The Soldier's Tale
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Text by Ch.F.Ramuz
conductor: Premil Petrovic
directed by: Bojana Cvejic
played by: Vlasta Velisavljevic and Goran Stanisavljev
stage sets, design: Ivan Grubanov
costumes: Dejan Dosljak
   
orchestra: Petar Zivanovic (violin), Vojislav Despotovic (double-bass), Ivan Rankovic (clarinet), Sava Djuric (bassoon), Dragan Djordjevic (trumpet), Ivan Jovanovic (trombone), Denis Dimitric (percussion)
organized by: Jelena Dojcinovic
produced by: REX (FreeB92)
sponsored by: Open Society Foundation , Swedish Helsinki Comitee, Swiss Ambassy in Belgrade, Beton-hala Theatre
venue and other facilities provided by: Beton-hala Teatar Narodnog fronta 3, Beograd
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Premil Petrovic born on November 24th. 1973. In l998, he graduated from the Belgrade Faculty of Music, Music Theory Department. He is now a postgraduate student of conducting at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, and a student of conducting at Hochschule fuer Musik "Hans Eisler", Berlin. In a Radio B92 production, Premil Petrovic conducted Mozart's singspiel "Bastien and Bastienne", which had a guest performance at the Budva Theatre City festival and at "Alter Image" a side programme of BITEF '96. Moreover, he conducted Manuel de Falla's chamber opera "El Retablo de Maese Pedro" at the BEMUS festival in 1997, as well as Arnold Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" at The International Composers Review '98.

Bojana Cvejic Born in 1975, currently in the final year of musicology at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade; directed "Bastien & Bastienne" (Cinema REX, Bitef-Alterimage, Budva-grad-teatar 1996), "El Retablo de Maese Pedro" (Cinema REX, BEMUS, 1997); performed in: "Verwantschappen" (Kaaitheater, Brussels, 2000); published articles for: New Sound, Musical Wave, Pro musica, Vreme zabave.

Vlasta Velisavljevic born in 1926 in Belgrade. He took up theatre early, and became a member of “Rodino pozoriste” (The Stork’s Theatre), the precursor of the “Bosko Buha” theatre. He was a member of the first generation of students of the Drama Academy. During Tito’s regime, he spent three years in jails. As an actor, he worked in many theatres –in Tuzla, Mostar, and the Belgrade Drama Theatre. For the last thirty years, he has been a member of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre.

Goran Stanisavljev born in 1976. He is now a fourth year student at the Academy of Arts in Belgrade with professors Nebojsa Dugalic and Bora Grigorovic. He is currently performing in the National Theatre on a part-time basis. He is a member of a young actors’ company in Belgrade.

Ivan Grubanov born in 1976. graduating student of the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, department of painting, besides painting he is occupied in video -art, web projects, multimedia, installations, he participated in many international exibitions and won a number of awards for his works in different art fields http://www.cyberrex.org/grubanov

Petar Zivanovic (violin) born in Belgrade in 1975 where he received primary musical education. He was awarded state and federal prices. From 1993 to 1997 he studied at Hoch Schule der Kunste in Berlin in the Koji Toyoda master class. He is a member of a number of chamber orchestras and ensembles and was a permanent member of the Orchestra of National Theatre Opera House in Belgrade. From the beginning of 2000 he holds the position of the deputy concertmaster of the Symphony Orchestra of the Serbian Radio Television.

Ivan Jovanovic
(trombone) born in 1977. He is a graduate of the Belgrade Academy of Music, where he studied with professor Bencic. He is the principal trombonist of the Belgrade Radio Television orchestra where he performed as a soloist. Ivan Jovanovic plays regularly in Jazz orchestra of the Belgrade Radio Television as well as in the Theatre T, KPGT and in the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra. He was a member of the Belgrade Trombone Quartet.

Sava Djuric (bassoon) born in 1976. He finished “Mokranjac” secondary school. He is currently a fourth year student with professor Mirko Isaeski at the Belgrade Academy of Music. Sava Djuric is employed as a bassoon player in the Serbian Radio Television orchestra. He won numerous prizes: 1994 first prize in Stresa (Citta di Stresa, Italy), 1995 first prize at the state competition, 1997 special prize at the state and federal competition, 1999 special prize at the state competition.

Mladen Djordjevic (trumpet) born in 1969 in Belgrade. He graduated and received his MA degree from the Belgrade Faculty of Music with professor Dimitar Angelov in 1993. As a student, he won a number of first prizes at the federal and state level. In his career so far, he has performed as a soloist with almost all renowned Yugoslav orchestras. He made numerous recordings for Radio Belgrade. He has been working for ten years now as the leading soloist of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been working as a leading soloist in the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra for ten years now. In 1995 he started working at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. He has been working at the Academy of Music in Cetinje since 1998.

Ivan Rankovic (clarinet) born in 1972 in Belgrade. He received his early musical training at music school "Josip Slavenski", studied with professor Milenko Stefanovic and graduated from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade He was the winner of the first prize at the twentieth federal students’ competition in Herceg Novi in 1991. He is a member of the orchestra of “The Terazije Theatre ".

Vojislav Despotovic (double bass) born in Belgrade in 1974. He graduated from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade in 1998, where he studied with professor Nebojsa Ignjatovic. He works as a double bass soloist in the symphony orchestra of the Serbian Radio Television Denis Dimitric (percussions) born in 1972. He finished Military Music High School in Sarajevo in 1991. Graduated from the Belgrade Faculty of Music in 2000. Since 1996 he has worked in the Serbian Radio Television orchestra. He is also performing with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, orchestra of the Belgrade opera, and the orchestra of the chamber opera “Madlenianum”.

Jelena Dojcinovic (organization) born in 1974. She is currently finishing her studies at the Belgrade Academy of Music, Music Theory Department.

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