Božidar "Boki" Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Божидар "Боки" Милошевић; 31 December 1931 – 15 April 2018) was a Serbian

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. Milošević was born in

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, now Serbia. He completed

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and graduate studies of

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at the

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, where he studied with

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. He mostly played

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. He was a member of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia and was the second clarinetist of the

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Teaching

Božidar Milošević was clarinet teacher at the Josip Slavenski School of Music in Belgrade from 1960 to 1968.

Personal life and death

Božidar Milošević's son, Milan Milošević, is also a clarinetist; he lives and works in

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. Milošević died on 15 April 2018 in Belgrade, aged 86.

References

Sources

*''Pedeset godina Fakulteta muzičke umetnosti (Muzičke akademije) 1937-1987'', Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, Beograd, 1988 *Plavša, D. (1981): ''Muzika - Prošlost, sadašnjost, ličnosti, oblici'', Izdavačka organizacija "Nota", Knjaževac *Stojković, Milica. ''Bila sam svedok: Muzička produkcija RTB 1976-1992''. Beograd: RDU Radio-televizija Srbije, 2011.

External links

Biography
milanmilosevictrio.com; accessed 17 May 2018.
Božidar Milošević Boki
riznicasrpska.net; accessed 17 May 2018. 1931 births 2018 deaths Serbian clarinetists Yugoslav musicians Serbian folk clarinetists Serbian classical clarinetists Grand Production artists People from Prokuplje University of Arts in Belgrade alumni 20th-century classical musicians {{clarinetist-stub