What is Milenko Stefanović?
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Milenko Stefanović | image = Milenko_Stefanovic_(with_clarinet).jpg | caption = | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Milenko Stefanović | alias = Mima | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|2|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Belgrade]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2022|7|25|1930|2|19}} | death_place = Belgrade, Serbia | instrument = [[Clarinet]] | genre = [[Classical music|Classical]], [[jazz]] | occupation = [[Solo (music)|Soloist]], [[chamber music]]ian, [[Orchestra|orchestral musician]], [[teacher]] | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = | website = }} '''Milenko Stefanović''' (February 19, 1930 &ndash; July 25, 2022) was the most famous [[Serbia]]n [[classical music|classical]] and [[jazz]] [[clarinet]] player – soloist, former Principal Clarinetist of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra and Professor at the Josip Slavenski School of Music, University of Pristina and University of the Arts in Belgrade. ==Education== Stefanovic began his music study at the age of five. He graduated and completed his postgraduate studies from the Belgrade Conservatory. His major teacher was Professor [[Bruno Brun]], the founder of modern Serbian school of clarinet playing. He also studied chamber music and orchestral playing in [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]], in the class of Igor Markevich, Erich Leinsdorf and Fernand Oubradous. ==Awards== ===Contests=== Stefanovic was a top-prize winner or finalist in the major Yugoslavian and international competitions, including the competitions in [[Sarajevo]] (1952), [[Skopje]] (1954), [[Ljubljana]] (1956), [[Moscow]] (1957), [[Munich]] (1957), [[Geneva]] (1957) and [[Prague]] (1959). He was also honored with the Award of the Yugoslavian Radio-Television (Ohrid, 1972), aw