Dejan Despić is an internationally acclaimed Serbia

Serbia

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n composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

, music theoretician, writer

Writer

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 and pedagogue. He studied composition with Marko Tajčević

Marko Tajcevic

Marko Tajčević was a Croatian and Serbian composer and musician.-Biography:Born in Osijek, Croatia on January 29, 1900, his music education began with violin studies at the Croatian Music Institution at the time the First World War broke out in Europe with Blagoje Bersa, Franjo Dugan and Fran...

 and conducting with Mihajlo Vukdragović

Mihajlo Vukdragovic

Mihajlo Vukdragović was a Serbian composer and conductor, Professor at the Belgrade Music Academy and the Chancellor of the University of Arts in Belgrade.-External links:...

 at the Belgrade Music Academy (1950-1955), where he later became a professor (1965-1995). He composed more than 170 works in all genres except that of musicals. He is especially renowned for his piano

Piano

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 and various chamber

Chamber music

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 pieces, as well as for his concert

Concert

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 composition

Musical composition

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. He is a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

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External links

• Official website
• Preview of Despic's Nine Dances for Clarinet Solo, Op. 62, Retrieved on July 18, 2011