Biography
Dejan Bogdanovich is established internationally as a soloist, chamber music player, and inspirational teacher.
Since his early debut he has performed to admiring audiences, captivated by his impeccable technique, beauty of sound and complete interpretive understanding of the music; always with a compelling personal insight.
After performing the Paganini (No.1) and Mendelssohn concertos with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra at 17, and winning International competitions in Vienna and Zagreb, he studied in Russia with Tretiakov who wrote about him, ‘Dejan is a musician of great refinement and artistry.’
Now based in Italy, he has been a soloist with orchestras in Europe, Russia, Latin America and Canada, similarly with his violin and piano duo.
Bogdanovich gives regular master-classes, has many highly successful pupils and is a regular jury guest at prestigious International Festivals.
He plays two important violins, one made by Franco Simeoni and the second one by Andrea Guarneri.
Artistic And Musical Background
Dejan Bogdanovich was born into an artistic family; his grandfather, a famous Belgrade sculptor, graduated from the Acadamie des beaux-Arts in Paris, where he formed a lifelong friendship with Picasso. His father is well known as a painter and writer; his paintings have been shown frequently at the Biennale di Venezia, and his writings have been translated into numerous European languages. Dejan’s talent for music was apparent at an early age, was nurtured by his first teachers and furthered at a school for gifted children. His performing career began when he was eleven and at seventeen, he performed concertos by Paganini and Mendlessohn with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra. At nineteen, he won International Competitions in Vienna and Zagreb. After a period of study in Russia, he was a frequent soloist with orchestras all over Europe, in Russia, South America and Canada. In 1993, because of the war in Yugoslavia, and since he had already given master-classes and concerts in Italy, he accepted an invitation to work and live permanently in Venice. He currently divides his time between concerts, ( he has a successful piano duo with Gabriele Maria Vianello Mirabello) teaching, giving master classes, broadcasting and recording.
Chamber Music Associates
Bogdanovich’s particular sensitivity for the chamber music repertoire has given him the opportunity to collaborate with many illustrious names, including:
Norbert Brainin
Bernard Greenhouse
Patrick Gallois
Maurice Bourg
Pierre-Henri Xuereb
Emanuelle Bertrand
Lovro Pogorelich
Konstatin Bogino
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AUDIO GALLERY
All audio tracks are LIVE recorded
DISCOGRAPHY
Bogdanovich’s extensive repertoire includes works from the Baroque era, notably by Corelli and J. S. Bach through sonatas by Mozart and Beethoven, to a wide selection of Romantic and contemporary composers…
Please see below.
CONCERTI WITH ORCHESTRA
J. S. BACH All Concerti
MOZART Concerti 3, 4, 5
BEETHOVEN (Including the Triple concerto)
PAGANINI Concerto No.1
SAINT-SAËNS Concerto No 3
MENDELSSOHN No.1. No.2 Double concerto for violin and piano.
BRAHMS Concerto in D major
BRUCH Concerto No.1
TCHAIKOWSKY Concerto in D major op.35
WIENIAWSKI Concerto No.2
RESPIGHI
STRAUSS Concerto in D minor, op.8
KREUTZER
DOHNANYI
JONGEN
CONTEMPORARY REPERTOIRE
REPERTOIRE includes works by
HERSANT
KUPOVIC
SOLBIATI
SCHNITTKE
MAXWELL DAVIES
SOLO
J. S. BACH Solo sonatas
YSAYE Solo sonatas
ETUDES CAPRICES
WIENIAWSKI
PAGANINI
ERNST
SAINT-LUBIN
SONATAS
MOZART
BEETHOVEN , notably No. 8 in G major op. 20 and No. 9, The Kreutzer, in A major op. 47.
SCHUBERT GRAND DUO
SCHUBERT SONATINAS
SCHUBERT FANTASIA
GRIEG
FRANCK
FAURE
SAINT-SAENS
PROKOFIEV
RESPIGHI
STRAUSS
JONGEN
BOISDEFFRE
CORELLI ‘LA FOLIA’
TARTINI THE DEVILS TRILL: IMPORTANT BAROQUE CONCER
CHAMBER MUSIC
Bogdanovich plays all the standard repertoire with diverse chamber music groups , especially those with piano.
( String and piano trios: piano quartets: string and piano quintets: string sextets and octets.)
This list is not fully comprehensive, new works are constantly added to his repertoire.