Milenko Stefanović Explained

Milenko Stefanović
Background:non_vocal_instrumentalist
Alias:Mima
Birth Date:19 February 1930
Birth Place:Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Death Place:Belgrade, Serbia
Instrument:Clarinet
Genre:Classical, jazz
Occupation:Soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, teacher

Milenko Stefanović (19 February 1930 – 25 July 2022)[1] [2] was a Serbian classical and jazz clarinetist. He was a prizewinner in the international competitions in Moscow, Munich, Geneva and Prague, and achieved an international career as a soloist. He was a 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.

Education

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 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.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [2]

Awards and honors

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 presented 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 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. On behalf of Milenko Stefanović, his granddaughter Irina received the Award on 27 July 2013, at the I.C.A. Awards Ceremony, during the ClarinetFest® in Assisi, Italy. On 12 February 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.[3] [6] [10] [13] [4] [14] [15] [16] [11] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [12] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [2]

Performance career

Stefanović was the principal clarinetist of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra (1954–1976).Apart from holding that position, he also achieved international success as a soloist and chamber music player.[3] [4] [6] [7] [10] [14] [23] [26] [31] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [36] [51] [39] [12] [41] [42] [43] [44] [2]

During his extensive career, Stefanović has played in Europe, North America and Africa. As a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician he has collaborated with Yugoslavian and international artists, including: Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir John Barbirolli, Herbert von Karajan, Lorin Maazel, Leopold Stokowski, Kirill Kondrashin, Igor Markevitch, Bernard Keeffe, Francesco Mander, Marcus Dods, Jerzy Katlewicz, Jovan Šajnović, Borislav Pašćan, Uroš Lajovic, Anton Kolar, Anton Nanut, Vančo Čavdarski, Živojin Zdravković, Oskar Danon, Dušan Skovran, Djura Jakšić, Mladen Jagušt, Julio Marić, Franc Klinar, Sandro Zaninović, Roman Skrepek, Lambra Dimitrijević, Eric Hope, Evgeni Koroliov, Michel Dussault, Andreja Preger, Nikola Rackov, Aleksandar Pavlović, Viktor Jakovčić, Zorica Dimitrijević-Stošić, Mirjana Kršljanin, Aleksandar Lekovski, Zbigniew Chwedczuk, Josef Daniel, Oivin Fjeldstad, Bogo Leskovic, Petr Vronsky, Freddy Došek, Milan Horvat, Stanko Šepić, Bogdan Babić, Dušan Miladinović, O. Pipek, Božidar Tumpej, Jasmina Chakar, Vojislav Simić, The Zagreb Soloists, The Belgrade Trio, The Serbian String Quartet, Zagreb Quartet and many others.

Stefanović was one of the few artists to perform Copland's Clarinet Concerto under the baton of Maestro Aaron Copland (1961).[4] [6] [9] [10] [14] [17] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [11] [28] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81]

Stefanović was also a jazz musician – soloist, composer and member of the Belgrade Jazz Trio and Markićević Quintet.[4] [13] [14] [82] [83] [84] [85] [61] [86] [87] [11] [23] [26] [28] [30] [31] [88] [36] [12] [40] [89] [90] [2]

He recorded for the radio and television stations in Yugoslavia and abroad (Moscow, Rome, Paris, London, Berlin...[4] [6] [7] [14] [91] [92] [93] [94] [95] [61] [10] [65] [66] [87] [67] [68] [11] [96] [97] [72] [40] [98]

A number of Yugoslavian composers Aleksandar Obradović, Petar Bergamo, Dušan Radić, Miodrag Ilić, Petar Ozgijan, Dejan Despić, and others dedicated to him their works.[3] [4] [6] [14] [99] [28] [100] [101] [11] [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] [2]

Stefanović has been highly esteemed by the critics. Despite the great number of his appearances, he is one of the very few musicians who have never been reviewed negatively by the critics.[4] [2]

Stefanović has served on the juries in Yugoslavian and international competitions (Belgrade, Warsaw, Zurich...)[10] [11] [14] [28] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] [111] [112]

