Vuk Dragičević

Vuk Dragičević

Vuk Dragičević was born in 1996, in Novi Sad, Serbia. While he was still studying at Josip Slavenski Music School, with Slobodan Milivojević, he won prizes at national and international competitions, including: First Prize at the Guitar Art Festival in Belgrade in 2013 and 2015, First Prize at the Serbian Republic Competition in 2012 and 2014, and in the chamber music category in 2015, First Prize at the Sarajevo International Guitar Festival. As a competitor, in the open age category, he won the Third Prize at International Jeunesses Musicales Competition, in Belgrade, in 2018, as well as Second and Third Prizes on the Guitar Art Festival in 2017 and 2018. He completed his Bachelor and Masters degree with Srđan Tošić at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade.
As well as performing solo recitals, Vuk Dragičević plays in the ‘Quintessence’ guitar trio. He has also performed in duo with cello covering a range of repertoire and also with a guitarist/singer, focusing only on English Renaissance music. He has performed the Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo with the Radio and Television of Serbia Symphony Orchestra. Vuk Dragičević is expanding his repertoire by transcribing works such as two harpsichord sonatas by Rameau (for two guitars), and encouraging composer friends to write for both the six-string guitar and eight-string guitar; and he also composes.