Jury Member
XXII Competition, May 28–31, 2026
National Theatre in Belgrade
(Senior Categories)
Engaged in the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad since 2008. As a principal opera soloist and baritone, he has performed in numerous operas and concerts in Serbia, Russia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Austria.
Throughout his rich career, he has collaborated with prominent conductors such as: Berislav Skenderović, Željka Milanović, Dejan Savić, Mikica Jevtić, Aleksandar Kojić, Wolfgang Scheidt, Alessandro Benigni, Gianluca Marciano, Ilmar Lapinsch, Norbert Baxa, Andrea Solinas, Dian Tchobanov, Ayyub Guliyev, and Luis Gorelik. In March 2023, he became the Director of the Opera of the Serbian National Theatre.
Education
- 2008 – Graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Department of General Music Pedagogy.
- 2009 – Graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Department of Solo Singing, in the class of Professor Vera Kovač Vitkai.
- 2011 – Completed master's studies at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, Department of Solo Singing, in the class of Professor Nikola Mijailović.
- 2015 – Improved vocal technique with Professor Sead Buljubašić in Vienna (Austria).
Operatic repertoire
- W. A. Mozart: Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni and Masetto), The Marriage of Figaro (Count Almaviva)
- G. Verdi: Rigoletto (Rigoletto, Ceprano), La Traviata (Giorgio Germont and Marchese D'Obigny), Nabucco (High Priest of Baal), Simon Boccanegra (Paolo), Il Trovatore (Count di Luna), Aida (Amonasro)
- G. Donizetti: Viva la Mamma (Prospero), The Elixir of Love (Dulcamara)
- G. Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Commissioner), La Bohème (Alcindoro), Tosca (Angelotti)
- P. Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (Alfio)
- N. R. Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride (Gryaznoy)
- I. Bajić: Knez Ivo od Semberije (Turkish Herald)
- A. Vrebalov: Mileva Marić (Jakob Erat)
- S. Barber: A Hand of Bridge (David)
- G. C. Menotti: The Telephone (Ben)
Awards and recognitions
- 2009 – First Prize at the solo singing competition "Nikola Cvejić" in Ruma.
- 2009 – First Prize at the International Solo Singers Competition "Lazar Jovanović" in Belgrade.
- 2016 – Beethoven Award at the European Music Academy in Prague (Czech Republic).