The Mokranjac Music School (), formerly Serbian School of Music (Српска музичка школа), is a music school in
Belgrade
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founded by
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanović ( sr-Cyrl, Стеван Стојановић, ; 9 January 1856 – 28 September 1914), known as Stevan Mokranjac ( sr-Cyrl, Стеван Мокрањац, ) was a Serbian composer and music educator. Born in Negotin in 18 ...
on 21 September 1896, under the auspices of the First Belgrade Choral Society (Прво београдско певачко друштво). On 28 March 1946, the school was named after its founder and first director Stevan Mokranjac who is considered to be one of the most important Serbian composers in history.
Notable pupils
Among its notable pupils were
Emina Jahović
Emilija "Emina" Jahović (, ; born 15 January 1982), also known mononymously as Emina, is a Serbian- Turkish singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman of Bosniak origin. Born and raised in Novi Pazar, she rose to prominence through music fes ...
, the Serbian-Turkish singer-songwriter, actress and model of Bosnian ancestry,
Lejla Hot
Lejla Hot ( sr, Лејла Хот; born 9 April 1986) is a Serbian pop singer, musician, and songwriter.
She was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia and finished Musical High School "Mokranjac" in Belgrade in section solo singing and pia ...
, the Serbian singer-songwriter who graduated from Mokranjac's solo singing and piano sections, and the Serbian pianist
Jelena Dokić
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, one of the first Serbian musicians to study abroad, who gave a concert at her return to the school in 1913. In addition,
Katarina Pejak, the Serbian blues singer, songwriter, and pianist was educated there. The school’s faculty included composer
Mirjana Sistek-Djordjevic.
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Music schools in Serbia