Wednesday, July 1
Princess Ljubica’s Residence, 6:00 PM
FMU at BELEF
Veronika Mona Bogić, violin
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne from Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin in D Minor, BWV 1004
Johannes Brahms – Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano in D Minor, Op. 108
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Un poco presto e con sentimento
- Presto agitato
Niccolò Paganini – Caprice No. 24, Op. 1
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane, M. 76
Veronika Mona Bogić was born in Belgrade in 2004. She completed her primary and secondary music education at the “Kosta Manojlović” Music School in the class of Prof. Ana Ilijoska Bogić. She graduated from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, where she completed both her undergraduate and master's studies under the guidance of Prof. Maja Jokanović and Prof. Marko Josifoski. She is currently pursuing doctoral studies in violin performance.
She is the recipient of numerous first prizes at international competitions, including the Arthur Grumiaux Competition (Namur, Belgium, 2015), where she was named Laureate; the Ohrid Pearl Competition (North Macedonia, 2016), where she became Laureate and Absolute Winner of all categories; and the Antonio Salieri Competition (Legnago, Italy, 2019), where she was also awarded Laureate status. Her distinctions further include the Giuseppe Magnani Prize for Virtuosity, two special prizes for outstanding and highly expressive performances at the Rodolfo Lipizer Competition (Gorizia, Italy, 2023), the Vizantija Association Award for exceptional achievements in the arts, and the Dositej Award for outstanding competition results.
At the age of eleven, she embarked on her first concert tour, performing in Belgrade, Čačak, Valjevo, Mostar, Split, Makarska, Trieste, Koper, Piran, Izola, Sežana, and Nova Gorica. Since then, she has appeared in France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Ukraine, Slovenia, the United Arab Emirates, Croatia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.
As a soloist, she has performed with the Dušan Skovran Orchestra, the RTS Symphony Orchestra, the chamber orchestra of the Conques La Lumière du Roman Festival in France, the Janáček Chamber Orchestra of the Czech Republic, the orchestras of Art Link and Master Art Academy, the Zrenjanin Chamber Orchestra, and the Faculty of Music Symphony Orchestra in Belgrade.
Since 2021, she has been a scholarship holder of the Dobar Glas Foundation. Through the foundation she participated in masterclasses with Nemanja Radulović, Stefani Fontanarosa, and Ksenija Milošević, performing as a soloist with the Zrenjanin Chamber Orchestra in Ečka. In 2022, she appeared with Nemanja Radulović’s ensemble Double Sens, as well as with the Zagreb Chamber Orchestra at the Maxima Musica Festival in Zagreb.
In October 2022, she performed as a soloist at the Ljubljana Festival in Slovenia. Her performances have been broadcast by TV Galaksija, N1, RTS, TV Koper, TV Kotor, HRT, and Radio Slovenia.
She has further refined her artistry through masterclasses with distinguished musicians including Zoran Milenković, Stefan Milenković, Marko Josifoski, Nemanja Radulović, Renaud Capuçon, Kirill Troussov, Oleg Kaskiv, Dora Schwarzberg, Timur Melnik, Tatiana Balashova, Igor Kachuk, Adrian Pincaru, Micho Dimitrov, Dragan Sredojević, Peter Hanke, and Esther Hafner.
Since 2024, she has been leading music workshops for school-age children throughout Serbia through the association Makedonijum, under the patronage of the Macedonian National Council.
Katarina Hadži-Antić Tatić was born in Belgrade, where she received her entire musical education. She graduated from the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade, Piano Department, in the class of Professor Jasmina Gavrilović.
Her professional and artistic career has been devoted primarily to chamber music performance in various ensembles and to collaborative piano with both instrumentalists and vocalists. In addition, she has gained extensive pedagogical experience as a piano and chamber music teacher.
Throughout her career, she has collaborated with numerous Serbian and international artists. As a chamber musician, she has performed extensively in Serbia and abroad.
She has appeared at festivals including ARLEMM, OKTOH, BUNT, the Vrnjci Classical Music Festival, the Tisin Cvet Chamber Music Festival, as well as within numerous concert series.
Since 2006, she has maintained a continuous artistic partnership with violinist Jelena Rokvić.
She has served as an official piano accompanist (collaborative pianist) at masterclasses led by Marko Josifoski, Ljubomir Mihailović, Aleksandar Pavlović, Dejan Mihajlović, Milica Mladenović, Dragutin Mladenović, Milutin Mladenović, Marina Nenadović, Goran Kostić, Dejan Mlađenović, Aneta Ilić, Lazar Nikolić, Ksenija Janković, Stefan Milenkovich, Emilio Percan, Leonid Peisakhov, David Takeno, and many other distinguished artists.
She has also participated as a collaborative pianist in numerous national and international competitions.
She has made permanent recordings for radio and television.
Since 2000, she has been employed at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade as an Artistic Associate at the Department of String Instruments.
In 2019, she was awarded the academic title of Senior Artistic Associate.
Her exceptional dedication to working with students and young musicians, combined with many years of experience and numerous performances, has contributed to a remarkable number of awards and distinctions earned by her students.
Today, many of her former students hold prominent professional and artistic positions in Serbia and abroad.
