Dejan Despić (pronounced [dêjaːn děːspit͜ɕ], Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Деспић; 11 May 1930 – 16 November 2024) was a Serbian classical composer, author, music theoretician and pedagogue.
Dejan Despić | |
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 Despić in 2014 | |
| Born | 11 May 1930 |
| Died | 16 November 2024 (aged 94) |
| Era | Contemporary classical music |
Biography
editDespić studied composition with Marko Tajčević and conducting with Mihajlo Vukdragović between 1950 and 1955 at the Music Academy in Belgrade. After his studies, he devoted himself to composing and teaching. From 1956 to 1965 he was teacher at “Mokranjac” music school in Belgrade and from 1956 to 1995 he worked as a Professor at the Belgrade Music Academy (FMU).[1][2]
Despić was a full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU).[3]
Despić was the author of more than 240 compositions - with a special penchant for concertante genres and chamber music[2] – and an opera, in addition to several scientific and theoretical studies, and numerous textbooks (music theory, harmony, harmony analysis, orchestration) for both school and university level.[1]
Despić died on 16 November 2024, at the age of 94.[4]
Music
editDespić won many awards for his music; his "Manchester Trio for flute, violoncello, and piano, Op. 93" (1987) – composed specifically for a Manchester performance – and "Diptih, Op. 166, for English horn and chamber orchestra" (2005) – for which he won the "Mokranjac Award" – have been particularly singled out.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Dejan Despić". bry-music.de. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ a b c "Dejan Despić". composers.rs. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Dejan Despić" (PDF). sanu.ac.rs. SANU. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "SANU: Preminuo akademik Dejan Despić". nin.rs. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
External links
edit- Official website Archived 26 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Official publisher Archived 27 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Biography at the MIC website[permanent dead link]
- MuzickaCentrala.com (Serbian)
- Biography at the website of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Dejan Despić discography at Discogs
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