Howard Griffiths, born in Hastings, England in 1950, began his career as a violist before becoming a conductor, leading the Zurich Chamber Orchestra for ten years and then the Brandenburg State Orchestra in Frankfurt an der Oder.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Milan Mihajlović's music often features thematic material reduced to small nuclei, from which the motivic and linear world of the music evolves, frequently over ostinato layers and pedal points.
Performer Biography
The Brandenburg State Orchestra of Frankfurt, one of eastern Germany's leading orchestras, traces its origins back to 1842, but gained its international reputation after German reunification.
Composer Biography
Milan Mihajlović, born in Belgrade in 1945, graduated in Composition and Conducting from the Belgrade Music Academy in 1970 and later earned a master's degree in composition.
Composer Biography
Milan Mihajlović was the President of the Composers' Association of Serbia from 1989 to 2002 and founded the International Review of Composers festival in 1992.
Composer's Artistic Vision
According to a 'rule' of Milan Mihajlović, the dramatic flow of almost all his works leads to an apotheosis in the last quarter, where the music concisely utters its 'poetic motto'.
Composer Biography
Milan Mihajlović taught at the Faculty of Music, Department of Music Theory, at the University of Belgrade from 1975, eventually becoming a full professor in 1994.
