Milenko Stefanović
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. He has achieved an international career a soloist. He is 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.
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Background information | |
Birth name | Milenko Stefanović |
Also known as | Mima |
Born | Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 19 February 1930
Genres | Classical, jazz |
Occupation(s) | Soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, teacher |
Instruments | Clarinet |
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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
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 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. 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.[1][4][8][11][2][12][13][14][9][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][10][38][39][40][41][42]
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.[1][2][4][5][8][12][21][24][29][43][44][45][46][47][48][34][49][37][10][39][40][41][42]
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, Bernard Keeffe, Francesco Mander, Jerzy Katlewicz, Jovan Šajnović, Uroš Lajovic, Anton Kolar, Anton Nanut, Vančo Čavdarski, Živojin Zdravković, Oskar Danon, Dušan Skovran, Djura Jakšić, Mladen Jagušt, Julio Marić, Franc Klinar, Roman Skrepek, 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, Bogdan Babić, Dušan Miladinović, Božidar Tumpej, Vojislav Simić, The Zagreb Soloists, The Belgrade Trio, The Serbian String Quartet, and The Zagreb Quartet.
Stefanović was one of the few artists to perform Copland's Clarinet Concerto under the baton of Maestro Aaron Copland (1961).[2][4][7][8][12][15][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][9][26][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74] [75][76][77][78]
Stefanović was also a jazz musician - soloist, composer and member of the Belgrade Jazz Trio and Markićević Quintet.[2][11][12][79][80][81][82][59][83][84][9][21][24][26][28][29][85][34][10][38][86][87]
He has recorded for the radio and television stations in Yugoslavia and abroad (Moscow, Rome, Paris, London, Berlin...[2][4][5][12][88][89][90][91][92][59][8][63][64][84][65][66][9][93][94][70][38][95]
A number of Yugoslavian composers Aleksandar Obradović, Petar Bergamo, Dušan Radić, Miodrag Ilić, Petar Ozgijan, Dejan Despić, and others dedicated to him their works.[1][2][4][12][96][26][97][98][9][99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106][107][108][109]
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.[2]
Stefanović has served on the juries in Yugoslavian and international competitions.[8][9][12][26][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][108][109]
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.[2][21][29][119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129][130][38]
He began his teaching career as a clarinet teacher at the Josip Slavenski School of Music (1967–1993).[1][2][8]
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.[2][4][5][8][9][24][131][132][133][134][37][70][39][40][41][42]
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.[2][9][24][126][135][136][137][138][139][140][37][70][39][40][41][42]
He was also a Vice-Chancellor (1985–1989) and member of the Board of Trustees of the University of the Arts in Belgrade.[2][8][24][141][142][143][144][39][40][41]
Stefanović wrote several textbooks for the clarinet students.[2][145][146][147][148]
Affiliations
He is a member and former president (1977-1980) of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia and former member of its Pro musica journal publishing council, and Honorary Member of the International Clarinet Association (awarded in 2013) and European Clarinet Association (awarded in 2016).[12][149][150][151][152][153][35][36][40][41]
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, Milenkos granddaughter, named Irina plays piano but she also composes.[59][154]
Selected recordings
- Baird: Two Caprices
- Baronijan: Divertimento for Clarinet, Flute, Strings and Percussion[155]
- Bećiri: Sonata[156]
- Berg: Four Pieces
- Bergamo: Concerto Abbreviato for Clarinet Solo (dedicated to M. Stefanović)[4][157]
- Beethoven: Duo No.2, Op. 147 for Clarinet and Bassoon (with Božidar Tumpej)[65][66][109]
- Bjelinski: Rondo
- Brahms: Sonata No. 1
- Brahms:Sonata No. 2[158]
- Brahms: Quintet in B minor (with the Zagreb Quartet)
- Copland: Concerto (with Aaron Copland)
- Cossetto: Clarinet Concerto[159]
- Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie (with Symphony Orchestra of the Radio Television of Belgrade conducted by Oskar Danon)[4][65][90][160][161]
