ArtistInfo

Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac

vc, 1856-1914 RS
Musician / Composer / Conductor of Classical and Spoken Word

Stevan Stojanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Стојановић, [stêʋaːn stojǎːnoʋitɕ]; 9 January 1856 – 28 September 1914), known as Stevan Mokranjac (Мокрањац, [stêʋaːn mokrǎːɲats]) was a Serbian composer and music educator. Born in Negotin in 1856, Mokranjac studied music in Belgrade, Munich, Rome and Leipzig while in his twenties. Later, he became the conductor of the Belgrade Choir Society and founder of the Serbian School of Music and the first Serbian string quartet, in which he played the cello. He left Belgrade at the beginning of World War I and moved to Skopje, where he died on 28 September 1914.

Genres

• Classical
• Spoken Word
• World
• Folk
• Children's Music