Dejan Despić

Dejan Despić (born 11 May 1930 in Belgrade) is an internationally acclaimed Serbian composer, music theoretician, writer and pedagogue. He studied composition with Marko Tajčević and conducting with Mihajlo Vukdragović 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 and various chamber pieces, as well as for his concert composition. He is a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

References

• Peričić, Vlastimir : Muzički stvaraoci u Srbiji, Prosveta, Beograd, [1969]
• Pedeset godina Fakulteta muzičke umetnosti (Muzičke akademije) 1937-1987, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, Beograd, 1988
• Biography at the MIC website, Retrieved on December 19, 2008
• Read more in Serbian on muzickacentrala.com
• Biography at the website of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

External links

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

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Date of birth	11 May 1930
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