Mladen Marković, PhD
Born in 1961. in Belgrade. In 1980. graduated from High School of Music Mokranjac (department for violin) as well as High School of Mathematics. Next year he begun studies of ethnomusicology in the class of prof. Dragoslav Dević. The studies finished a year before the regular term, and set on his teaching carrier in nearby town of Grocka (in high school), followed by music classes in Batajnica (grade school) and, since 1988, position of research assistant for ethnomusicology on Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. The same year he defended his master thesis under the mentorship of prof. Dević.
Since 1990. he`s been working on Faculty of Music Art in Belgrade, at the Department for Musicology and Ethnomusicology (later divided into two departments, currently working at the Department of Ethnomusicology). He received his Ph.D. from prof. Dimitrije Golemović (current Head of the Department for Ethnomusicology on FMA). Mr. Marković is teaching on all levels of studying at the Faculty, and his work includes courses comprising general ethnomusicology, the history of science, folk music instruments, as well as particular genres of Serbian popular music and world music. Besides his work on Faculty of Music Art in Belgrade, Mr Marković teaches also on University of Niš (general course of ethnomusicology), and is engaged as a visiting professor on University of Sts. Ciril and Methodius in Skoplje, Macedonia (courses on history of popular music). Mr Marković is the author of a larger number of studies on folk music instruments (especially instrumental ensembles), history and philosophy of ethnomusicology, historical aspects of popular music, computer-aided researches in ethnomusicology (including tonometry) etc.