Viviana Guzman interviews Ariana Piknjač. Ariana Flute, as she is known on Instagram, was born in 1995 and raised in Sydney, Australia. Since she comes from a musical family, her musical story began when I was aged just 3 years and 9 months starting with piano lessons. She is currently studying two fields of study at the Music Academy in Sarajevo with the highest grades out of 23 subjects overall: Flute Performance in the class of prof. Sakib Laèeviæ and Music Theory and Education. She has performed at various concerts in different countries and has worked with various music professors from Austria, Serbia, Australia, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Russia and Switzerland. She honorarily play with the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra occasionally and has participated in Federal music competitions in the disciplines of flute, choir and chamber music being awarded first prizes.

Deep dive into Ariana Piknjac!
Topics Covered:
🌟Musical upbringing
🌟Born in Sydney, living in Sarajevo
🌟Typical day
🌟Getting covid
🌟Favorite Beverage
🌟Favorite Food
🌟Súper Power Goals
🌟Wonderful advice for a young flutist:
🌟Don’t compare yourself to others
🌟In time, everything passes.
🌟Stay positive
🌟Name of tune played: “U stambolu na Bosforu”

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