Maja Bogdanović

Who is Maja Bogdanović?

Maja Bogdanović is a Serbian-French Paris based cellist.

After having won the 2011 October Safran Foundation Prize, Bogdanović gave a recital at the Carnegie Hall in New York city. This recital was described in The Strad magazine as "a performance of exceptional beauty of sound and a great maturity of interpretation, accompanied by a secure technique". In the 2012 season, she performed in Belgrade at Krszysztof Penderecki's Second Cello Concerto with the composer conducting. Following this, Maja toured Mexico with Aguascalientes and Monterrey orchestras, giving recitals in French Polynesia, a concert in the Salle Pleyel in Paris, and performed in London with the 1st Schostakovitch Concerto, at the Sydenham Music Festival. Maja followed this with tours in South Korea with pianist Masha Belooussova, she is due to go on tour in South America and will perform at summer festivals in the Netherlands, France and Serbia.

In 2007, she won first prize in the Aldo Parisot International Cello Competition in South Korea, second prize and the audience award at the Gaspard Cassado Competition in Japan in 2006, where she performed with Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. She was awarded the 3rd prize at the Jeunesses Musicales competition in Belgrade in 2005, as well as 3 special prizes.