- Despić: Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon & Orchestra (with Božidar Tumpej, basoon, and Symphony Orchestra of the Radio Television of Serbia, conducted by Mladen Jagušt)[162]
- Despić: Nine Dances for Clarinet Solo (dedicated to M. Stefanović)[108][70]
- Frajt: The Player and the Birds (with Symphony Orchestra of the Radio Television of Belgrade conducted by Dušan Miladinović)[65][161][163]
- Hindemith: Sonata
- Honegger: Sonatine (with Eric Hope)
- Kalčić: Musica Concertante for Clarinet solo and Strings[63][64][164][165][166]
- Kessel: Bernardo[81]
- Kotlić: Pesma
- Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes
- Milhaud: Concerto (with Oskar Danon)
- Milhaud: Sonatina
- Mozart: Concerto in A major K. 622[167]
- Mozart: Trio in E-flat major, K. 498 (Kegelstatt Trio)
- Mozart: Quintet in A major, K.581 (with the Zagreb Quartet)
- Obradović: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra (with the Radio Television Belgrade String Orchestra, conducted by Vančo Čavdarski, and with the strings of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Milan Horvat)[168][169][170][108][109][171]
- Obradović: Microsonata for Clarinet Solo (dedicated to M. Stefanović)[59][65][92][172][173][161][42][174]
- Penderecki: Three Miniatures
- Rabaud: Solo de Concours[90]
- Radić: Concertino (dedicated to M. Stefanović)
- Rossini: Introduction, Theme and Variations
- Schumann: Fantasy-Pieces
- Saint-Saëns: Sonata (with Zorica Dimitrijević-Stošić)[65][175][161][108][109]
- Shaw: Concerto
- Stamitz: Concerto in B flat major[4]
- Stefanović: Romance[82]
- Stefanović: Grotesque
- Stravinsky: Three Pieces
- Vauda: Sonata Brevis
- Weber: Concertino (recordings with the BBC Orchestra and with Symphony Orchestra of the Radio Television of Belgrade conducted by Oskar Danon)[65][161][109]
- Weber: Concerto No. 1
- Weber: Concerto No. 2
- Živanović: Spring Landscape
- Živanović: Rhapsody for Clarinet and Jazz Orchestra[59][84][94][42]
Notes
- Muzička enciklopedija (1971-1977), s. v. “Stefanović, Milenko”
- Gianluca Campagnolo, The Great Clarinettists (Modica: the author, 2010), p. 15
- Roksanda Pejović, ed., Pedeset godina Fakulteta muzičke umetnosti (Muzičke akademije) 1937-1987 (Beograd: Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, 1988), pp. 165, 176
- Milenko Stefanović – clarinet. Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio-televizije Beograd. LP 22-2528 STEREO
- Allan Ware, “A Chat With Professor Milenko Stefanovic and His Son Predrag” The Clarinet Vol. 15/3 (May–June 1988), p. 30
- Andreja Preger, Stoleće uz muziku (Beograd: Fakultet muzičke umetnosti, 2007), p.82
- Roksanda Pejović, “ Jugoslovenski umetnici sa orkestrom Filharmonije” Pro musica no. 79-80 (1975), p. 39
- Ko je ko u Srbiji 1991, s. v. “Stefanović Lj. Milenko”
- “Milenko Stefanović, ” Bulletin No. 1 of the XLII International Jeunesses Musicales Competition Belgrade, edited by Maja Čolović Vasić (Belgrade: Jeunesses Musicales of Belgrade, 2012)
- Vreme muzike (dedicated to Milenko Stefanović) by Maja Čolović Vasić, Radio Belgrade 2, Thursday, March 3, 2016
- Mala enciklopedija Prosveta (1978), s. v. “Stefanović, Milenko”
- Andrija Blagojevic and Milan Milosevic, “Milenko Stefanovic Awarded The Lifetime Achievement Award“ The Clarinet Vol. 37/4 (September 2010), p. 17
- WKA website on Stefanovic's Lifetime Achievement Award, Retrieved on May 17, 2010
- Roksanda Pejović, ed., Pedeset godina Fakulteta muzičke umetnosti (Muzičke akademije) 1937-1987 (Beograd: Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, 1988), p. 41
- Allan Ware, “A Chat With Professor Milenko Stefanovic and His Son Predrag” The Clarinet Vol. 15/3 (May–June 1988), pp. 30-31
- Glas javnosti, April 19, 2010
- Međunarodni Radio Srbija, April 19, 2010
- “Nagrade i priznanja.” Treptaj No. 2 (June 2010), p. 17 Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Faculty of Music in Belgrade - Awards Archived 2010-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on November 26, 2010
- Jean-Marie Paul, "Milenko Stefanovic honoré pour sa carrière" Vandoren Infos et Concerts Clarinette, 8 mai, 2010
- Maxine Ramey, “I.C.A. General Business Meeting” The Clarinet Vol. 39/1 (December 2011), p. 93
- "Awards and recognitions."Trill No. 2 (March 2010), p. 17 Archived 2012-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
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- The winners of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia's awards, Retrieved on September 8, 2012
- 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).
