In August 2009, Aleksandar Markovic has become the new chief conductor of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, which offered him this position after their very first concert. In late 2009 he debuted at the Spanish Radio Madrid (RTVE) and conducted 9^th Beethoven at the closing concert of the Music Festival Bratislava. In 2010 he will tour with the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra at the Palace of Arts Budapest (Verdi-Requiem), Festspielhaus Salzburg, Stefaniensaal Graz (3^rd Mahler) and at the Kongresshaus Villach. He will conduct at the Wiener Konzerthaus, the Slovakian Philharmonic, the Slovenian Philharmonic and the Szymanowski Philharmonic Cracow. In December 2010 he will give his debut with the Dresden Philharmonic.

In 2009 Aleksandar Markovic made his debut with Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Nuernberg Philharmonic, the chamber orchestra Spirit of Europe and Staatsorchester Braunschweig and conducted a new production of Forza del destino at the National Theatre Belgrade. In 2008 he collaborated with Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Wuerttemberg Philharmonic and Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra and opened the Wiener Festwochen with the Wiener Symphoniker.

From 2005-08 Aleksandar Markovic was chief conductor at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, where he lead 10 highly acclaimed premieres ( Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci, Swan Lake, Romeo et Juliette, Der fliegende Holländer, Salome, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Traviata, Nabucco and Norma) and numerous concerts with the Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck.

Aleksandar Markovic performed at the National Theatre Prague and the Landes-theater Salzburg and worked with Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Prague Symphony, Wiener Kammerorchester and Concertverein, Budapest Concert Orchestra, Symphonieorchester St. Gallen, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra and National Symphony, Janacek Philharmonic, Belgrade Radio Orchestra and Philharmonic, Croatian Radio Orchestra and Rheinische Philharmonie.

Apart from the classical symphonic repertoire Aleksandar Markovic is a proponent of contemporary music. He premiered Feuerlicht, Nachtschatten by Dirk D’Ase at the Wiener Musikverein,and conducted symphonies by Karl Amadeus Hartmann and Karl Schiske as well as pieces by Witold Lutoslawski, György Ligeti, Philip Glass, Tristan Keuris, Mathias Pintscher, Thomas Larcher und Erkki-Sven Tüür.

Aleksandar Markovic is the 1. Prize winner of the 7^th International Grzegorz Fitelberg Conductors’ Competition in Katowice, Poland. He studied at the “Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien“ under Leopold Hager and attended master classes with Gianluigi Gelmetti and Lothar Zagrosek at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, where he has been awarded Diploma d’onore. Aleksandar Markovic held a scholarship of the prestigeous Herbert von Karajan Foundation Berlin.

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