Vladimir Koh is a Serbia

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n violin

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ist and university

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 professor

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Education

Vladimir Koh started his musical training as a double major

Double degree

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 student (Violin

Violin

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 and Music Theory

Music theory

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) at the Josip Slavenski School of Music in Belgrade. In the year 1980, he entered the Faculty of Music in Belgrade as the first in the rank (in both majors). He graduated with the highest marks in 1984, in the class of Professor J. Petrović-Lasko. During his studies, he won top prizes at state's and federal competitions in Violin

Violin

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 and Solfeggio. Additionally, he studied with R. Zemansky at Geneva Conservatory and he postgraduated violin on Music academy of Sarajevo with prof. I. Jashvilly

Performance career

Vladimir Koh has been a prominent orchestral violinist in Serbia and abroad. As a principal violinist, concertmaster

Concertmaster

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, acting concertmaster, assistant concertmaster, and guest concertmaster, he has performed with many orchestras in Serbia (Philharmonic Orchestra of Youth

Youth

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, Symphony Orchestra of the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, Symphony Orchestra of the Radio Television of Belgrade

Radio Television of Serbia

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, Symphony Orchestra Stanislav Binički

Stanislav Binicki

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, Chamber Orchestra Simfonijeta

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, Symphony Orchestra "Camerata Serbica", Orchestra of the Madlenianum Opera and Theatre

Madlenianum Opera and Theatre

Madlenianum Opera and Theatre is the first privately owned opera and theater company both in Serbia and in south-eastern Europe. It is located in Belgrade, Serbia, and was founded on 26 January 1999, by Madlena Zepter, wife of the Philip Zepter, Serbian businessman...

, Orchestra of the Belgrade Opera

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 (all in Belgrade), Symphony Orchestra of the Radio Television of Pristina

Pristina

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, Chamber Orchestra of Novi Sad

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), Montenegro

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 (Titograd Symphony Orchestra), Spain

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 (Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife

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, Chamber Orchestra Pro Classica), Italy

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 (Chamber Orchestra Goffredo Petrassi

Goffredo Petrassi

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, Rome

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As a soloist

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 with those orchestras, he also performed standard violin repertoire (Bach, Mozart, Wieniawski

Henryk Wieniawski

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, Sibelius, etc.).

Koh has also performed as a chamber musician - as a member of Trio Barocco

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, string jazz

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 trio

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 and piano

Piano

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 jazz

Jazz

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 quintet

Quintet

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, in duo with flutist Sanja Stijačić

Sanja Stijacic

Sanja Stijačić is a Serbian flutist and Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Pristina and University of East Sarajevo.-Education:...

, etc. - in Serbia

Serbia

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, Montenegro

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, Spain

Spain

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, Italy

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, Greece

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Teaching career

Vladimir Koh has been serving as an Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of Pristina Faculty of Arts since 2001. He also taught at music schools in Belgrade ("Marko Tajčević

Marko Tajcevic

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", "Kornelije Stanković

Kornelije Stankovic

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", "Dr. Vojislav Vučković") and Kragujevac

Kragujevac

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, Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade and University of Belgrade

University of Belgrade

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 Department of Pedagogy

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. His former students hold teaching positions in music schools and perform in orchestras in Serbia and abroad (Niš Symphony Orchestra

Niš Symphony Orchestra

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, String orchestra Amoroso, Macedonian Philharmonic, Philharmonic Orchestra of Youth).