Bojana Šumanjski, DMA
Bojana Šumanjski leads a versatile career as a concert pianist, harpsichordist and chamber musician. Concert engagements include performances at Wigmore Hall, das MuTh Vienna, Royal Festival Hall, St. John’s Smith’s Square, Royal Opera House (Crush Room) and Buckingham Palace. She was invited to numerous festivals including the Cheltenham Festival, London City, Oxford Lieder, Festiwal Muzyki Polskiej, Ljubljana Festival, London Handel Festival and many others. She is a regular guest at all major festivals in Serbia including the International Review of Composers, Ars Vivendi Clavicembalum, BEMUS and Belgrade Early Music Festival.
As a soloist Bojana has appeared with Die Kölner Academy, Radio Television Serbia Symphony Orchestra, St. George Strings, Ensemble Metamorphosis and New Trinity Baroque. She is in great demand as a chamber music partner and continuo player and is frequently invited as official accompanist and mentor for masterclasses within the Belgrade Baroque Academy and the Austria Barock Academy.
As an active promoter of new and neglected repertoire, Bojana is a founding member of the Szumanski/Dimkovic duo with baritone Krzysztof Szumanski. Their album of Sergei Bortkiewicz’s song cycles (Orphée Classics) has been met with great critical acclaim as the first recording of these works. Furthermore, during the past few years Bojana has been involved in world premieres of over thirty works of living composers, many of which were dedicated to the cello and piano duo with Đorđe Milošević.
Bojana is a previous holder of the Henry Richardson Award, a Wall Trust scholar, winner of the Petar Konjović competition and finalist of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards and Royal Overseas League competition. After being awarded a scholarship at the prestigious Purcell School for Young Musicians, she obtained Bachelor and two Master degrees in Music performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She completed her Doctoral degree in Chamber music at University of Arts in Belgrade’s Faculty of Music.