Dejan Despić (, sr-cyr, Дејан Деспић; born 11 May 1930) is a Serbian classical composer, author, music theoretician and pedagogue.

Biography

Despić studied

composition Composition or Compositions may refer to: Arts and literature *Composition (dance), practice and teaching of choreography *Composition (language), in literature and rhetoric, producing a work in spoken tradition and written discourse, to include v ...

with

Marko Tajčević Marko Tajčević ( sr, Марко Тајчевић ; Osijek, 29 January 1900 – Belgrade, 19 July 1984) was a Serbian composer and musician. Biography Born in Osijek, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Croatia), his musi ...

and

conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duti ...

with

Mihajlo Vukdragović Mihajlo ( sr-cyr, Михајло) is the Serbian variant of the name ''Michael'', predominantly borne by ethnic Serbs. It is also spelled Mihailo (Михаило) and Mijailo (Мијаило). ;Science *Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian physicist *Mihajlo ...

between 1950 and 1955 at the

Music Academy in Belgrade The University of Arts in Belgrade ( sr-cyr, Универзитет уметности у Београду, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu) is a public university in Serbia. It was founded in 1957 as the Academy of Arts to unite four academies. ...

. 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). Despić is a full member of the Serbian

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( la, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Serbica, sr-Cyr, Српска академија наука и уметности, САНУ, Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti, SANU) is a national academy and the ...

(SANU). Despić is the author of more than 240 compositions - with a special penchant for concertante genres and

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

– and an

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

, in addition to several scientific and theoretical studies, and numerous textbooks (music theory, harmony, harmony analysis, orchestration) for both school and university level.

Music

Despić has won many awards for his music; his "Manchester Trio for flute, violoncello, and piano, Op. 93" (1987) – composed specifically for a

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performance – and "Diptih, Op. 166, for English horn and chamber orchestra" (2005) – for which he won the " Mokranjac Award" – have been particularly singled out.

References

External links

Official websiteOfficial publisherBiography at the website of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
1930 births Living people Musicians from Belgrade Serbian composers Serbian musicologists Academic staff of the University of Arts in Belgrade University of Arts in Belgrade alumni Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts {{Serbia-academic-bio-stub