{"product_id":"vladimir-gligoric-trajkovic-works-for-piano-cd","title":"Vladimir Gligoric - Trajkovic: Works for Piano (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eOne of the most significant Serbian composers of the final decade of the 20th century, Vlastimir Trajkovic (1947-2017), came\r\nfrom a prominent musical family. Among it's members were Miloje Milojevic, the composer's grandfather and a pioneer of the\r\nSerbian Modernist movement in music, as well as his mother, Gordana Milojevic - Trajkovic, a pianist and composer. He completed\r\nhis composition studies in the class of Vasilije Mokranjac at the Music Academy in Belgrade in 1971 and obtained his\r\nMA degree in 1977. He further refined his skills by studying abroad, with Witold Lutoslawski in Groznjan and with Olivier\r\nMessiaen in Paris. In addition to his career as a composer, Trajkovic also worked as a music writer, critic, and editor. Over\r\nnearly four decades, from 1975 to 2012, Trajkovic worked as a professor of composition at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade,\r\nwhere he also served as the head of the Composition Department for several years. In addition to a series of accolades he received\r\nfor his outstanding work, Trajkovic became a member of the Serbian Academy of Science and Art in 2000. At the outset\r\nof his creative journey, Trajkovic, a polyglot with extensive erudition, distinguished himself as a composer who embraced an\r\nintellectual and critical approach to music and it's heritage. His distinctive style is firmly rooted in the amalgamation of impulses\r\nand influences he gleaned from a wide array of musical epochs. Trajkovic's opus, imbued with a postmodern sensibility,\r\nreflects both his receptivity to various stylis-tic idioms and his unwavering commitment to flexible, contemporary compositional\r\nsolutions. Exhibiting a penchant for the sublime fusion of divergent musical elements, Trajkovic traversed through diverse genres,\r\nestablishing creative dialogues with the legacy of baroque, avantgarde, minimalism, neoclassicism, jazz, and, most notably,\r\nimpressionism. The sonic universe of impressionism reverberates throughout Trajkovic's entire body of work. His exploration\r\nof the musical legacy of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel in terms of references and outcomes led to a creative evolution\r\nin Trajkovic's compositions, resulting in exquisitely refined and cultivated aesthetic expressions that align stylistically with\r\nneo-impressionism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49640574648620,"sku":"8011570372949","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0863\/2257\/7708\/files\/4339064-3184742.jpg?v=1724306045","url":"https:\/\/joseyrecords.com\/products\/vladimir-gligoric-trajkovic-works-for-piano-cd","provider":"Josey Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}