Maksim Mrvica (; born 3 May 1975) is a Croatian pianist. He plays classical crossover music. Three years later he gave his first concert performance of Haydn's Piano Concerto in C major. When the Croatian war of independence started in 1991, both Mrvica and his professor were determined that this would not disrupt his music studies. In spite of the war and surrounding turbulence, Mrvica entered in, and won, his first major competition in Zagreb in 1993.
Mrvica's piece "Exodus" was used as the floor music of Russian artistic gymnast Anna Pavlova in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Adaptations and arrangements
There is a Chinese lyrical version added to the non-lyrical song of Maksim Mrvica's "Claudine". This musical piece was sung and written by singer Edmond Leung from Hong Kong. According to Boxup.com, Edmond was so captivated by Maksim's performance of "Claudine" that he asked Maksim's permission to do a lyrical version in Cantonese. Soon after in 2004, their collaboration produced the bittersweet ballad called "信望愛" (sun3 mong6 ngoi3) ("Trust Hope Love").
Discography
Albums
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|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Album details
! colspan="4" |Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Sales
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! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | CRO<br>(For.)<br>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | JPN<br />
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | KOR<br />
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | UK<br />
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! scope="row" | Gestures
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- Released: 1999
- Label: EMI
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! scope="row" | The Piano Player
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- Released: 2003
- Label: EMI
|39
|—
|—
|76
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- KOR: 20,751<!--14,063 + 6,688-->
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! scope="row" | Variations Part I & II
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- Released: 2004
- Label: EMI
|1
|—
|—
|—
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! scope="row" | A New World
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- Released: 2005
- Label: EMI
|3
|—
|—
|—
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! scope="row" | Electrik
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- Released: 2006
- Label: EMI
|22
|50
|—
|—
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! scope="row" | Pure
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- Released: 2007
- Label: MBO
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|—
|—
|—
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! scope="row" | Pure II
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- Released: 2008
- Label: MBO
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|—
|—
|—
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! scope="row" | Greatest Maksim
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- Released: 2008
- Label: EMI
|—
|—
|70
|—
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! scope="row" | Appassionata
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- Released: 2010
- Label: Universal
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|—
|23
|—
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- KOR: 1,999<!--1,685 + 314-->
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! scope="row" | The Movies
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- Released: 2012
- Label: Universal
|—
|—
|17
|—
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- KOR: 2,270
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! scope="row" | Mezzo e Mezzo
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- Released: 2014
- Label: Universal
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|15
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- KOR: 3,289<!--2,585 + 481 + 223-->
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! scope="row" | Croatian Rhapsody
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- Released: 2015
- Label: Universal
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|—
|22
|—
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- KOR: 1,952<!--1,400 + 552-->
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! scope="row" | New Silk Road
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- Released: 2018
- Label: MBO
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|65
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