Stefan Milenković is a Serbian concert violin

Violin

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ist and a member of the faculty at the Juilliard School

Juilliard School

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 and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.

Biography

Milenković began studying the violin with his father when he was three. Three years later, he made his debut as a soloist with an orchestra, and started touring extensively in 1984. In 1987, he performed for U.S. President Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

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 at a Christmas concert in Washington, DC, United States

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. The following year, he played for Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

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 in Belgrade. In 1991, he played for Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II

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, and in 1993, Milenković gave his 1000th concert in Monterrey

Monterrey

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, Mexico

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.

After graduating from the University of Belgrade

University of Belgrade

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 in 1994 (its youngest ever graduate), he was invited to study with Dorothy Delay

Dorothy DeLay

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 at Juilliard. He continued to tour with major orchestras and was named a faculty member of the Perlman Music Program

Perlman Music Program

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 in 2000. In 2003, he was named a faculty member of Juilliard's College and Pre-College Divisions, where he also serves as Itzhak Perlman

Itzhak Perlman

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's teaching assistant. One of his notable students there was Ryu Goto

Ryu Goto

is a Japanese-American concert violinist. Goto gained attention as a child prodigy, first performing at the age of seven in the Pacific Music Festival held in Sapporo, Japan. His debut tour of 12 cities of Japan, in 2006, was sold out.-Early life:...

, now an internationally recognized violinist.

Competitions

• Jaroslav Kozian International Violin Competition (former Czechoslovakia) - First Prize
• Rodolfo Lipizer Competition (Italy) - First Prize
• Ludwig Spohr International Violin Competition (Germany) - First Prize
• International Paganini Competition (Italy) - Second Prize
• Tibor Varga Competition (Switzerland) - Second Prize
• Yehudi Menuhin Competition (United Kingdom) - Third Prize
• Queen Elisabeth Music Competition
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  (Belgium) - Twelfth Prize
• International Violin Competition of Indianapolis - Silver Laureate

Discography

• Paganini "In Cuor Piu Non Mi Sento" (1995)
• J.S. Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo (1999)
• Paganini Recital (1999)
• Paganini Complete Music For Violin Solo (2004)