Rados Malidzan

Montenegro

master classes
Sunday 15th of March 2015.
jury
category IV

Rados Malidzan is a prominent Montenegrin classical guitarist. He started his music education when he was ten, played his first recital already at the age of 12, giving since then numerous classical guitar concerts in Montenegro, as well as throughout Europe, and performed and recorded for major national broadcasting networks such as RTV Montenegro, RTV Serbia, and other – RTV Vijesti, RTV Atlas, RTV Elmag…
His recent performances include concerts given at the most prestigious music festivals in Montenegro, such as A Tempo Festival, December Culture Days, Guitar Summer Fest, Podgorica Culture Summer, Bar Guitar Fest, International Music Festival Days of Music as well as concerts at concert series and international festivals in Norway, Germany, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia, Denmark…
Radoš is also devoting his energy to ensemble playing, having lately concert tours with Norwegian guitarist Petter Richter, Norwegian soprano Silje Aker Johnsen, Montenegrin guitarist Jelica Mijanović, as well as performances with Chamber Orchestra of RTV Montenegro, Colegium Artisticum Guitar Orchestra, among others.

Radoš has been awarded Special and first prizes on domestic and international guitar competitions 5 times, and once third prize, at The First International Guitar Festival Gitar Art, Belgrade.
He learned the art of playing from the most eminent teachers in the country-Slavko Olujić, Miodrag Ćupić, Srđan Bulatović, Uroš Dojčinović, Vera Ogrizović.
After four-years Bachelor studies at Faculty of Music Arts in Belgrade, Serbia, class of prof. Vera Ogrizović, he finished two-years postgraduate studies at Musikkonservatoriet in Kristiansand, Norway with prof. Jan Erik Pettersen and received Master`s degree two years later at Norges Musikkhøgskole, Oslo, Norway, where he studied with prof. Erik Stenstadvold.
At the same time he also earned Master degree at Faculty of Music Arts in Belgrade, Serbia, class of prof.Vera Ogrizović.

He regularly appears also as a lecturer and a member of jury at international and domestic guitar festivals and competitions. He has recently been entrusted a work on reforming Montenegrin national educational programs for subject Guitar at Montenegrin music schools. Radoš is founder of Guitar Days. Radoš was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia. He resides in Montenegro and teaches in Art School for Music and Ballet Education “Vasa Pavić” in Podgorica.