Compositions

Stefanovic wrote many jazz compositions and some film music.[121] [40]

Teaching career

Stefanović has been very successful as a teacher, too. His former students hold teaching positions in music schools and universities and play in orchestras in Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. Many of them were prizewinners in various competitions in the country and abroad.[4] [23] [31] [122] [123] [124] [125] [126] [127] [128] [129] [130] [131] [132] [133] [40]

He began his teaching career as a clarinet teacher at the Josip Slavenski School of Music (1967–1993).[3] [4] [10] [2]

He taught at the University of the Arts in Belgrade from 1976, when he was appointed upon recommendation of the previous teacher, Professor Brun, until his retirement in 1995.[4] [6] [7] [10] [11] [26] [134] [135] [136] [137] [39] [72] [41] [42] [43] [44] [2]

Stefanović taught at the University of Priština Faculty of Arts from 1975, when he was one of the founders of its Music Division, until 2009.[4] [11] [26] [129] [138] [139] [140] [141] [142] [143] [39] [72] [41] [42] [43] [44] [2]

He was also a Vice-Chancellor (1985–1989) and member of the Board of Trustees of the University of the Arts in Belgrade.[4] [10] [26] [144] [145] [146] [147] [41] [42] [43]

Stefanović wrote several textbooks for the clarinet students.[4] [148] [149] [150] [151]

Affiliations

Stefanović was a member and former president (1977–1980) of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia and Honorary Member of the International Clarinet Association (awarded in 2013) and European Clarinet Association (awarded in 2016).He was a member of the Council of the Belgrade Music Festival (BEMUS) and member of the Publishing Council of Pro musica journal.[14] [152] [153] [154] [155] [156] [37] [38] [42] [43]

Family

Two members of Stefanović's family are also well-known musicians: his son Predrag is a clarinetist and his daughter-in-law Jovana is a composer. Both of them have built significant music careers. Beside that, they are also very esteemed as pedagogues. They have been teaching at the Josip Slavenski School of Music in Belgrade. In that school their child, Milenko's granddaughter, named Irina plays piano but she also composes.[61] [157]

Selected recordings

Clarinet Concerto[162]

