LJUBIŠA JOVANOVIĆ

Serbia

graduated and received his MA. Degree in Belgrade, under Prof. Miodrag Azanjac. He went on to do two-years of advanced training with Prof. Chiristian Larde in Paris, where he received the Diplome Superieur de Concertiste in 1983. His years-long cooperation with one of the greatest contemporary musicians, flutist Aurele Nicolet, helped him prepare and realize numerous recitals and concerts of chamber music for flute, ranging from Baroque to contemporary music.

 

He has performed at all important festivals in Yugoslavia, as well as in France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany, Russia, Romania, Great Britain, Algeria, Finland and Argentina, Norway, Denmark, South African Republic etc.Ljubiša Jovanović won the First Prize for interpretation at the International Annual Review of Composers , Sremski Karlovci-Novi Sad (1992), The Golden Link for artistic merits in 1992, the Annual Award of the Serbian Musical Artists Association in the same year, as well as The Belgrade Cultural Fund Award for the best concerts in Belgrade in 1989, 1991 and 1992. He received Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra Golden Medal on the occasion of 75th anniversary of this institution and The University of Arts in Belgrade Silver Medal with Charter for the merits in the improvement of teaching process.

 

He is a permanent member of The New Music Ensemble, and the trio Anima (with Nataša Veljković, piano and Sandra Belić , violoncello). Over 25 years he was solo flutist of the Belgrade Opera and Ballet Orchestra, the Belgrade Radio Television Symphony Orchestra and The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra. Nowadays he is professor of flute at the Faculty of Music Art in Belgrade and at the Music Academy in Cetinje (Montenegro). From 1998 to 2002 he was Head of Wind instruments Department. From 2002 he is Vice Dean for artistic work at the Faculty of Music, Belgrade. Ljubisa Jovanovic has performed with the greatest contemporary flutists: Aurele Nicolet, Michel Debost, Christian Larde, Emmanuel Pahud, Irena Grafenauer. He is establisher and president of Camerata Serbica Orchestra - since 2004.

 

 

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