The Music School Kosta Manojlović is located at 9 Nemanjina street in Zemun. It is one of the largest schools in Serbia. The school was named after Kosta Manojlović, the famous Serbian composer, musicologist, founder and first rector of the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. Students and professors of this school have achieved outstanding successes at numerous competition events in Serbia and abroad, which places the school at the very top of the music education in Serbia. The School Day is celebrated on December 4 – the day of birth of Kosta Manojlović.
History of school The Music School Kosta Manojlovic started its work on September 1, 1939, as a separate department of the Music School Stanković in Belgrade. This was done "to facilitate the Zemun students attend music school."
Teaching was first held on the first floor in a private three-room apartment (facing the street), a hallway and utility rooms, at 23 St. Sava Street in Zemun, under modest and difficult conditions. Conducting the department was entrusted to Dr. Ljudevit Kiš (Sombor 1900 – Budapest 1982), an experienced and high-quality music pedagogue, who taught piano at the school. This exceptional musician was also the first headmaster of the school. In the first academic year (1939/1940), there were 42 students (29 pianists, 10 violinists, 1 cellist and 2 solo singers.)
In 1949 the school received a status of a regular six-year school, and in 1954 on a proposal of a part-time professor of flute Vojislav Voki Kostic, the school was renamed to Kosta Manojlovic.
The school received a few rooms in the building of the Cultural Center, the site of today's Sports Hall "Pinki" in 1957. It then became a significant factor in the cultural life of Zemun and in 1961 it was the organizer of the famous concerts that had a common name Zemun music evenings. Domestic and foreign well-known artists of classical music had performed there.
In 1970 the House of Culture was pulled down for the sake of construction of the Sports Hall (today Pinki). A new location was obtained and the present school building was constructed. It started to work on February 6, 1971.
Thanks to the high professional level, outstanding results and generous engagement of the school employees, the conditions for the opening of secondary school were fulfilled, and on December 1, 1979, the department of the high school first grade was enlisted. Two years later, in 1981, the special Music Department at the School for Visually Impaired Pupils Veljko Ramadanovic was merged to the Kosta Manojlovic school. This is the only modern equipped school in the territory of Serbia that has software and a printer for printing notes in Braille for visually impaired and blind children. Today this department provides education to students of: pianos violin guitar accordions oboe clarinet saxophone
Three educational cycles of the Music School Kosta Manojlovic 1. Pre-school education - musical nursery - musical kindergarten - the preparatory preschool program 2. Elementary music education and 3. Secondary music education
Seven Departments of the school Musical education is carried out in 7 departments for: the piano string instruments wind instruments solo singing the accordion the guitar and music production and sound recording.
The Music School "Kosta Manojlovic" is a unique high school institution which has, since 2004, educated students for Sound designers, profiles that are scarce in our country. For these purposes, the school possesses a professional Sound Studio with computers and all the necessary supporting equipment. The studio is connected to the concert hall, which gives tremendous opportunities for recording documents for educational and publishing purposes.
Societies acting at the school Under the auspices of the school the following societies are acting: Frédéric Chopin for Serbia Legacy of Miodrag Azanjac Flute Association of Serbia Miodrag Azanjac
Headmasters of the school since its opening until today from to Headmasters September 1, 1939 1941 Ljudevit Kiš 1942 August 20, 1948 Aleksej Grinkov August 21, 1948 September 30, 1948 Jovan Marinković, acting October 1, 1948. December 24, 1948 Leo Kofman, acting December 25, 1948 April 30, 1951 Marija Kofman May 1, 1951 November 14, 1951 Darinka Žiga, acting November 15, 1951 February 28, 1954 Zora Kostić March 1, 1954 September 14, 1957 Pavle Janković September 15, 1957 October 31, 1957 Danica Tucaković, acting November 1, 1957 May 31, 1963 Bojana Ristić June 1, 1963 September 30, 1963 Jovanka Petrović, acting October 1, 1963 August 31, 1976 Miroslav Vukajlović September 1, 1976 September 30, 1977 Tomislav Bratić October 1, 1977 February 14, 1978 Zora Kostić, acting February 15, 1978 March 31, 1978 Dušanka Stojiljković, acting April 1, 1978 August 14, 1982 Predrag Andrović August 15, 1982 May 20, 1995 Dejan Marković May 21, 1995 June 8, 2014 Mila Lacković June 9, 2014 August 26 Siniša Radojčić, acting August 27, 2014 July 12, 2015 Mirjana Mihailović July 13, 2015 January 13, 2016 Natalija Milojević, acting January 14, 2016 June 17, 2018 Natalija Milojević June 18, 2018 present Zorica Vukosavljević, acting
Former students of the school Many former students of the school are now renowned artists, for example: Bojan Zulfikarpašić, known as Bojan Z, world-renowned jazz musician and pianist. Winner of numerous international awards, in 2005 he was selected the best European jazz artist. He played on all important international festivals. He lives and works in Paris, where he teaches, and also acts as a visiting professor at the jazz department of FMU in Belgrade. Stefan Milenković, our famous violinist. He has won many prizes and awards at major international competitions. In addition to numerous concert tours, he has devoted himself to pedagogical work with students. He teaches at the Juilliard Delay Institute. Miloš Petrović, violinist. He has won numerous prizes and awards at festivals and competitions at home and abroad. He has held many concerts in Serbia and abroad. An assistant professor and head of the string department at the Faculty of Philology and Arts, University of Kragujevac. Nemanja Radulović, our famous violinist, an exceptional musical talent who has got a perfect pitch. He studied in Belgrade and Paris. He has performed at a surprising number of concerts in many cities of Europe and America. Maja Bogdanović, cellist. She studied in Paris. She has performed at many concerts at home and abroad and won a great number of national and international awards and recognitions. Lidija Bizjak, pianist. She studied in Paris. She completed postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. She has won many national and international awards and recognitions. She has performed a lot at home and abroad. Sanja Bizjak, pianist. She studied at the prestigious Conservatory of Paris in a shortened period of time. The winner of many international competitions. She has performed in many major European concert halls. David Bižić, solo singer. He performs as a baritone in leading world houses such as the Paris Opera, the Royal Opera House in London (Covent Garden), the Berlin Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera Madrid, Royal Swedish Opera, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
School professors as music textbook authors and publishers Here is a list of the professors who have worked hard, since the founding of the school to the present day, on creating educational instructive musical literature, contributing to the enrichment of the educational process of their instrument, and thus ensuring the necessary literature for the work.
Milivoje Ivanovic, a professor of violin. He has published more than 200 titles and thereby alleviated the shortage of musical material for many years, which made it difficult to work in music schools. Dejan Marković, a professor of violin and former headmaster of the school. He wrote and published five books for his instrument. They are still used in schools for teaching the violin. Radivoj Lazić, a professor of clarinet. He has written about 30 books for clarinet and published 23. Four schools for clarinet and many collections of pieces are abundantly used for teaching, and pieces themselves on the concert stages, as well as at national and international competitions of clarinetists. Pieces of Radivoj Lazic have been performed worldwide. Piano accompaniment and orchestration was done by the composer and professor Vlastimir Pericic. Zoran Rakic, a professor of the accordion. He has written six books for the accordion and the Collection of etudes for secondary music school, which have been very well accepted by colleagues. Zoran Milenkovic, a professor of violin. Occasionally he used to give his instructive compositions for the violin to his students to play them. It is not known whether they were published.
See also Kosta Manojlović Music Academy in Belgrade Music schools in Serbia Elementary music school Sound recording and reproduction Audio engineer
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