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, and

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, who also taught him composition. Stančić had a career as a concert pianist, and later he became legendary Professor of Piano at the

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. He was a member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts and a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 1960 he received the Vladimir Nazor Award for lifetime achievement in music. Some of his notable students included Ivo Maček,

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and Vladimir Krpan. The

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is named after him.

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* Moritz von Bredow: ''Klang gewordener Geist''. Branka Musulin zum 100. Geburtstag. Eine Hommage. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung v. 14. August 2017, S. 10. 1895 births 1970 deaths Croatian pianists Academic staff of the University of Zagreb Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Vladimir Nazor Award winners 20th-century pianists {{Croatia-music-bio-stub