- Andrija Blagojevic, “Jeunesses Musicales International Competition in Belgrade, Serbia,“ The Clarinet, Vol. 39/4 (September 2012), p. 81
- Maxine Ramey, “I.C.A. General Business Meeting” The Clarinet Vol. 40/1 (December 2012), p. 101
- John Cipolla, “The President's Message” The Clarinet Vol 40/2 (March 2013), p. 106
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- I.C.A. Serbia Newsletter, 2013, Retrieved on February 1, 2016
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- Žika Milutinović, “Poslušni klarinet,“ Ilustrovana politika, No. 369 (November 30, 1965), p. 29
- European Clarinet Association Newsflash, July 2016, Retrieved on July 16, 2018
- Milenko Stefanović receives ECA Lifetime Achievement Award, by Andrija Blagojević, ECA Newsletter, July 16, 2016
- "Ad libitum", RTS2, October 8, 2013, RTS Svet, October 9, 2013
- ‘’Vizija’’ (dedicated to Milenko Stefanović) by Aleksandra Glovacki, Radio Belgrade 202, Wednesday, March 9, 2016
- Živomir Milenković, "Milenku Stefanoviću, univerzitetskom profesoru i legendarnom srpskom klarinetisti Evropska nagrada za životno delo," Prosvetni pregled (March 10, 2016), p. 10
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- “Mera za muziku”, Radio Television of Serbia, March 28, 2016
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- Andrija Blagojevic, “Ante Grgin – clarinetist and composer” The Clarinet Vol. 39/1 (December 2011), p. 44
- “Nagrade i priznanja.” Treptaj No. 12 (October 2013), p. 17 Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
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- Beogradska filharmonija - Gostovanja u inostranstvu od 1937. do danas, Retrieved on August 10, 2017
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- Miodrag Maksimović, Beogradska filharmonija 1951-1971 (Beograd: Beogradska filharmonija, 1971), p.134
- Vlastimir Peričić with Dušan Kostić and Dušan Skovran, Muzički stvaraoci u Srbiji (Beograd: Prosveta, [1969]), pp. 56, 356
- Dragoslav Petrović, NIMUS - Niške muzičke svečanosti: 1975-2004 (Niš: Punta, 2006), p. 22
- Roksanda Pejović, Oskar Danon (Beograd: Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, 1986), pp. 126, 137
- Andreja Preger, Stoleće uz muziku (Beograd: Fakultet muzičke umetnosti, 2007), pp. 86, 88
- Roksanda Pejović, “Domaći umetnici u izgradnji muzičkog života“ Pro musica no. 79-80 (1975), p. 32
- Roksanda Pejović, “Jugoslovenska dela na repertoaru beogradskih umetnika” Pro musica no. 79-80 (1975), p.34
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- Anthology of 20th Century Serbian Music for Strings Premiered by Belgrade Strings, CD 11. Aleksandar Pavlović, 2006. ISBN 978-86-909649-0-1
- Koncertni podijum: Klarinetista Milenko Stefanović, Stereorama, October 1, 2011
- Matinada, Stereorama, December 31, 2011
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- Noćne promenade, RBG3, August 23, 2017
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- Stereorama – Koncertni podijum, Radio Belgrade 3, Jun 17, 2017
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- Muzika s povodom - Neobični duvački sastavi (7), RTS Stereorama, May 27, 2012
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- Srpska muzika - Koncertantna muzika Aleksandra Obradovića, Stereorama, Sunday, February 12, 2012
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- RBG3, November 11, 2004
- Savremeni domaći kompozitori - Aleksandar Obradović: Mikro sonata; Kroz svemir; Kosta Babić – Levačka svita; Zagonetke; Tri madrigala. Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio-televizije Beograd. LP 2511 STEREO
- Marija Magalov, The Best of: umetnička muzika u PGP-u (Beograd: Fakultet za medije i komunikacije, 2016), p. 112.
- RBG3, January 16, 2003
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External links
- Prof. Milenko Stefanovic - video by Predrag Stefanović
- Vreme muzike by Maja Čolović Vasić (dedicated to Milenko Stefanović), Radio Belgrade 2, March 3, 2016
- Varteks Baronijan: Divertimento, clar. Milenko Stefanović
- Dejan Despić: Concertino for clarinet, bassoon and orchestra, clar. Milenko Stefanović
- Ludmila Frajt: "A Musician and Birds" (1966), M. Stefanović - clarinet, SO RTB conducted by D. Miladinović (1968)
- G. Gershwin: The Man I Love, clar. Milenko Stefanović
- B. Kessel: Bernardo, clar. Milenko Stefanović
- Aleksandar Obradović: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra, performed by Milenko Stefanović
- Mihailo Živanović: Rhapsody for clarinet and orchestra, performed by Milenko Stefanović on YouTube
- Stevan Markićević Sextet, clar. Milenko Stefanović
- Gershwin: "Summertime", clar. Milenko Stefanović, piano Nikola Rackov
- "Mera za muziku" - interview with Prof. Milenko Stefanović, Radio Television of Serbia, March 28, 2016