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Maja Rajković was born in Belgrade. She graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad,
where she studied with Konstantin Bogino. She attended advanced studies at the ”Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento Musicale” in Portogruaro (ltaly) in the same class. She received her Master of Arts degree at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, the class of Dušan Trbojević. She is employed at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade.
Between 1998-2009 she has been the president of the Jeunesses Musicales of Belgrade, and in 2001 she became the vice president of MCNM (Mediterranean Collaboration of New Musicians). She won third prize at Carlo Soliva International Competition in Italy. She was a prize winner at the Rachmaninov ’93 Concours in Belgrade. In 1994 she won the Audience First prize and official Third prize at the 24th Jeunesses Musicales Competition in Belgrade.
She has performed with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, RTS Symphony Orchestra, the St. George Strings, the Belgrade strings, at the Belgrade Music Festival (Bemus), Split Summer Festival (Croatia), Herceg Fest (Montenegro), Festival Internazionale di Musica da Camera –Portogruaro (Italy), International Women’s Musical Meeting in Athens (Greece), Music Biennial in Zagreb (Croatia). She has given concerts in Italy, England, Greece, Luxembourg, etc.

“…Playing of Maja Rajković is characterized by the pianistic nerve, temperament as well as by bent for the dramatical-lyrical contrasts. The artist was very convincing in the powerful gradations and none the less in the lyrical parts…”   
(Politika)

“…The culmination which caused the ovations by the audience was the enchanting, radiant, filigree-like dance of the piano sound...”
(Đorđe Šaula, Radio Zagreb)

“…We were left amazed by the real explosion of talent, power, expression…”
(Gordana Krajačić: Musical portraits)

“…I was particularly impressed with her elegant and highly cultivated, refined sense of style, her ‘bel-canto’ and wonderful legato melodic lines, also to her feeling for ultra-polyphony. A truly aristocratic artist of the highest intellectual spirit and human warmth...”
(Dafydd Llywelyn, President of the 24th Jeunesses Musicales Competition)

“…The highest peaks of music… Maja Rajkovic makes unusual programs and plays in a unique way…This artist develops rare components of pianism in a very personal way, representing one of the most successful female artists in our country today…”
(Branka Radovic, Politika)