Pianist

After performing at the "Martha Argerich Project Festival" in 2003 in Lugano, Switzerland, Misha Dacic made his American debut at the Discovery Series of the Sixth Miami International Piano Festival. In 2004 he was featured at Ravinia's Rising Stars Series in Chicago, followed by Gilmore Keyboard Festival Rising Stars Recital Series in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He performed at the Xavier University Classical Piano Series in Cincinnati in 2004 and 2005, at Princeton University (New Jersey) in Edna Golandsky's Symposium, and made his New York debut at the Leschetitzky Piano Series in 2005, and in Guatemala at the Eighth Festival Internacional de Cultura Paiz in Antigua. The same year Dacic performed a Horowitz Tribute concert for The Frederic Chopin Society's Concert Series at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2007 Dacic performed at the Tenth Anniversary of the Miami International Piano Festival, at the Miami International Piano Festival in Lecce, Italy, and made his debut in Turkey with recitals in Ankara, Izmir, and at the prestigious eight edition of the International Antalya Piano Festival.
Misha Dacic was born in 1978 in the former Yugoslavia, into a family with a musical tradition. Dacic first came to public attention at age 11 when he performed with the local orchestra in his birth city. Shortly afterwards, he entered the class of Kemal Gekic at the University of Novi Sad in Yugoslavia, where he received his early training. In 1998, at the invitation of Lazar Berman, Dacic enrolled at the prestigious school for pianists in Imola, Italy, where he studied with Berman for over five years.
Dacic, a recipient of support from the Patrons of Exceptional Artists, graduated in 2006 from the University of Miami, where he pursued advanced piano studies with Frank Cooper. Dacic received the 2006 University of Miami Alumni Association Student of Distinction Award and was chosen for inclusion in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities, 2005-2006 editions. He pursues a Masters in Music with Kemal Gekic at Florida International University. His coming engagements include performances in festivals in Brazil, Peru, Turkey etc.