Music At Emory To Present The Music Of Philip Glass This Month

Pianist Vladimir Milošević and cellist Nemanja Stanković perform a concert of  music of Philip Glass on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 8:00PM at Emory University's  Performing Arts Studio. 

The piano-cello duo from Serbia will perform a collection of works by Philip Glass, including  selections from the award-winning film The Hours and favorites such as Glassworks,  Metamorphosis 2, Songs and Poems, and the virtuosic piano etudes. 

Through his operas, symphonies, compositions for his ensemble, and collaborations with artists ranging from Twyla Tharp to Allen Ginsberg, Leonard Cohen to David Bowie, Philip Glass (b.  1937) has had an extraordinary and unprecedented impact on the musical and intellectual life of  

his times. He studied at the University of Chicago, the Juilliard School, and in Aspen with Darius  Milhaud. Finding himself dissatisfied with much of what then passed for modern music, he  moved to Europe, where he studied with Nadia Boulanger and worked closely with the sitar  virtuoso and composer Ravi Shankar. He returned to New York in 1967 and formed the Philip  Glass Ensemble––seven musicians playing keyboards and a variety of woodwinds, amplified and  fed through a mixer. The new musical style that Glass was evolving was eventually dubbed  “minimalism.” Glass himself never liked the term and preferred to speak of himself as a  composer of “music with repetitive structures.” Much of his early work was based on the  extended reiteration of brief, elegant melodic fragments that wove in and out of an aural tapestry.  Or, to put it another way, it immersed a listener in a sort of sonic weather that twists, turns,  surrounds, develops. (philipglass.com) 

About the Artists 

Vladimir Milošević, one of the most distinctive Serbian pianists today, returns to Emory  University for the second time. He made his debut at the Carnegie Hall in 2005. Recognized as a  rising artist by the New York Concert Artists & Associates, he performed with at Merkin  Concert Hall in New York in 2014. His performances have taken him to Salle Cortot in Paris,  Steinway Hall in London, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Foerster Hall in Prague, Konzerthaus in  Vienna, Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv, Herkules Hall in Munich, Kennedy Center in  Washington, and Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. His performances have been recorded for  television stations in Japan, Brazil, Canada, and Poland.  

Vladimir completed his DMA at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade with specialized studies in  Italy at the Incontri col Maestro Academy in Imola, mentored by Lazar Berman and Michel  Dalberto. Highly active as a chamber musician, Vladimir has collaborated with outstanding  soloists such as Stefan Milenković, Roman Simović, János Bálint, and David Griffiths. He has 

performed with the Belgrade Philharmonic, orchestras in Cape Town and Johannesburg, Prague  Opera Orchestra, Porto Symphony, Teatro Olimpico Symphony, and Suzhou Symphony, among  others. Vladimir is Professor of Piano at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, and often leads  masterclasses in Lithuania, the United States, China, and Australia, and serves as an international  adjudicator. Since 2022 he has been performing with the Trio “Corda,” together with the cellist  Nemanja Stanković and violinist Una Stanić, with which he received the Prize of the City of  Belgrade for the Best Classical Concert in 2023. 

Nemanja Stanković is considered “one of the most notable young stars on the music scene of  Serbia.” He studied in Belgrade, Vienna, Salzburg, and Florence, under the guidance of Natalia  Gutman, Sandra Belić, and Enrico Bronzi. He further honed his skills through masterclasses with  renowned musicians such as Alfred Brendel, Jens Peter Maintz, Mischa Mayski, and Ralf  Kirshbaum. Nemanja performed as the principal cellist of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra  and is currently engaged as a guest principal cellist with the Milan Symphony Orchestra. He  boasts numerous solo performances with orchestras including the Belgrade Philharmonic, Radio  Television of Serbia Symphony Orchestra, Czech Virtuosi, St. George Strings, Camerata  Serbica, Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, and Niš Symphony Orchestra. Nemanja has premiered a  substantial number of compositions by Serbian composers, eight of which are featured on his  album, Traces––New Serbian Music for Cello, recognized as one of the most successful cello  releases in 2020. 

Currently, Nemanja Stanković holds the position of Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Music  in Belgrade and is an artist-in-residence at the Kolarac Foundation Hall in Belgrade. Since 2022,  he has been performing with the Trio “Corda,” together with Una Stanić (violin) and Vladimir  Milošević (piano). Recently they received the Prize of the City of Belgrade for the Best Concert  in 2023. Nemanja Stanković currently plays the cello made by Carlos Roberts from Cremona in  2012.

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