BRNO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Ravel / Debussy / Saint - Saens
May 26/30/31, 2013

PRAGUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Beethoven / Lalo Edouard
May 9/10, 2013

QATAR PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Schumann / Scriabin / Sharara
Jasminka Stancul, piano
May 18, 2013

INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL JANACKUV MAJ OSTRAVA
R. Strauss / Schnittke / Klusak
June 6, 2013

EUROPÄISCHE WOCHEN PASSAU
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
June 28, 2013



Aleksandar Markovic, conductor

Aleksandar Markovic has established himself as one of the most versatile young conductors, commanding a wide range of both symphonic and operatic repertoire.

He is presently Music Director and Principal Conductor of Brno  Philharmonic Orchestra,   shaping up musical life of the second largest Czech city and touring extensively abroad, with appearances in Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg, Palace of Arts Budapest, Stefaniensaal Graz, Brucknerhaus Linz, and throughout Japan. His contract has recently been extended by orchestra's unanimous vote until the end of 2013/14 season.

From 2005- 2008 Aleksandar Markovic was Principal Conductor of Tyrolean Opera House (Tiroler Landestheater), leading highly acclaimed production of Salome, Der fliegende Holländer, , Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Cavaleria Rusticana/ I Pagliacci, Le nozze di Figaro, Romeo et Juliette, Traviata, Nabucco, Norma, and Swan Lake, as well as large number of symphonic concerts. He conducted at the National Theatre in Prague, Landestheater in Salzburg, and National Theatre in Belgrade.

Aleksandar Markovic conducted some of the finest orchestras in Europe, among them  Wiener Symphoniker, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Dresdner Philharmoniker, and Scottisch Chamber Orchestra. He works regularly with  Orquesta Sinfonica de RTVE,Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK,  Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra,  Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, and has appeared with  State Philharmonic Rheinland-Pfalz,  Nürnberger Philharmoniker,  Württemberg Philharmonie, Wiener Kammerorchester, Wiener Concert- Verein,  Chamber Orchestra Spirit of Europe, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra and numerous west-, central-, and east- European Orchestras. Outside Europe he worked with Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra and leading Korean orchestras. Aleksandar Markovic will make his debut with Staatskapelle Halle, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and Camerata Serbica.

Regular guest of international music festivals, Aleksandar Markovic opened Wiener Festwochen 2008 and gave concerts at Mecklenburg- Vorpommern Music Festival, Bratislava Music Festival, Murten Music Festival and Kissinger Sommer Festival. He will appear at Dvorak's Prague Festival and Belgrade Music Festival.

Aleksandar Markovic is the First Prize Winner of the 7th International Conducting Competiton “Gregorz Fitelberg” in Katowice, Poland. He graduated from conducting class of Leopold Hager at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien), and attended master classes at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, where he has been awarded Diploma d’onore. He held a scholarship of prestigious Herbert von Karajan Foundation Berlin.