Milenko Stefanovic
| Milenko Stefanović | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Milenko Stefanović |
| Also known as | Mima |
| Born |
19 February 1930 Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Genres | Classical, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, teacher |
| Instruments | Clarinet |
| Notable instruments | |
| Buffet Crampon | |
Milenko Stefanović (born 19 February 1930) is a Serbian classical and jazz clarinetist. He has been a prizewinner in the international competitions in Moscow, Munich, Geneva and Prague. As a soloist, he has achieved a significant international career, long-time principal clarinetist of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra and Professor of Clarinet at the University of Priština and University of the Arts in Belgrade.
Born in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (present day Serbia) in a family of amateur musicians, he began his musical studies at the age of five (violin, piano and, later, clarinet). His first clarinet teacher was Franjo Partlić, principal clarinetist of the Belgrade Opera. Stefanović graduated from the Belgrade Music Academy, as a student of renowned Professor Bruno Brun, the founder of modern Serbian school of clarinet playing (1957). He completed there, with the same teacher, his postgraduate studies and was awarded the Magister of Arts degree (1971). Additionally, he studied chamber and orchestral playing in Salzburg, Austria in the class of Igor Markevich, Erich Leinsdorf and Fernand Oubradous.
Stefanović was a top-prize winner or finalist in the major Yugoslavian and international competitions, including the competitions in Sarajevo (1952), Skopje (1954), Ljubljana (1956), Moscow (1957), Munich (1957), Geneva (1957) and Prague (1959). Additionally, he was honored with the Award of the Yugoslavian Radio-Television (Ohrid, 1972), awards of the City of Belgrade for the best concert in the previous concert season (1976, 1981, 1986), with 7 July Award (1962) - the state’s highest award for the arts, as well as with many other honors. In 2007, upon recommendation of the Expert Committee of the Serbian Ministry of Culture, he was awarded Special Acknowledgment for the Highest Contribution to the National Culture in the Republic of Serbia. In 2010 he was awarded with The Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia. In 2011, at the ClarinetFest® in Northridge, California, the membership of the International Clarinet Association unanimously voted Stefanović to become an Honorary Member, which is the most prestigious award given by the I.C.A.. On behalf of Milenko Stefanović, his granddaughter Irina received the Award on July 27, 2013, at the I.C.A. Awards Ceremony, during the ClarinetFest® in Assisi, Italy. On February 12, 2016, in Belgrade, Serbia, President of the European Clarinet Association Stephan Vermeersch awarded Professor Stefanović with the European Clarinet Association Honorary Membership for Lifetime Achievements in Performance, Teaching and Professional Service.
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