Petar Konjović
Composer
1883 – 1970
Who was Petar Konjović?
Petar Konjović was a Serbian composer.
He was born in Čurug. While a pedagogy student in Sombor, Konjović self-taught himself the art of compositure and conducting. He finished his education at the Prague Conservatorium in 1906. In 1907, he traveled to Belgrade, following an invitation from Stevan Mokranjac to teach composition at the Belgrade Music Academy. He was an active adherent of the idea of Yugoslavia. He was manager of numerous cultural institutions: head of the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad, director of the Zagreb Opera, and head of the Croatian National Theater in Osijek. He was also a Rector of the Music Academy in Belgrade, a Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts member, and a founder of the SANU Musicology Institute. His contemporaries were Petar Krstić, Isidor Bajić, Miloje Milojević, Stevan Hristić, Stanislav Binički, Bozidar Joksimović, Kosta Manojlović, Vladimir Đorđević, and others.
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- Born
- May 5, 1883
Čurug - Also known as
- Petar Konjovic
- Died
- Oct 1, 1970
Belgrade
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on July 23, 2013
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