Chapters: Jovan ajnovi, Oskar Danon, Jasmina Novokmet, Uro Lajovic, Emil Tabakov, Kre imir Baranovi, ivojin Zdravkovi, Mihailo Vukdragovi . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jovan ajnovi (19242004) was a renowned Yugoslavian conductor and university professor. ajnovi started to study music with eminent Yugoslav musicians - Emil Hajek (piano), Ljubica Mari (composing) and Mihajlo Vukdragovi (conducting). In 1946, he went to Zagreb, in order to continue his musical training with famous conductor from Berlin - Fritz Zaun. He graduated from the University of Zagreb Academy of Music, Croatia, SFRY, where he studied conducting, composition, and piano. While there, he studied with professors F. Zaun, S. ulek and I. Maek. ajnovi started his career in Zagreb Opera, as an accompanist. Later, he continued his engagement as an opera conductor and was finally appointed the director of Opera (1974-1979). After 37 years spent in Zagreb Opera, he went back to Belgrade, where was conductor and director of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra (1984-1989) and Belgrade Opera (1993-1997). Additionally, he performed and recorded as a guest conductor with many orchestras in Yugoslavia and abroad (Wien, Dublin, Mexico City, etc.) He was esteemed especially as the interpreter of the operas of Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Bizet, Wagner, R. Strauss, Smetana and Devi. He also frequently performed compositions by Bruckner, Mahler, Reger and Shostakovitch. ajnovi was Professor of Opera Studio at the University of Zagreb Academy of Music, Professor of Conducting and Chief of the Department of Conducting at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, and Professor of Conducting, Orchestration and Aesthetics at the University of Pritina Faculty of Arts. On Vidovdan 2004, he was rewarde...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=5671016