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Nikola Srdić (Serbia) graduated from the Faculty of Music Arts in Belgrade (1975) in the class of Professor Bruno Brun. Two years later, he earned a Master’s degree in clarinet under the same professor. He further refined his expertise in Paris under the guidance of the renowned Professor Ulysse Delécluse as a French government scholarship recipient.
His artistic career has been marked by numerous first prizes in competitions across former Yugoslavia, a special award from Bavarian Radio and Television, and participation in the finals of the International Competition in Munich (1973).
As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed in all major music centers of Yugoslavia, as well as in France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Germany. He has appeared with the Belgrade, Zagreb, Macedonian, Sarajevo, Vojvodina, Timișoara, and North Bohemian Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as with the Novi Sad and Mostar Chamber Orchestras, the Dušan Skovran Chamber Orchestra (over fifty concerts), St. George Strings, and string quartets such as Klima, Kodály, Moyzes, Tartini, the Belgrade String Quartet, the Serbian String Quartet, and others.
Notable festival performances include Ohrid Summer, Bratislava Summer, Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Evenings on Grič, Tallinn Music Festival (Estonia), Janáček May Festival (Ostrava), Košice Festival, and more.
He is a full professor at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad and the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka.
Sebastijan Bereta
Born in Novi Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sebastijan discovered the flute at the age of 17. Five years later, he moved to France, where he studied at the CRR in Rueil-Malmaison, the CRR in Versailles, the PESMD in Bordeaux, and the National Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance (CNSMDP) in Paris. In 2022, as a recipient of the Meyer Foundation scholarship for young artists, he obtained a master’s degree in Baroque flute under the guidance of Jan de Winne.
Fascinated and deeply passionate about the history and art of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Sebastijan naturally specialized in performing early music on historical instruments, with a repertoire ranging from Lully to Prokofiev.
He performs with ensembles such as Les Talens Lyriques (Christophe Rousset), Le Concert d’Astrée (Emmanuelle Haïm), the Royal Opera Orchestra of Versailles, Le Palais Royal (Paris), Il Gardellino (Belgium), Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu (Lyon), Jeune Orchestre de l’Abbaye, Orchestre Français des Jeunes Baroque, as well as Ensemble Poséidon, with which he regularly appears as a soloist.
He has performed at major European festivals and concert halls, including the Philharmonie de Paris, the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in December 2024, the Bayreuth Baroque Festival in Germany, the Festival Midi-Minimes in Brussels, and the Festival de Saintes in France.
Sebastijan is the founder of the Baroque ensemble Les Flâneries, dedicated to preserving Baroque repertoire with a special focus on Parisian Baroque music.
Passionate about pedagogy, he is currently a professor of modern flute at the Conservatory of Fontenay-sous-Bois.
In collaboration with the French Institute, he regularly gives lectures to music students in Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia.
Aleksandar Jovanovic
Aleksandar Jovanović was born in Zaječar in 1985. He received his primary music education in his hometown under the guidance of Professor Goran Turkalj and continued his secondary music education at the Kornelije Stanković Music School in Belgrade in the class of Professor Miloš Gerić. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Academy of Arts at the University of Banja Luka in the class of Professor Nikola Srdić, where he also obtained a master’s degree in clarinet. Additionally, he earned a master's degree in chamber music in the class of Professor Timea Hotić.
After completing his undergraduate studies, he worked as a clarinet teacher at the Savo Balaban Music School in Prijedor and the Konstantin Babić Music School in Prnjavor. He is currently employed as a clarinet instructor at the Branko Smiljanić Music School in Gradiška. From late 2017 to 2024, he served as the concertmaster of the Police Orchestra of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Srpska.
He has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra member across the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Austria, and Sweden. From its founding in 2010 until 2019, he was a member of the Banja Luka Philharmonic Orchestra. Since the establishment of the Symphony Orchestra of the National Theatre of the Republic of Srpska, he has frequently been engaged as a freelance clarinetist.
His greatest pride lies in the remarkable achievements of his many students from Prijedor, Prnjavor, and Gradiška, who have excelled both during their studies and in their professional music careers.