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ano professors they worked with.34 As the table shows, only two out of these
nine were Belgrade natives – Vlastimir Škarka, a descendant of a Czech
family of musicians resident in Belgrade since the turn of the twentieth
century, and Luna Koen (married Puđa), an offspring of a Jewish family
from Belgrade. The remaining students were born in Arhangelsk, Botoșani,
Paris, Budapest, Pančevo, Osijek and Dubrovnik – and it is likely that they
had begun their piano education in those cities, before moving to Belgrade
to study at the Academy.
Table 2 contains the list of students at the piano department who en-
rolled between 1937 and 1945 and managed to graduate – a total of 33 pia-
nists. The table was compiled using the records from all festive publications
released on occassions of the important anniversaries of the Academy;
since there are some inaccuracies and inconsistencies in those publications,
I have attempted to rectify them. The table also shows when these students
graduated and whether they embarked on a teaching career; as we can see,
a majority of them indeed found their calling as piano teachers or accom-
panists. Due to the fact that female graduates married and changed their
surnames, sometimes it was not possible to locate where they continued to
work after graduation. The number of pianists who graduated at the de-
partment remained within single-digit numbers until the late 1950s – only
in the academic year 1958/59 it increased to 14 graduates.
Table 2: List of piano graduates enrolled before 1945
Surname and name Enrolled Graduated Later teaching career
Stojanović (Marjanović)
Milica 1937/38. 1940/41. Piano Professor at the Academy
(Bogdanov Vera 1937/38. ? 1940/41. ? Probably a student at the music pedagogy
department, not piano)
Škarka Vlastimir 1937/38. 1941/42. Piano Professor at the Academy
Dušanić (Popov) Olga 1937/38. 1941/42. Piano Professor at the Academy
Radivojević Milica 1937/38. 1941/42.
Vejnštajn Olga 1937/38. 1942/43. Active as a composer
Koen (Puđa) Luna 1937/38. 1952/53. Piano Professor at the Academy
Veljkov (Medaković) Vera 1938/39. 1941/42. Piano Professor at the Academy
Aćimović Katarina 1939/40. 1945/46. Worked as a musicologist
Pavlović Mirka 1939/40. 1945/46. Pianist
Dojčinović Branka 1939/40. 1945/46. Piano prof. in Sombor
Ristović Mirjana 1940/41. 1944/45.
Smodlaka Jelica 1940/41. 1945/46.
34 According to: Manojlović, Muzička akademija u Beogradu, 77.
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ano professors they worked with.34 As the table shows, only two out of these
nine were Belgrade natives – Vlastimir Škarka, a descendant of a Czech
family of musicians resident in Belgrade since the turn of the twentieth
century, and Luna Koen (married Puđa), an offspring of a Jewish family
from Belgrade. The remaining students were born in Arhangelsk, Botoșani,
Paris, Budapest, Pančevo, Osijek and Dubrovnik – and it is likely that they
had begun their piano education in those cities, before moving to Belgrade
to study at the Academy.
Table 2 contains the list of students at the piano department who en-
rolled between 1937 and 1945 and managed to graduate – a total of 33 pia-
nists. The table was compiled using the records from all festive publications
released on occassions of the important anniversaries of the Academy;
since there are some inaccuracies and inconsistencies in those publications,
I have attempted to rectify them. The table also shows when these students
graduated and whether they embarked on a teaching career; as we can see,
a majority of them indeed found their calling as piano teachers or accom-
panists. Due to the fact that female graduates married and changed their
surnames, sometimes it was not possible to locate where they continued to
work after graduation. The number of pianists who graduated at the de-
partment remained within single-digit numbers until the late 1950s – only
in the academic year 1958/59 it increased to 14 graduates.
Table 2: List of piano graduates enrolled before 1945
Surname and name Enrolled Graduated Later teaching career
Stojanović (Marjanović)
Milica 1937/38. 1940/41. Piano Professor at the Academy
(Bogdanov Vera 1937/38. ? 1940/41. ? Probably a student at the music pedagogy
department, not piano)
Škarka Vlastimir 1937/38. 1941/42. Piano Professor at the Academy
Dušanić (Popov) Olga 1937/38. 1941/42. Piano Professor at the Academy
Radivojević Milica 1937/38. 1941/42.
Vejnštajn Olga 1937/38. 1942/43. Active as a composer
Koen (Puđa) Luna 1937/38. 1952/53. Piano Professor at the Academy
Veljkov (Medaković) Vera 1938/39. 1941/42. Piano Professor at the Academy
Aćimović Katarina 1939/40. 1945/46. Worked as a musicologist
Pavlović Mirka 1939/40. 1945/46. Pianist
Dojčinović Branka 1939/40. 1945/46. Piano prof. in Sombor
Ristović Mirjana 1940/41. 1944/45.
Smodlaka Jelica 1940/41. 1945/46.
34 According to: Manojlović, Muzička akademija u Beogradu, 77.
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