Damjana Bratuž

Damjana Bratuž (31 July 1927 – 21 May 2025) was a Slovenian pianist, music scholar, music educator, and university professor. She was noted for her research on music semiotics and the piano works of Béla Bartók, and for her role in developing piano pedagogy in Canada. Educated in Italy, Austria, France, and the United States, she was the first woman to earn a Doctor of Music (DM) degree in piano literature and performance at the Indiana University School of Music.