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Now Playing: Dominik Maican on NPR
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At age 18, Dominik Maican is already an acclaimed composer, with six symphonies, a mass, chamber music pieces, solo piano works and songs to his credit. Dominik is a U.S. citizen, but was born in Koln, Germany, and moved to Washington, DC, in 1991 with his parents Drs. Valerica Maican and Marcel Maican. Dominik beganstudying piano at the age of 3 and composition at the age of 5 with his mother. He isthe proud recipient of nine piano awards and over 40 awards for musical compositionThis fall Maican will attend Indiana University, home to one of the largest music schools in the United States. He says he hopes to get a well-rounded education and leave some of his concentrated music studies behind.
