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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 22. Chapters: Aleksandar Obradovi, Ante Grgin, Arbo Valdma, Bruno Brun, Dejan Despi, Dragutin Gostu ki, Du an Trbojevi, Emil Hajek, Ernest A kun, Jovan ajnovi, Ljiljana Vukajlovi, Ljubica Mari, Ljubi a Petru evski, Marija Gluvakov, Mihailo Vukdragovi, Milenko Stefanovi, Milo Ivanovi, Milo Mihajlovi, Mi ko uvakovi, Olga Mihajlovi, Olivera Djurdjevi, Oskar Danon, Petar Bergamo, Petar Konjovi, Radmila Bako evi, Radmila Smiljani, Tatjana Oluji, Vasilije Mokranjac, Vladimir To i, ivojin Zdravkovi, Zoran Eri, Zorica Dimitrijevi -Sto i . Excerpt: Milenko Stefanovi (born 19 February 1930) is a Serbian classical and jazz clarinetist. He is a prizewinner in the international competitions in Moscow, Munich, Geneva and Prague, soloist who has achieved significant international career, long-time principal clarinetist of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra and Professor of Clarinet at the University of Pri tina and University of the Arts in Belgrade. Born in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (present day Serbia) in a family of amateur musicians, he began his musical studies at the age of five (violin, piano and, later, clarinet). Stefanovi graduated from the Belgrade Music Academy, as a student of renowned Professor Bruno Brun, the founder of modern Serbian school of clarinet playing (1957). He completed there, with the same teacher, his postgraduate studies and was awarded the Magister of Arts degree (1971). Additionally, he studied chamber and orchestral playing in Salzburg, Austria in the class of Igor Markevich, Erich Leinsdorf and Fernand Oubradous. Stefanovi was a top-prize winner or finalist in the major Yugoslavian and international competitions, including the competitions in Sarajevo (1952), Skopje (1954), Ljubljana (1956), Moscow (1957), Munich (1957), Geneva (1957) and Prague (1959). Additionally, he was honored with the Award of the Yugoslavian Radio-Television (Ohrid, 1972), awards of the City of Belgrade for the best concert in the previous concert season (1976, 1981, 1986), with 7 July Award (1962) - the state's highest award for the arts, as well as with many other honors. In 2007, upon recommendation of the Expert Committee of the Serbian Ministry of Culture, he was awarded Special Acknowledgment for the Highest Contribution to the National Culture in the Republic of Serbia. In 2010 he was awarded with The Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia. In 2011, at the ClarinetFest in Northridge, California, the membership of the International Clarinet Association unani
