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8th International Competition for Young Guitarists
«Andrés Segovia» in Velbert from 18th to 21st June 2014


Boško Radojković

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Boško Radojković (1966, Serbia) completed his guitar studies at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, Yugoslavia in the class of Prof. Vera Ogrizović; he also completed a specialist course in chamber music in the class of Prof. Olivera Cursević in Belgrade. During his studies, he often performed and took active part in competitions where he often won first prizes, especially in the field of chamber music. He played with “Musica Antiqua”, the ensemble that performes old music. He recorded for the Radio and Television of Serbia (RTS), gave master classes and was member of many juries, both inland and abroad.

He has been working in the music school ”Kosta Manojlović” in Zemun in Belgrade for the last 16 years. In this time he has earned a reputation of one of the most successful pedagogues in the field of guitar teaching. His students have won numerous first prizes in national and international competitions.

He founded the "Guitar Art Festival" in the year 2000 and has been its director since then. The "Guitar Art Festival" is the first and most significant event for professional guitar in former Yugoslavia and one of the best in South East Europe.

He also founded the Yugoslav Association of Classical Guitarists in 2001 and he is its executive director. This is the first official association of classical guitarists ever founded in Yugoslavia.

At the end of 2001, he gathered representatives of guitarists in the "First Foundation Congress of Classical Guitarists of South East Europe" and then ASEG (Association of Classical Guitarists of South East Europe) was founded.

He has engaged himself in many activities for a long time; he has achieved excellent results; he has envisaged and realized various ideas in the domain of the guitar; all this has confirmed his persistence and top professionalism and affirmed Boško Radojković as a guitarist, pedagogue, organizer and above all, as a person.