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Aleksandar Marković (conductor)

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Aleksandar Markovic

Aleksandar Marković (born in Belgrade, August 7, 1975) is a Serbian conductor.

Marković studied conducting at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst (Vienna), in the class of Leopold Hager. He earned a Diploma d'onore at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, where he attended a master class in conducting. He was a holder of the Herbert von Karajan Foundation's scholarship. In 2003, he won the First Prize at The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors (7th) in Katowice, Poland.[1]

Marković was a chief conductor of Tyrolean Opera House from Innsbruck, Austria (Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck), from 2005 to 2008. He was a Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra from 2009 to 2015. Markovic was the Music Director of Opera North for the 2016/2017 season.[2] Today, he is the Principal Guest Conductor of Sinfonia Varsovia (from 2022)[3] and Chief Conductor of Vodvodjanski Symphony Orchestra.

References

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  1. ^ "Ludzie: Aleksandar Markovic i Modestas Pitrenas". Gazeta (in Polish). 2003-12-14. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  2. ^ "Opera North's new Music Director: Aleksandar Marković" (Press release). Opera North. 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  3. ^ "Biography of Aleksandar Marković". sinfoniavarsovia.org. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
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Cultural offices
Preceded by Chief Conductor, Brno Philharmonic
2009–2015
Succeeded by
Dennis Russell Davies