Petar Konjović

Petar Konjović (Петар Коњовић) (1883-1970) was a Serbian composer. He was born in Čurug (Bačka). While a pedagogy student in Sombor, Konjovic self-taught himself the art of compositure and conducting. He finished his education at the Prague Conservatorium in 1906. In 1907, he traveled to Belgrade, following an invitation from Stevan Mokranjac to teach composition at the Belgrade Music School. He was an active adherent of the idea of Yugoslavia, and manager of numerous cultural institutions. He was also a Rector of the Music Academy in Belgrade, a Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) member, and a founder of the SANU Musicology Institute.

Works

Konjović is the most significant representative of the nationalism of the Serbian modernism in music. His most famous works are operas ‘Vilin veo’ ("A Fairy’s Veil"), ‘Knez od Zete’ ("The Prince of Zeta"), ‘Koštana', 'Seljaci' ("Peasants"), and 'Otadžbina' ("Homeland").

References

* [http://www.mgb.org.yu/eng/legati/lgkonj/lpk55.htm Brief Biography]

External links

* [http://www.beograd.org.yu/cms/view.php?id=1218443 Belgrade Biography (Serbian)]
* [http://www.sanu.ac.yu/ Official website] of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts