano Competition
Piano Performance Master's degree in 2007 at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg
Often performing on historical instruments such as Mozart's own pianoforte from Vienna 1780
Piano teachers: Alla v. Buch, Vadim Suchanov, Gernot Sieber and Alexei Lubimov
Doctoral degree (PhD) in 2018 at the Mozarteum University
Working on an alternative song album mixed with electronic music and another of piano music
Performances in Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia, UK, USA, Croatia und Austria, - particulary frequent appearences in the Castle of Leopoldskron
Singer teachers: Catarina Lybeck und Monika Lenz
Debut as singer in Nov. 2007 (live broadcast by ORF) "Musik daran die Welten hängen" for string-quartet, piano, percussions and counter tenor by W. Roscher
My musical findings:
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I do not believe music has to sound ugly to be called NEW.
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The natural math of overtones in every tone leads on to a dominant seventh. This means, - every tone aims to another. Isn't this wonderful?
Releases
Pianist Composer Singer Songwriter Damir / Damn Ear | Damir L. Sertić | Salzburg Sertic
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On 14th of March 2020 my homage to L. v. Beethoven for his 250th birthday got pulished. I feel honored being part of Susanne Kessel’s enormous project. Thanks Susanne for producing this whole project and wonderful recording witch is avalable on and Nikolas Sideris for the publication of the Edition in Volume 9.
For more information about the piece and its extraordinary idea, feel welcome to visit:
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Now that I have successfully completed my doctoral studies, I have more time to be musically creative again. The translation of the summary into English and Croatian has been completed and the results of my research are now available here for inspection in all three languages.
News
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This Movement by Mozart was my "Thank-You" from home to the Austrian government for financial support during the Covid 19 crisis in form of the Hardship Fund.
Artwork by Bruno Schwengl, Salzburg, February 2020