DEJAN SAVIC (1957), the outstanding Yugoslav conductor, is born in Belgrade in the family of musicians. He graduated conducting with distinction at the Academy of Music in Belgrade and received his Masters Degree at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. On a specialization cours, Mr. Savic was working with Berislav Klobucar.
Artistic Director of the oldest Jewish choral society "The Baruh Brothers", founded in 1879, he also conducted a number of prominent Yugoslav mixed, male and female choral groups, winning the international prizes at the different contests (Gorizia and Pescara, Italy) and touring with them USSR, Spain, Austria, Cyprus, Israel, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, making also recordings both for Radio and TV.
During the period of 3 years (1989-93) D. Savic was the Artistic Director and Chief conductor of the Nis Symphony Orchestra, where he made a large number of outstanding concert evenings, tours (Skopje, Beograd) and recordings with world known artists such as Ludmil Angelov, piano, Ksenija Jankovic, cello, Mihai Ungureanu, piano, Radmila Bakocevic, soprano, Jovan Kolundzija ,Sreten Krstic and Stefan Milenkovic, violin etc. Since 1993 he is the Principal Conductor of the Belgrade Opera and Ballet Company, where some of the most famous vocal artists performed with him, i.e. Elena Obrastzova, Makvala Kasrashvili, Jadranka Jovanovic, Fabio Armiliato a.o. His guest - appearances in Yugoslav opera houses include The Opera and Ballet of the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad as well as the renewal of the operatic scene in Nis in 1996, after almost 30 years.
