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Instrumentalist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gorana \u0106urgus<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gorana \u0106urgus<\/strong> graduated and obtained her master’s degree in harp at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, in the class of prof. Milica Baric<\/strong>. She has been the harpist of the Opera of the National Theater for 20 years, and for many years she was a member of the Belgrade Philharmonic, the Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra, the RTS Symphony Orchestra and other renowned orchestras in Serbia. She won first and special awards at national and federal competitions, as well as at the international competition Petar Konjovi\u0107<\/strong>. She received the Golden Angel Award for the best young musician in Serbia in 1994. She was a member of the music-conceptual group Secondhanders<\/em>, with which she participated in the projects: Play for Music<\/em> (2009), Gentle, Gentle, The gentlest<\/em> (2011), Six (not so) easy pieces<\/em> (2012), Irritations<\/em> (2013) and Tri(p)bina<\/em> (2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, she closely collaborates with mezzo-soprano Nata\u0161a Jovi\u0107-Trivi\u0107<\/strong>, oboist Marija Lazi\u0107<\/strong>, flutist Vanja \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107<\/strong> and oboist Borislav \u010ci\u010dova\u010dki<\/strong>. In 2015, she premiered Stockhausen’s composition for two harps and voices, Radost<\/em>, with the harpist of the Belgrade Philharmonic, Milana Zari\u0107<\/strong>. With Vanja Djordjevi\u0107<\/strong>, she premiered the Sonata for flute and harp by Ivan Jevti\u0107<\/strong>, in 2017. Together with Borislav \u010ci\u010dova\u010dki<\/strong>, she premiered and recorded the Sonata for oboe and harp by Petar Stojanovi\u0107<\/strong>, organized by the Committee for the Protection of the Serbian Musical Heritage of Serbian Academy of Science and Art. As part of the Committee’s projects, she participated in the performance and recording of music by Josip Slavenski, Aleksandar Obradovi\u0107<\/strong> and Ljudmila Frajt<\/strong>, as well as music by Isidora \u017debeljan<\/strong>. She collaborates with young Serbian composers and regularly performs at the Composers’ Forum of the Association of Composers of Serbia. From 2015, she is a member of the author team of the Music Opera and Theater Organization MOTO, and in recent years she has been successfully writing projects in culture.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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At Rossi Fest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n