Aleksandar Vujić

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Aleksandar S. Vujić (born October 30, 1945 in Senta ; † September 6, 2017 in Belgrade ) was a Serbian composer, pianist and conductor.

Life

Vujić studied piano, composition and conducting at the Faculty of Music of the University of the Arts in Belgrade , where he is now a professor . He was president of the Union of Serbian Homeland and Diaspora Choirs . His choir pieces, published by Synkope Verlag (Germany), have been performed in the USA, Germany, Italy, Hungary and Serbia. Vujić was the founder of the Chamber Orchestra “Simfonietta Belgrade” and the founder, art director and conductor of the madrigal choir of the Faculty of Music in Belgrade.

With his composition “Gloria” the choir festival in Bavaria and the concert for the 125th anniversary of the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest opened in 2000 .

During his lifetime he was the only Serbian composer who was entered in the encyclopedia of choral music of the 20th century in the USA (Choral Music in the Twentieth Century, Nick Strimple, Amadeus Press). Vujić was appointed advisor to the European Choral Association from 2013 to 2015.

Works

  • Andeleli oboduo
  • Ave Maria
  • Chad gad-ya
  • Dance
  • Dance II
  • The little house under the trees by the lake
  • The one up there
  • Glory to you
  • Friedberger Peace Motette (Dona nobis pacem)
  • Friedberger Friedensmotette (Come closer, peace, come)
  • Gloria
  • Grave and moon (silver-blue moonshine falls)
  • Had gad-yes
  • Hasydic song
  • Jazz art
  • I want to be happy with you
  • Oh Heavenly Father
  • Our Father
  • Father noster
  • Those upstairs
  • Urukumbuzi song
  • Our father

Prizes and awards

  • 1983: Kodály Medal
  • 1988: Israeli State Medal

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mourning for Aleksandar Vujić. Serbian composer dies at the age of 71 , interkultur.com, September 26, 2017, accessed on January 23, 2019
  2. ↑ Preminuo kompozitor Aleksandar Vujić , rts Radio-Televizija Srbije, September 7, 2017, accessed on January 23, 2019 (Serbian)
  3. ↑ Aleksandar Vujić on " ChoralGuide " ( Memento from April 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Aleksandar Vujić from the Composers' Association of Serbia website, accessed on April 14, 2014
  5. ^ Website of the European Choral Association. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Vujić, Aleksandar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vujić, Aleksandar S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav and Serbian composer, pianist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Senta
DATE OF DEATH 6th September 2017
Place of death Belgrade