| Aleksandar Miljković | |
| Birth Date: | 26 March 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Instrument: | Double bass |
| Genre: | Classical music |
| Occupation: | Bassist, composer |
Aleksandar Miljković (Serbian: Александар Миљковић; born 26 March 1975) is a Serbian classical doublebassist.[1]
After finishing music high school in 1994, he studied bass at the University of Arts in Belgrade, the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, and completed postgraduate studies at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Salamanca.[2] [3]
Miljković has published four books. The second book is an official textbook for the Ministry of Education of Republika Srpska. His first book is a collection of double bass pieces, and his third book is titled From Music to Sport. The University of Ghana published his fourth book as an official textbook for double bass. He wrote a concerto for solo double bass and orchestra called Trio Olivera. He has also published 15 CDs. He was inducted into the Africa Sports and Entertainment Hall of Fame. Aleksandar and his mother Olivera received the title of honorary citizens of Ostrikovac. The book Football Compassion by Leon Daniel Agyeman Dodoo is about the Miljković Trophy (named after Miljković and his father Blagoje), a football tournament held annually in Ghana. He composed the official music for the Mediterranean Games and published a CD in Cuba for boxer Teofilo Stevenson. He also composed the official music for the Aruba national football team and has composed music for various sports clubs, including several CDs for many sports sections of Red Star Belgrade.[4]
He composed official anthem for the city Gomoa Fetteh in Ghana and Gomoa community.He composed music for Omladinsko Sportsko Društvo Beograd, the Switzerland Handball Hall of Fame, and the CSKA Moscow Handball Club. He also created a CD for the Belgrade Chess Association. Additionally, he composed music for the following football clubs: FK VGSK, FK Karađorđe, Real Emirate FC in Ghana (which organizes the traditional Trophy Miljković tournament since 2020), BASK, FK Radnički Belgrade, FK BSK Batajnica, FK Radnički Pirot, FK Jagodina,[5] FK Bor, FK Hajduk Veljko, and FK Kosanica. He composed official music for the League of Future Champions (football in Serbia), the Vietnam national football team, and 18 other football clubs. In 2023, he composed the official music for the Canadian club Serbian White Eagles FC.[2]
He also composed official music for Boxing Club Radnički Belgrade (1920), the city race in Ćuprija, the Canoe European Championship 2018 in Belgrade, Basketball Club OKK Beograd, Radio Belgrade, and Radio Television Kuršumlija. He created official music for several places, including Grgure, Konjarnik, Lučani (official CD), Ostrikovac, Topola, Pučišća, Koštunići, Srbac, Kuršumlija, Spance, and Prčanj, as well as for the newspaper Politikin Zabavnik, the NIN Award, and Nebojša Tower in Belgrade. He published a CD for the Vuk Karadžić School in Belgrade. He played with the Belgrade chamber group Simfonieta in 1998 and has appeared as a guest on many TV shows. In 1999, he was one of the student representatives for the Nobel Prize.
He has performed in several solo concerts and public appearances in Serbia, as well as abroad in the United States, Sweden, Spain, Croatia, and Vienna, Austria, with sponsorship from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia.[6]
Miljković has taught bass at MS Stanković since 2002 and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade. He has also been a professor of double bass at the International Academy of Music in Pučišća, Croatia, since 2013. His students have performed at the Cultural Center of Belgrade, the Student Cultural Center, the Red Star Stadium, and at a concert for the "Museum Night" event, as well as making numerous guest appearances on TV and radio shows.