| Maksimovic, Dušan S.
born in 1932, January 23, Belgrad, Serbia
music educator, conductor, composer, arranger
Current positions: retired since 1995
Studies: diploma in music theory at the Music Academy in 1959; diploma in conducting in 1976; masterclass with Kurt Thomas 1963
Career: music teacher in the first Belgrade high school 1961-75; teacher and co-trainer at a ballet school, 1975-95; teacher of choral conducting at the music school Stankovic; member of and later assistant director of the Belgrade University Choir of Branko Krsmanovic 1952-63; director of various choirs such as Ivo Lola Ribar 1963-70, Abrasevic 1972-79, Jovan Bandur 1979-81; third prize in Langollen and in Spittal, Drau; concerts in Kiev, Barcelona, France, Germany, Soviet Union, Spain, Switzerland etc.; co-organized with K. Dobrovolskis the German-Yugoslavian choir weeks in 1969-89, later receiving the German Federal Cross of Merit for such service
Works/Publications: wrote music reviews for the newspaper Politika ekspres, 1972-2004; composer and arranger of Serbian folk songs; his work is published by Edition Music Contact |