References

Retrieved on 29 December 2022.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.kurir.rs/vesti/drustvo/3982171/preminuo-milenko-stefanovic-odlazak-svetski-poznatog-klarinetiste Preminuo Milenko Stefanović: Odlazak svetski poznatog klarinetiste
  2. Gordana Krajačić, "In memoriam - Milenko Mima Stefanović," Blic, August 9, 2022, p. 23
  3. Muzička enciklopedija (1971–1977), s. v. “Stefanović, Milenko”
  4. Gianluca Campagnolo, The Great Clarinettists (Modica: the author, 2010), p. 15
  5. Roksanda Pejović, ed., Pedeset godina Fakulteta muzičke umetnosti (Muzičke akademije) 1937–1987 (Beograd: Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, 1988), pp. 165, 176
  6. Milenko Stefanović – clarinet. Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio-televizije Beograd. LP 22-2528 STEREO
  7. Allan Ware, “A Chat With Professor Milenko Stefanovic and His Son Predrag” The Clarinet Vol. 15/3 (May–June 1988), p. 30
  8. Andreja Preger, Stoleće uz muziku (Beograd: Fakultet muzičke umetnosti, 2007), p.82
  9. Roksanda Pejović, “ Jugoslovenski umetnici sa orkestrom Filharmonije” Pro musica no. 79-80 (1975), p. 39
  10. Ko je ko u Srbiji 1991, s. v. “Stefanović Lj. Milenko”
  11. “Milenko Stefanović, ” Bulletin No. 1 of the XLII International Jeunesses Musicales Competition Belgrade, edited by Maja Čolović Vasić (Belgrade: Jeunesses Musicales of Belgrade, 2012)
  12. http://www.rts.rs/page/radio/sr/story/24/radio-beograd-2/2230064/vreme-muzike.html Vreme muzike (dedicated to Milenko Stefanović) by Maja Čolović Vasić, Radio Belgrade 2, Thursday, March 3, 2016
  13. Mala enciklopedija Prosveta (1978), s. v. “Stefanović, Milenko”
  14. Andrija Blagojevic and Milan Milosevic, “Milenko Stefanovic Awarded The Lifetime Achievement Award“ The Clarinet Vol. 37/4 (September 2010), p. 17
  15. http://www.wka-clarinet.org/HN_Apr10.htm WKA website on Stefanovic's Lifetime Achievement Award
  16. Roksanda Pejović, ed., Pedeset godina Fakulteta muzičke umetnosti (Muzičke akademije) 1937–1987 (Beograd: Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, 1988), p. 41
  17. Allan Ware, “A Chat With Professor Milenko Stefanovic and His Son Predrag” The Clarinet Vol. 15/3 (May–June 1988), pp. 30–31
  18. http://www.glas-javnosti.rs/clanak/kultura/glas-javnosti-19-04-2010/dodeljene-godisnje-nagrade-umus Glas javnosti, April 19, 2010
  19. http://www.glassrbije.org/info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16794%3Airi-godinje-nagrade-umus-a-saoptio-imena-dobitnika&Itemid=63 Međunarodni Radio Srbija, April 19, 2010
  20. http://www.fmu.bg.ac.rs/fmu/_files/TREPTAJ%202.pdf “Nagrade i priznanja.” Treptaj No. 2 (June 2010), p. 17
  21. http://www.fmu.bg.ac.rs/fmu/nagrade.html Faculty of Music in Belgrade – Awards
  22. Jean-Marie Paul, "Milenko Stefanovic honoré pour sa carrière" Vandoren Infos et Concerts Clarinette, 8 mai, 2010
  23. Maxine Ramey, “I.C.A. General Business Meeting” The Clarinet Vol. 39/1 (December 2011), p. 93
  24. http://www.fmu.bg.ac.rs/fmu_en/_files/TRILL%202.pdf "Awards and recognitions."Trill No. 2 (March 2010), p. 17
  25. http://www.fmu.bg.ac.rs/fmu/_files/TREPTAJ%207.pdf “Nagrade i priznanja.“ Treptaj No. 7 (February 2012), p. 20
  26. Živomir Milenković, “Priznanje stiglo iz Kalifornije” Prosvetni pregled (14–21 June 2012), p. 11
  27. http://www.umus.org.rs/html/en.htm The winners of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia's awards
  28. Milenko Stefanović, “Interview,” interview by Maja Čolović Vasić (Belgrade, 2012), Bulletin No. 3 of the XLII International Jeunesses Musicales Competition Belgrade, edited by Maja Čolović Vasić (Belgrade: Jeunesses Musicales of Belgrade, 2012).
  29. Andrija Blagojevic, “Jeunesses Musicales International Competition in Belgrade, Serbia,“ The Clarinet, Vol. 39/4 (September 2012), p. 81
