Jovan Bogosavljević
Jovan Bogosavljević is a Serbian violinist and composer born in Belgrade in 1980. He began learning the violin from his father, Dragutin Bogosavljević, a student of renowned pedagogues and violinists David Oistrakh and Boris Kuznetsov. This period of education culminated in him being the Absolute winner of the competition in Tortoni in the category of up to 30 years of age. He completed his undergraduate and master’s studies at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade under the guidance of Tatijana Olujić.
In 2002/03, he obtained a master’s degree from the Royal Conservatory in Brussels in the class of Igor Oistrakh, one of the greatest violinists of today. During his time in Brussels, he served as the concertmaster of the student orchestra as well as the concertmaster of the contemporary music orchestra.
After completing his studies at the Royal Conservatory, Jovan Bogosavljević furthered his education with Mikhail Kopelman, Pierre Amoyal, Kim Nam-Joon, Boris Kushnir, and Maxim Vengerov. As a soloist with chamber and symphony orchestras, he has performed in Serbia, all former Yugoslav Republics, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Turkey, England, Belgium, Greece, Bulgaria, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, USA, China, Argentina, Japan, United Arab Emirates etc.
He has also performed as a soloist at significant festivals such as Ars Musica-Brussels, Art Fest-London, Warsaw Festival-Poland, Stuttgart Festival-Germany, Copenhagen Festival-Denmark, International Festival-Berlin, BEMUS-Belgrade, Novi Sad Music Summer, Niš Music Festival, Kotor Art-Montenegro, Ohrid Summer Festival, Skopje Summer Festival. As a soloist, he has collaborated with numerous conductors: Mladen Jagušt, Uroš Lajovic, Dorian Wilson, Andrei Andreev, Milena Injac, Biljana Radovanović, Jovan Šainović, Bojan Suđić, Berislav Skenderović, Saša Nikolovski Đumar, Anatoly Novitsky, Bart Bucart, Stanko Šepić, Vesna Šouc, Svilen Simeonov, Fan Tao, Igor Budenštajn, Bernard Steiner, Igor Tatarević, Đurđica Dašić, Christo Pavlov, Ivan Stojanov, Mark Kadin.
Marija Rajković
Marija Rajković was born in Niš in 1971. At the age of five, she began learning the violin at the School for Musical Talents in Ćuprija under the guidance of Professor Dragoljub Jovanović. She enrolled in undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade at the age of 16, studying under Professor Jovan Kolundžija, and later obtained her master’s degree in the class of Professor Dejan Mihailović.
She made her debut as a soloist with a symphony orchestra at the age of eleven. She is the recipient of the Tito’s Fund Scholarship, as well as the Scholarship for Exceptional Talents of the Republic of Serbia. She received the Mokranjac Award for concert activities in 1986/87 and 1988. As a soloist, she has performed at significant festivals such as Nimus-Serbia, Ledamus-Serbia, Baroque Evenings-Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chamber Music Annals-Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ohrid Summer-RSM, Skopje Summer-RSM, Strumenti & Musica-Italy.
She has collaborated as a soloist with conductors such as Sandro Zaninović-Croatia, Vančo Čavdarski-Macedonia, Svilen Simeonov-Bulgaria, Vesna Šouc-Serbia, Stevan Spalević-Serbia, Anatoly Novitsky-Russia, Nicholas Riziotis-Greece, Claudio Scabotini-Italy, Milena Injac-Serbia, and Igor Tatarević-Croatia, Đurđica Dašić-RSM.
She has given full evening recitals with pianists such as Nada Kecman, Jovanka Aranđelović, Ljubinka Kostović, Istra Pečvari, Stevan Spalević, Bojan Mladenović, Sonja Radojković… She has performed as a soloist in the countries of the Western Balkans and Europe. Marija Rajković furthered her education with Ana Šumačenko and Jovan Kolundžija.
She is one of the founders of the “International College of Artists Strad,” the chamber orchestra “Hybrids,” and the “IKUS Studio Orchestra” based in Niš. As an educator, she has conducted numerous masterclasses at universities and educational institutions both domestically and internationally, and she is the recipient of the Faculty of Arts in Niš Award – Plaque for “Exceptional success of students in competitions of national and international significance and concerts of students with orchestras at home and abroad” for the academic year 2022/23.
