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He studied conducting at the FMA in Belgrade, in Professor Anton Kolar and Professor Jovan Sainovic’s class. He received his degree in 1996 and his post-graduate degree in 2001, with “The Secret Marriage”, an opera by Domenico Cimarosa and with an opera conducting thesis presentation.
He studied opera direction at the BK Academy of Arts in Belgrade, in Professor Mladen Sabljic and Professor Gordan Dragovic’s class. He graduated in 1999 with the second act of Wagner’s “The Dutchman”, at the Small Stage of the Belgrade National Theatre. During his studies, he received scholarships from the Saint Sava Temple, “Polimark”, “Zepter” and doctor Kailic form Vienna. From 1991 to 1994, he engaged himself in music pedagogy, teaching in music school “Stankovic”, Theology secondary school “Saint Sava” and the Academy of Arts in Pristine. In October 2006, he was appointed as a university lecturer for the subjects Opera studio and acting at the Philological-Artistic Faculty of the University of Kragujevac. At the same University he taught Chamber orchestra in school year 2007/ 2008.
He has been engaged in choir conducting since 1985, and has worked with a number of choirs:
With the Jewish choir “Baruch Brothers” (1987- 89; 2003- 04) he went to Israel and participated in the recording of a CD with Jewish spiritual and secular music (PGP RTS); with the choir “Belgrade Madrigalists” (2005- 07) he won a silver diploma in Rome (Vatican- Musica sacra a Roma), took part in Llangollen Festival (Wales) and in the Festival in Obrociste (Bulgaria, audience’s award).
With the Choral Society “Mokranjac at the Saint Sava Temple” (1988- 2000) he participated in many national and international festivals. He won the first prize in Poland and the third in Greece, as well as the award on the occasion of 2000 years of Christianity at the Festival in Nis. With this choir and the Royal Strings of Saint George he recorded a CD (Natan).
With Vocal Ensemble “Oktoih” (2000) he organized concerts of interreligious music, researched and recorded (3 CDs) unknown and new works, participated in Festivals and won awards, as well as prizes “Vojislav Ilic” (2002, 2003, 2004) for the best conductor of the Festival “Choirs among Frescoes”. In 2005, he won the second prize at the Choir competition in Ankara (Turkey), and in 2008, the third prize in Varna (Bulgaria), in the category of chamber choirs. He engages himself both in composing and the research of Serbian spiritual music, and in the analysis and performance of the music of Christian churches, as well as in the studying of other spiritual music.
He took part in the International competition of young orchestra conductors in Besanson (France, 1992). He also worked with almost every national symphony orchestra, as well as with foreign philharmonic orchestras from Arad (Romania) and Byalistok (Poland).
He is the author of theatre and film music (“Jacques or obedience”, “Vozd”, “Full Moon Over Belgrade”), and as an opera director he set on stage “Coffee Cantata”, by J.S.Bach (“Madlenianum”, 2001), “Saint Sava’s Rod” (NBS, 1995), “The Dedication to the Founders of Serbian Music” (“Liceum”, Kragujevac 2006), “30 years of SCS KG” (Kragujevac 2007, DVD), “Brahms’s Love Waltzes” (Liceum, Kragujevac 2008).
Since the founding of the Chamber Opera “Madlenianum”, he has participated as a full-time conductor in the setting of all opera productions. Until now, he has conducted operas “Signor Bruschino”, by Rossini (2000, the premiere), “The Secret Marriage”, by Cimarosa, “The Wise guy”, by Orf , “Cosi Fan Tutte”, by Mozart and “Hoffman’s Stories”, by Offenbach. He is a member of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia, the Association of Drama Artists of Serbia, Balkan choir forum, the Artistic council of the Festival of chamber choirs in Kragujevac, the Association of Belgrade citizens, Aero club, Jockey club, Rotary Club Belgrade, Rotary Club Kragujevac…
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