  30. Maxine Ramey, “I.C.A. General Business Meeting” The Clarinet Vol. 40/1 (December 2012), p. 101
  31. John Cipolla, “The President's Message” The Clarinet Vol 40/2 (March 2013), p. 106
  32. http://www.fmu.bg.ac.rs/fmu/_files/TREPTAJ%2012.pdf “Nagrade i priznanja.” Treptaj No. 12 (October 2013), p. 17
  33. http://www.umus.org.rs/html/sl.htm Award winners of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia
  34. https://www.clarinet.org/pdfs/chair-newsletters/Serbia.pdf I.C.A. Serbia Newsletter, 2013
  35. https://www.fmu.bg.ac.rs/fmu/_files/TREPTAJ%2020.pdf “Nagrade i priznanja.“ Treptaj No. 20 (January 2016), p. 8
  36. https://static.kupindoslike.com/ILUSTROVANA-POLITIKA-JOSIP-BROZ-TITO_slika_XL_46987353.jpg Žika Milutinović, “Poslušni klarinet,“ Ilustrovana politika, No. 369 (November 30, 1965), p. 29
  37. https://us9.campaign-archive.com/?u=d931706c1a7a57ba4f9a3e80c&id=c203701baa European Clarinet Association Newsflash, July 2016
  38. https://us9.campaign-archive.com/?u=d931706c1a7a57ba4f9a3e80c&id=ca2d78d8b4&e=309118bb1d Milenko Stefanović receives ECA Lifetime Achievement Award, by Andrija Blagojević, ECA Newsletter, July 16, 2016
  39. http://www.rts.rs/page/tv/sr/story/22/rts-svet/1409496/ad-libitum-.html "Ad libitum"
  40. http://www.rts.rs/page/radio/sr/story/25/beograd-202/2237582/vizija.html ‘’Vizija’’ (dedicated to Milenko Stefanović) by Aleksandra Glovacki, Radio Belgrade 202, Wednesday, March 9, 2016
  41. Živomir Milenković, "Milenku Stefanoviću, univerzitetskom profesoru i legendarnom srpskom klarinetisti Evropska nagrada za životno delo," Prosvetni pregled (10 March 2016), p. 10
  42. http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/350876/Milenko-Stefanovic-pocasni-clan-Evropske-klarinetisticke-asocijacije "Milenko Stefanović počasni član Evropske klarinetističke asocijacije." Politika Online, March 10, 2016
  43. "Milenko Stefanović počasni član Evropske klarinetističke asocijacije." Politika (11 March 2016), p. 13
  44. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC4J98Z_6pQ “Mera za muziku”, Radio Television of Serbia, March 28, 2016
  45. Anton Eberst, Klarinet i klarinetisti (Novi Sad: Forum, [1963]), p. 43
  46. Miodrag Maksimović, Beogradska filharmonija 1951–1971 (Beograd: Beogradska filharmonija, 1971), p.122
  47. Vera Ikonomova, Živojin Zdravković i zlatna epoha Beogradske filharmonije (Beograd: Clio, Jugokoncert, 1999), p. 65
  48. Andrija Blagojevic, “Ante Grgin – clarinetist and composer” The Clarinet Vol. 39/1 (December 2011), p. 44
  49. http://www.fmu.bg.ac.rs/fmu/_files/TREPTAJ%2012.pdf “Nagrade i priznanja.” Treptaj No. 12 (October 2013), p. 17
  50. https://www.fmu.bg.ac.rs/fmu/_files/TREPTAJ%2020.pdf “Nagrade i priznanja.“ Treptaj No. 20 (January 2016), p. 8
  51. http://www.bgf.rs/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Gostovanja-u-inostranstvu-1937-danas.-LAT3.pdf Beogradska filharmonija – Gostovanja u inostranstvu od 1937. do danas
  52. Andrija Blagojević, Pregled istorijskog razvoja klarineta i literature za klarinet. (Zvečan: Fakultet umetnosti, 2010), pp. 71–73
  53. Miodrag Maksimović, Beogradska filharmonija 1951–1971 (Beograd: Beogradska filharmonija, 1971), p.134
  54. Vlastimir Peričić with Dušan Kostić and Dušan Skovran, Muzički stvaraoci u Srbiji (Beograd: Prosveta, [1969]), pp. 56, 356
  55. Dragoslav Petrović, NIMUS – Niške muzičke svečanosti: 1975–2004 (Niš: Punta, 2006), p. 22
  56. Roksanda Pejović, Oskar Danon (Beograd: Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, 1986), pp. 126, 137
  57. Andreja Preger, Stoleće uz muziku (Beograd: Fakultet muzičke umetnosti, 2007), pp. 86, 88
  58. Roksanda Pejović, “Domaći umetnici u izgradnji muzičkog života“ Pro musica no. 79-80 (1975), p. 32
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  60. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michel-dussault-emc The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Dussault, Michel
