Ljubiša Jovanović, MMus
LJUBISA JOVANOVIC acquired his B.A. and M.A. degrees in Belgrade under the mentorship of Prof. Miodrag Azanjac. He had further training with Prof. Christian Lardé in Paris where he received his Diplôme Supérieur de Concertiste in 1983. After that he has established a long-lasting collaboration with Aurèle Nicolet, one of the greatest musicians and flute pedagogues of the 20th century. He has performed at all the major festivals in the former Yugoslavia, as well as in France, Switzerland, Italy, China, Austria, Germany, Russia, Spain, Romania, Great Britain, Algeria, Finland, Denmark, Spain, Ukraine, South Africa, Norway, Luxembourg, Sweden and Argentina.
Ljubisa Jovanovic won the First Prize for Interpretation at the at the International Review of Composers in Sremski Karlovci and Novi Sad in 1992 and in Belgrade in 1998, Golden Link award for artistic achievements in 1992, the Annual Award of the Serbian Musical Artists Association, 1992 & 2018., as well as the Belgrade Cultural Fund Award for the best concerts in Belgrade in 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1992. He also received the Golden Medal in honor of the 75th anniversary of the n Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra (1998) and the University of Arts Silver Medal for his merits in improvement of the teaching process (2000), the City of Belgrade Award for 2008 & 2013, the St. Sava National Award (2009),Aleksandar Pavlovic Award and the Serbian Composers Association Award for the year 2017. , the “Classical Music Review Award” for best performer in Serbia 2018., as well as Kolarac Plaque Award “For Outstanding Merits in the Program Activity of the Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment”, for 2020. (more than 100 solo concerts in Kolarac Hall – most important concert hall in Serbia). The highest university award, the Great Golden Plaque “Sreten Stojanovic” with a Charter, the prestigious award for many years of significant support to the development and activities of the Faculty of Music and the University of Arts in Belgrade and exceptional contribution in the field of education, art and culture Ljubisa Jovanovic received in 2021, as well as Lifetime award by China Flute Assosiation “In Celebration for His Unparalleled Contributions to the Chinese Flute Community” at 7th Quindao International Flute Festival, China 2024.
Like Artistic director of Flautino Lola Classic ensemble, Ljubiša Jovanović is winner of the “Classical Music Review Award” for best orchestra ensemble in Serbia 2024.!
He has held more than 200 master classes in Germany, Argentina, Italy, Ukraine, Norway, China, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Romania, Croatia, Japan, Tunisia, Montenegro and Serbia.
Ljubisa Jovanovic has performed with some of the most prominent flute players of our times: Aurèle Nicolet, Irena Grafenauer, Emmanuel Pahud, Michel Debost, Christian Lardé, Guoliang Han, Yubeen Kim. He has recorded more than 50 CDs. In the course of over 45 years of artistic activities, he has given more than 130 first-run performances of solo compositions and chamber music by Serbian authors.
For 25 years he was a solo flautist at the Belgrade Opera & Ballet Orchestra(1978-88), Serbian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra (1988-’89) and the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra (1989-2004). He has been working at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade since 1994, now in the position of a full professor of flute. From 2002 to 2009 he was a Vice-Dean for Artistic and Scientific Work and International Cooperation at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. He is the founder and the president of the professional ensemble Camerata Serbica(2004). Since 2010, he has been the artistic director and conductor of the Lola Classic ensembles, and in 2013 he founded the BUNT festival. Ljubisa Jovanovic is an artistic director and conductor of the Children’s Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as the artist of the “Haynes Flutes”.