Biography

Pianist Nada Matijević is a permanent member of the Opera of the National Theatre in Belgrade. Over her career she has worked with leading opera houses, orchestras and cultural institutions in Serbia, including RTS, the Belgrade Philharmonic and the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, taking part in the classical opera repertoire, concerts, festivals and projects in Serbia and abroad. She works regularly with the Rossi Festival and maestro Stefan Zekić. In May 2025 she collaborated with the Montenegrin National Theatre in Podgorica on a concert performance of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, directed by Stefano Ferrara.

In her artistic work she brings together a wealth of experience with singers, conductors and directors, devoted to developing expressiveness and musical dramaturgy in the interpretation of the operatic repertoire.

She also took part in the recording of the Korean-Serbian film The Tenor – Lirico Spinto, premiered at FEST in 2015.

Alongside her work in music, she is active as a visual artist. She is a member of ULUPUDS and has held six solo exhibitions in prestigious galleries in Serbia, as well as a guest exhibition in Zagreb. Art historians Dušan Milovanović and Dejan Đorić have written about her work, placing her among the most interesting contemporary artists.

She graduated in piano from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade with Professor Ninoslav Živković, and continued her training with many Serbian and international piano teachers, including Professor Jelena Rihter of the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory.