Download Smiljka Isaković(Belgrade) is often described as “the Queen of the

Smiljka Isaković(Belgrade) is often described as “the Queen of the Harpsichord” and the “First Lady
of the Harpsichord” by foreign music critics. She took her Master degrees in Piano from the Faculty
of Music in Belgrade and Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, and in Harpsichord from Royal
Music Conservatory in Madrid. Her music education continued with harpsichord specialist studies in
Venice, Bilbao, Santiago de Compostela and Granada. SmiljkaIsaković’s performances throughout
Europe, the USA, South and Central America have been highly appraised. In the former Yugoslavia,
she frequently performed at all major festivals. Today she performs throughout Serbia, carrying her
harpsichord with her.
Her professional biography includes several LPs and CDs for the most eminent music labels in the
country and the USA, recordings for Yugoslav Radio Television and numerous foreign broadcasting
networks, harpsichord master classes, music essays and reviews, interviews, articles on music and
travel reports etc. In 2008 she did her PhD thesis on Art Management, which she teaches at the
Faculty of Culture and Media, Megatrend University in Belgrade.
In 2007, Prometej Publishing House from Novi Sad released her book, ZubatiosmehMaksaGrafa
(Max Graf’s Large Smile), which has over 700 music reviews and articles. It has been nominated for
this year’s Award of the City of Belgrade, the IsidoraSekulić Award and the Journalists’ Association
of Serbia Annual Award.
SmiljkaIsaković was included in International Who is Who in Music – an international encyclopaedia
of eminent musicians (edited in Cambridge for twenty years now). American Biographical Institute
(ABI) put her in 5000 Personalities of the World as the “First Lady of the Harpsichord”. She is also
included in Who is Who in Serbia and International Encyclopaedia of Harpsichordists and Organists
(St. Petersburg, Russia).
In 1997 she was awarded the prestigious International Tomas Masaryk Award for connecting nations
through art, which Luciano Pavarotti had received before her. In 2003 she received International
Musician Award 2003 in Cambridge, Great Britain and Golden Badge Award for her unselfish,
dedicated and decades-long work and contribution to culture from the Serbian Community of Culture
and Education two years later.
Andrija Sagićis a percussionist, composer and producer, who specializes in the interpretation of
Medieval music according to authentic manuscripts. The music inspired him to seven years research
leading to many authentic musical interpretations, through the playing of different instruments such
as: recorders, baglama, tombak, davoul (tapan) and darabukka. Special attention is brought to
Medieval motets, Italian Ars Nova and Arabic music.