Vladimir Koh (born 17 March 1964 in

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, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian violinist and university professor.

Education

Vladimir Koh started his musical training as a double major student ( Violin and

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) at the

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School of Music in Belgrade. In the year 1980, he entered the Faculty of Music in Belgrade as the first in the rank (in both majors). He graduated with the highest marks in 1984, in the class of Professor J. Petrović-Lasko. During his studies, he won top prizes at state's and federal competitions in Violin and Solfeggio. Additionally, he studied with R. Zemansky at

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and he graduated violin on Music academy of Sarajevo with prof. I. Jashvilly

Performance career

Vladimir Koh has been a prominent orchestral violinist in Serbia and abroad. As a principal violinist, concertmaster, acting concertmaster, assistant concertmaster, and guest concertmaster, he has performed with many orchestras in Serbia ( Philharmonic Orchestra of Youth, Symphony Orchestra of the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, Symphony Orchestra of the

Radio Television of Belgrade Radio Television of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, Радио-телевизија Србије, sr-Lat, Radio-televizija Srbije, italics=yes; abbr. RTS/PTC) is Serbia's public broadcasting, public broadcaster. It broadcasts and produces news, drama, and sp ...

, Symphony Orchestra

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, Chamber Orchestra Simfonijeta, Symphony Orchestra "Camerata Serbica", Orchestra of the

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, Orchestra of the

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(all in Belgrade), Symphony Orchestra of the Radio Television of Pristina, Chamber Orchestra of Novi Sad), Montenegro ( Titograd Symphony Orchestra), Spain (Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife, Chamber Orchestra Pro Classica), Italy (Chamber Orchestra

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, Rome). As a soloist with those orchestras, he also performed standard violin repertoire ( Bach,

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, Wieniawski, Sibelius, etc.). Koh has also performed as a chamber musician - as a member of Trio Barocco,

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, etc. - in Serbia, Montenegro, Spain, Italy, Greece.

Teaching career

Vladimir Koh has been serving as an Assistant Professor of Violin at the

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Faculty of Arts since 2001. He also taught at music schools in Belgrade ("

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, Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade and University of Belgrade Department of Pedagogy. His former students hold teaching positions in music schools and perform in orchestras in Serbia and abroad (

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, String orchestra Amoroso, Macedonian Philharmonic, Philharmonic Orchestra of Youth).

References

External links

List of assistant professors at the University of Pristina
Retrieved on June 6, 2010

Retrieved on October 10, 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Koh, Vladimir 1964 births Living people Musicians from Belgrade Serbian classical violinists Male classical violinists Academic staff of the University of Pristina University of Arts in Belgrade alumni 21st-century classical violinists 21st-century male musicians