About Me
CURRICULUM VITAEname: Aleksandar Solunac
date of birth: 10. 05. 1978.
Address: Miljakovacke staze 18, Belgrade, SerbiaEDUCATION :2003-2005 Norwegian Academy of Music,Oslo
Master Studies-Advanced Solo Studies, class: prof. Bengt Eklund
1997-2001 Belgrade Music Academy, Belgrade
Bachelor of Music, Trumpet Performance, class: prof. Mladen Djordjevic
1993-1997 Music High School "Stankovic", Belgrade
High School Diploma, Trumpet Performance, class: prof. Izudin CavrkovicSPECIAL TRAINING, AWARDS AND HONORS:2004-2005 Norwegian government scholarship grant
- masterclasses:
2004 Prof. Ian Muirhead (professor at Scottish Academy of Music and Drama)
Prof. Thierry Caens (professor at Conservatoire de Dijon)
2002 Prof. Erick Aubier (professor at Conservatoire de Lion)
1998 Dusko Gojkovich (jazz trumpet performer)
1997 Prof. Clément Garrec (professor at CNSMDP)
- awards:
2001 National Music Competition, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1st prize
1997 National Music Competition, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1st prize
Internationa Music Competition, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, 1st prize
Federal Music Competition, Kotor, Yugoslavia, 1st prize
1996 International Music Competition, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, 1st prizePROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:- orchestral experience
2001-present Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Belgrade, second trumpet,
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2001-2005 Music Theatre "Pozoriste na Terazijama", Belgrade, principal trumpet
2001-2002 Chamber Opera "Madlenianum", Belgrade, substitute trumpet
1997-2001 Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Belgrade, third trumpet
July-August 1997 Mediterranean Youth Orchestra, Aix an Provance
(Middle East tour – Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and France)
-solo performances:
2007 Performed Baroque chamber music at Organ Festival “Days of Organ†in Belgrade
June 2005 Performed as soloist with Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Kringkastingsorkestret), Oslo Alexander Arutjunjan : Trumpet Concerto, conductor: Trond Husebø
Live recording of the performance was broadcasted by
Norwegian Radio
May 2005 Performed as soloist with Youth Chamber Orchestra "Vivaldi", Oslo
D.Shostakovitch: Concerto for Piano,Trumpet and Strings with Natalia Strelichenko, piano, conductor: Igor Rybak
May 1999 Performed as soloist with The Symphony Orchestra of Radio Television of Serbia, Belgrade
J.K. Neruda: Concerto for Trumpet and Strings, conductor: Stanko Jovanovic
May 1997 Performed as soloist with Nis Symphony Orchestra
J.K. Neruda: Concerto for Trumpet and Strings, conductor: A. Novicky
