Bojana Šumanjski, DMA
Bojana Šumanjski leads a versatile career as a concert pianist, harpsichordist and lecturer. She holds a position of Artistic Associate at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade and is in great demand as a chamber music partner and soloist.
Concert engagements include performances in the UK, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Italy, Republic of Ireland, Norway, Poland and Island. She has performed at Wigmore Hall, 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, Tudeley, Hampstead/Highgate, London Handel Festival and many others. She is a regular guest at all major festivals in Serbia.
As a soloist Bojana has appeared with Die Kölner Academy, Radio Television Serbia Symphony Orchestra, St. George Strings, The Early Music Experiment, Ensemble Metamorphosis and New Trinity Baroque. She is frequently invited as staff 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 music talents, she obtained degrees in Music performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She completed her Doctoral degree at University of Belgrade’s Faculty of Music. www.bojanadimkovic.com