Malik Halce is a classical pianist born in Kosovo. From his very early childhood years, he grew up with melodies of Ludwig van Beethoven, Roxette, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Edward Grieg, and Pink Floyd. Since the exciting moment of getting his very first piano at home, his musical journey has started that will never end. After a short time, he found himself at the school of music in Prizren, Kosovo and his musical studies started.

His route passed through Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Istanbul State Conservatory, Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Norwegian Academy of Music, and Bowling Green State University. He has worked with many pianists/musicians throughout his studies such as Dimitri Bashkirov, Nikolai Demidenko, Denis Kozhukhin, Claudius Tanski, Håvard Gimse, Dráfi Kálmán, Francesco Libetta, Claudio Martinez Mehner, etc. Yet there are two very unique musicians he has been influenced by significantly; Kathryn Stott and Jorge Luis Prats.

 

Malik gave two concerts in the beautiful and historical city of Salzburg in Austria in 2012 that included pieces by Liszt, Chopin, Schumann, and Wagner/Liszt. He also was invited to the Miami International Piano Festival consecutively in 2017 and 2018 and gave numerous concerts. In 2019, his recital took place at the International Chopin Piano Festival in Pristina, Kosovo. During his studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, he had many solo and chamber music concerts in Oslo and Budapest. In the Summer of 2022, he performed an open-air concert at the historical cinema in his hometown Prizren called Lumbardhi, which was an important recital for him in terms of reuniting with his fellow people via this very special event.

 

Besides many solo concerts in Europe and the United States, Malik played with the Istanbul Symphonic Orchestra as a soloist at the age of 17 after being awarded with the second prize at the Young Talents competition, organized by Sedat Gürel - Güzin Gürel Arts & Science Foundation and Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra in Istanbul Turkey. Furthermore, he played so many solo and chamber music concerts during his studies in Istanbul, Turkey, and performed Liszt’s Totentanz with the collaboration of the Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Symphony Orchestra. One of his national successes came to him after getting the first prize at the international piano competition “Pianisti i Ri” in Kosovo in 2014, and he played with Kosovo Philarmonic Orchestra as a soloist.

 

Living in many different countries, experiencing and adapting to distinct cultures gave him a multicultural perspective on music. He had opportunities to perform with so many musicians around the world in different nations. Playing chamber music and being connected with people has always been so fascinating for him. Sharing the same stage, creating a special atmosphere, breathing the same ambiance, and bringing out the different traditions regardless of where people are from are among his main inspirations.

 

Currently, Malik is attending his second Master’s Degree at Bowling Green State University in the United States, in the class of Yevgeny Yontov.