Prior to studying at Mannes, Valjarević attended the Primary and Secondary Music School in Tuzla (Bosnia) in the class of Planinka Jurišić and Academy of Arts in Novi Sad and the Conservatory of Music in Belgrade (both in Serbia) in the class of Arbo Valdma.
Additional studies include Master Classes with Pascal Devoyon, Philippe Bianconi, Gaby Casadesus, Lilian Kallir, Eteri Andjaparidze, Lydia Kouteva. Valjarevic received his doctoral degree at the Mason Gross School of the Arts of the Rutgers University under the direction of Susan Starr. Valjarević has participated in festivals such as IP Multimedia Subsystem Prussia Cove in England.
American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France.
International Festival-Institute at Round Top in Texas. International Keyboard Institute and Beethoven Institute in New New York
Kneisel Hall in Maine (as a recipient of the Artur Balsam Scholarship). European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA) in Rovigno, Croatia.
And Ohrid Summer, Macedonia.
He has recorded for Yugoslav Radio and Television and the Voice of America. His latest Civil Defense, Tribute to Faure, is recorded for Labor Records.
Valjarević came to New York City on a scholarship from the Mannes College of Music, where he earned bachelor"s and master"s degrees as a recipient of the Marian Marcus Wahl Award. As a soloist and a chamber musician, Vladimir Valjarević has won numerous prizes at National Competitions in former Yugoslavia as well as at the "Citta di Stresa" and "Citta di Marsala" International Competitions in Italy. He is a co-founder of "Trio 56" with violinist Stephen Miahky and cellist Ole Eirik Ree.
