Božidar Boki Milošević

Bozidar "Boki" Milosevic () is a renowned Serbian and Yugoslav clarinetist.
Biography
Birth
He was born in Prokuplje to father Krsta, a farmer, and mother Vidosava, a housewife. After completing primary school in 1947, self-taught, he began playing the clarinet.
Education
In he came to Belgrade. This is where he started studying the English language at the Faculty of Philology. At the same time, he worked at the National Orchestra of Radio Television Belgrade, which was then led by the famous Vlastimir Pavlovic Carevac. Since that year, he has launched into a successful music career. The same he passed I preparatory class at the School of Music Josip Slavenski in Belgrade, under professor Franjo Partlic, and automatically entered the second grade. He became a member of the sextet Dusko Radetic in Radio Belgrade from its founding in .
In music editor of Radio Belgrade, Djordje Karaklajic, formed the Great National Orchestra RTB and was its principal conductor. He arranged the Yugoslav folk melodies. The Orchestra was also conducted by Dusan Skovran, a rector of the Music Academy in Belgrade, and Djura Jaksic, a headmaster of the Music School Slavenski in Belgrade. Bozidar Milosevic regularly performed in this Orchestra.
From to he continued musical education in the High Music School Slavenski under professor Franjo Partlic. During -, he used to play in the String Orchestra RTB under the direction of Ilija Genic - Backa.
After the death of Carevac in , the violinist Rade Jasarevic was appointed as the new head of the National Orchestra of Radio Television Belgrade. Bozidar Boki Milosevic was still playing in the Orchestra as a soloist on the clarinet.
From to he studied at the Music Academy in Belgrade. He was with the first generation of clarinetists (Ernest Ackun, Mihailo Zivanovic, Milenko Stefanovic and Bozidar Milosevic) in the class of Bruno Brun. Then, under Bruno Brun, he entered postgraduate studies (-).
Works
From to he worked as a professor of clarinet at the Music School Slavenski which was a part of the Music Academy in Belgrade. In he moved to Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra and became its member and soloist.
After the death of the violinist Rade Jasarevic in a car accident, Bozidar Milosevic had become the head of the famous National Orchestra of Radio Television Belgrade and worked there until his retirement in . He had been an instrumental soloist of the orchestra for 30 years.
Tours and concerts
As a soloist performer, he had tours and concerts all over the world. In the s in Israel, London, Vienna, Berlin, across the United States, Colombia, Guatemala, Canada, Mexico and ... Touring the Soviet Union in , he visited more than half of the Soviet Union. There he composed his first composition Vlaska storm.
Recordings, phonograph records, CDs and reviews
With the sextet Dusko Radetic, the Orchestra of Radio Television Belgrade, the Grand National Orchestra RTB and others, he made many lasting and valuable recordings of the Yugoslav national heritage.
As an instrumental soloist, he made countless shows in radio and television programs in many European countries as well as in the New York NBC television. Here, in the country, in addition to regular appearances, his two special TV shows in which he presented himself as a complete musician performing at a high level classical, jazz, evergreen, and folk music are still remembered.
He has made a lot of records and CDs, mostly for record label PGP RTB.
Both domestic and foreign music critics gave very high ratings and opinions about Milosevic's music-making.
Significance and contribution
With his original style of playing the clarinet, Bozidar Milosevic has worked in the development of folk music and setting of its standards, criteria, and evaluation.
He is a role model and measure of value for many young generations of clarinetist. He has introduced a severe-educated way of playing the clarinet in folk music, not from any element of academic level of playing the clarinet and his approach.
He has made many valuable recordings of all genres (from Mozart's Divertimento and the A major concert for the clarinet and orchestra, to jazz concert of Artie Shaw, through melodies eternally living, to melodious Vranje and his featuring compositions of southern Serbia...) for Radio Belgrade, Radio Novi Sad, Radio Titograd, Radio Sarajevo, Radio Skopje, Radio Zagreb and Radio Ljubljana.
Prizes and awards
Third prize in the Youth Competition of Clarinetists in Ljubljana,
Special prize at the Competition of Young Artists of Yugoslavia (classical music) in Zagreb,
He received the Order of Labour with silver wreath for outstanding contributions to the spread of music culture from President Tito in
Oscar of popularity in , Radio Television Review in , , and
Viktor Award ("Yesenin") for the best instrumentalist in and , RTV Novi Sad.
Melko (17 consecutive years, starting from ), the best instrumental performer in the folk music, the Association of folk and pop music, Belgrade.
Status of an exceptional artist, the Union of folk and pop music, Belgrade
The award for fostering musical heritage of the Serbs, Yugoslav Club the Serbian people around the world to Boki New York - Chicago, .
Meastro International Award in , the International Music Center of Belgrade.
Association for fostering tradition and heritage preservation of Nis Old Nis - Nis Europe Concert awarded Master's letter for Lifetime Achievement to Bozidar Milosevic, for the remarkable and entire contribution to the preservation of Serbian tradition and culture and fostering original folk songs and music of the Serbian people,
Golden Chain Award for constant contribution to the culture of Belgrade, , Belgrade Cultural and Educational Association
Festivals, composition and awards
Bozidar Milosevic is a multiple winner at numerous festivals in the country and abroad. There is almost no such music event, where the audience and the jury did not award him first prize:
At the Belgrade Sabor in , his composition Cuno's Round Dance won the first prize.
At the International Music Festival of Clarinetists in Tunisia in , in the category of clarinetists from around the world (25 nations took part), his composition Kostana's Mekam Dance won the first prize. The award was handed out to him by the president of Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba.
At the Ilidza Festival in Sarajevo, with the composition Kostanin mekam cocek, he won the first prize.
At the Ilidza Festival , with the composition Pastoral Ballad, he became a triple winner and was awarded the first prize for composition, arrangement and performance.
At the Belgrade Sabor in , with the composition Oriental Elegy he won the first prize.
At the Folk Music Festival in Paris in , with the composition Call from the Mountain, he won the first prize of the jury.
At the Belgrade Sabor in , with Radivoj Lazic's composition Pupil's Round Dance, he won the first prize.
Related pages
Bruno Brun
Vlastimir Pericic, Students of Bruno Brun, .