Rada began studying the violin at age seven and piano six months later. She was born in a Yugoslavian refugee camp in Germany in December of 1950. In January of 1951 her parents came to America seeking the opportunity for a safe and prosperous life. Fortunately their neighbors (in Northern Indiana) were moving out of town and didn't wish to take their Gulbransen upright grand piano with them. It took eight men to get the piano into the basement of Rada's house. When her mother noticed Rada's attraction to the piano she immediately found a piano teacher.
That was the beginning of a love for the piano that continues to be cultivated today. After attending the School of Music, in Bloomington, Indiana, Rada went on to teach for three years in Merrillville, Indiana and then moved to San Diego where she taught music for over twenty years at the prestigious Francis Parker School. She has a love of sharing her knowledge with others who wish to learn to play the piano and consequently, always has private students from children to adults.
In the past three years she has felt the need to write and record original piano music. With her classical background and her passion for the piano she is pursuing her individual sound and style. She adds strings, winds and other timbres that compliment her pieces but the piano is always her primary sound.
She brings to the piano the elegance that is deserved of the world's favorite instrument.
