Svetozar Saša Kovačević

Svetozar Saša Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Саша Ковачевић; 3 January 1950 – 18 September 2022) was a Serbian composer, music pedagogue and church organist. He was one of Serbia’s best-known contemporary composers. Biography Svetozar Saša Kovačević was born in Zabalj and studied music at the Isidor Bajić Music School in Novi Sad. He studied composition with Victor Safranek, Nikola Petina, Rudolf Bruchi and Vasilij Mokranjac. During his studies, he began performing as a pianist, deciding at the same time to practise organ music as a soloist or a member of ensembles performing works of spiritual music in the territory of ex-Yugoslavia. He attended seminars for organ building and trimming in Grožnjan (Croatia) in 1973 with prof. Patrick Colon (Belgium) and at the Chamber Music Seminar in Amsterdam and Utrecht at the invitation of the Dutch Government in 1974. Kovačević taught accordion at the Davorin Jenko music school in Belgrade. After retiring from all professions he retired as a full professor at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Department of Musical Arts, Departments of Composition and Musicology for the subject: Playing and reading orchestral scores. Since 2005 was liste