  61. Život sa muzikom: Milenko Stefanović, written by Branislav Jarić, directed by Katarina Rogić. Radio Television Serbia, 2010
  62. http://www.newsound.org.rs/clanci_eng/10.%20Julijana%20Zabeva.pdf Julijana Žabeva, ”Presentations of Serbian Musicians at the Ohrid Summer Festival 1961–1991” New Sound 29 (2007), p. 89
  63. http://biennale.cantus.hr/performers.php3 Music Biennale Zagreb – Index of Performers
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  66. Anthology of 20th Century Serbian Music for Strings Premiered by Belgrade Strings, CD 11. Aleksandar Pavlović, 2006.
  67. http://www.rts.rs/page/radio/sr/story/1451/Stereorama/964164/Koncertni+podijum.html Koncertni podijum: Klarinetista Milenko Stefanović
  68. http://www.rts.rs/page/radio/sr/story/1451/Stereorama/1016812/Matinada+.html Matinada
  69. http://www.riznicasrpska.net/muzika/index.php?topic=358.0 Stana Đurić-Klajn, Istorija srpske muzike- Izvođačka umetnost
  70. http://www.arhivaskc.org.rs/hronografije-programa/muzicki-program/43-1973/4617-12-maj-1972.html Concert with Zagreb Quartet, May 12, 1972
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  72. http://www.rts.rs/page/radio/sr/story/24/radio-beograd-2/2230064/vreme-muzike.html Vreme muzike (dedicated to Milenko Stefanović) by Maja Čolović Vasić, Radio Belgrade 2, March 3, 2016
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  74. https://www.rts.rs/page/tv/sr/story/22/rts-svet/1725451/trezor.html Milenko Stefanović performer at the 1976 Oktobru hododarje in Kragujevac, Serbia
  75. https://www.arhivaskc.org.rs/hronografije-programa/muzicki-program/45-1975104/4781-29-april-1975.html 29. 04. 1975 | Ansambl Nova muzika
  76. http://www.bhsfestival.sk/bhsarchiv/koncerty-interpretov/?performer_id=143&PHPSESSID=20d3be0577d1f8ccc71278918060487f ARCHÍV BHS – Milenko Stefanovič (YU)
  77. http://www.bhsfestival.sk/bhsarchiv/koncert.php?koncert_id=60&rocnik=1967&PHPSESSID=20d3be0577d1f8ccc71278918060487f Štvrtok 27. 4. 1967 o 20:00, Koncertná sieň Slovenskej filharmónie
  78. http://www.bhsfestival.sk/bhsarchiv/koncert.php?koncert_id=60&rocnik=1967&PHPSESSID=20d3be0577d1f8ccc71278918060487f Piatok 28. 4. 1967 o 20:00, Koncertná sieň Slovenskej filharmónie
  79. http://www.bhsfestival.sk/bhsarchiv/rocniky/1967/?PHPSESSID=20d3be0577d1f8ccc71278918060487f Bratislavské hudobné slávnosti 1967
  80. http://www.bhsfestival.sk/bhsarchiv/downloads/bhs_1967.pdf?PHPSESSID=20d3be0577d1f8ccc71278918060487f Bratislava Music Festival 1967
  81. https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/pochina-pijanistkata-i-univerzitetski-profesor-jasmina-chakar/ Pianist and university professor Jasmina Chakar has died
  82. http://cosmicsounds-london.com/YU-JAZZ/bled61.htm 2nd YUGOSLAVIAN JAZZ FESTIVAL – BLED 1961
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  93. Milenko Stefanović – klarinet, Zorica Dimitrijević – klavir. Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radiotelevizije Beograd. EP 26436
  94. http://www.adminstores.ch/arc_ShowArt.asp?gAnr=984 A record of Milenko Stefanović
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  96. http://www.filepie.us/?title=PGP_RTB PGP RTB
  97. Revijski orkestar RTB, RTS2, 9 December 2008
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  101. Aleksandar Obradović, Mikro-sonata za solo klarinet (in B) (Beograd: Udruženje kompozitora Srbije, 1970)
  102. Dejan Despić, Nine dances for solo clarinet (Beograd: Association of Composers of Serbia, 1976)
  103. Petar Ozgijan, For Mima for solo clarinet (Beograd: Association of Composers of Serbia, 1979)
  104. http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/Kultura/Selo-malo-slavi-velikana.lt.html Gordana Krajačić, “Selo malo slavi velikana“ Politika, August 4, 2011
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