Marin Limić is a pianist, composer and teacher from Klis, Croatia, now based in Berlin, Germany.

He completed his elementary and secondary education at the Josip Hatze Music school in Split, in the class of the renowned pedagogue and concert pianist Mrs Jadranka Garin. In 2003, he was awarded the first prize on piano at the Croatian National Competition for Students. At the beginning of 2010 he received a degree in the class of his regular professor Valdma at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne.

Limić’s repertoire includes the works of classical composers, as well as his own compositions and piano arrangements. In 2016, he received an award from the Croatian Ministry of Culture for his piano composition Tokata, op. 33. Marin has held numerous solo concerts and has performed under the direction of famous conductors such as P. Dešpalj, M. Tarbuk and I. Lipanović. He has performed in the Croatian Music Institute several times, with the performances being recorded by Croatian radio. He also played in the Rector’s Palace in Dubrovnik, accompanied by the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra. Highlights of his international performances include: recitals at the International Manifestations Mostar Spring (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2012); Don Branko’s Music Days (Montenegro, 2013); and the recital in the castle Brandys nad Labem (Czech Republic, 2014).

In 2015, his music score, along with his CD Skladbe za klavir were published and he toured the works around Croatia. He also toured a recital named Koncert zaboravljenih melodija in 2016, in which he showcased rarely or never played compositions by various composers. In 2018, his second CD Klarin Film, which he recorded with other musicians and artists, was released by Cantus.

Marin won the Künstlerstipendium for Land Nordrhein-Westfalen in 2020, recording renditions of both classical pieces and his own new compositions. He performed in Berlin’s French Cathedral in 2022. He also received a Deutscher Musikrat’s “NeuStart Kultur” scolarship in 2023, as a part of which he gave 3 concerts with an emphasis on his own compositions. In 2024, he visited the People's Republic of China as part of a 20-day tour, during which he gave 11 concerts in various cities. In August this year, he will give his first solo concert as part of the Split Summer.

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