Vuk kulenovic biography

Vuk Kulenović (21 July 1946 – 10 April 2017) was a Serbian composer and teacher based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Born in Sarajevo, in the former Yugoslavia in 1946, he studied piano and composition at Ljubljana Music Academy in Slovenia and later at.
Vuk Kulenovic was born on July 21, 1946 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Yugoslavia.

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Dear members of the Berklee community,

With much sadness, I write to inform you that the college has lost another member of its community. Vuk Kulenovic, professor in the Composition Department, passed away on Monday, April 10.

Since 2006, Vuk has been a constant presence at Berklee. During his 11 years, he taught several counterpoint and orchestration courses, as well as directed study. Born in Sarajevo, in the former Yugoslavia in 1946, he studied piano and composition at Ljubljana Music Academy in Slovenia and later at Belgrade Music Academy, where he received his Master of Arts in music composition. He also studied with Milko Kelemen in Stuttgart, Germany. During his studies, the popular approach to composition was in 12-tone technique introduced to the world by Arnold Schoenberg. This had little impact on Vuk, since he was writing in a minimalist style before it was given that moniker and popularized by composers Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

Vuk’s influences were wide-ranging, including jazz, Indian ragas, Balkan folk music, rock, and many other contemporary styles. In th

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Vuk Kulenović (1946, Serbia/USA) hailed by the Boston Globe as “one of the most important and interesting composers working in the area – or anywhere – today”, has been living and working in Boston, MA, for the past decade and a half since leaving his native Yugoslavia. His music has been commissioned and widely performed by some of the most prominent orchestras in Europe, including the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, and the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as the philharmonic orchestras of Belgrade, Zagreb and Sarajevo. The works of Mr. Kulenovic have been performed winning critical acclaim in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia, among others. His oeuvre includes seven symphonies, sixteen instrumental concerti, an Oratorio, a ballet, twelve film scores, over 30 pieces for chamber orchestra and numerous chamber and solo pieces. Mr. Kulenovic was chosen to write the opening cantata for the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo, the city in which he was born. He has r

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Vuk Kulenović (1946-2017, Serbia/USA) hailed by the Boston Globe as “one of the most important and interesting composers working in the area – or anywhere – today”, spent the last 20 years of his life living and working in Boston, MA, as Professor of Composition at the Berklee College of Music, upon leaving his native Yugoslavia. His music has been commissioned and widely performed by some of the most prominent orchestras in Europe, including the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, and the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as the philharmonic orchestras of Belgrade, Zagreb and Sarajevo. The works of Mr. Kulenovic have been performed winning critical acclaim in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia, among others. His oeuvre includes seven symphonies, sixteen instrumental concerti, an Oratorio, a ballet, twelve film scores, over 30 pieces for chamber orchestra and numerous chamber and solo pieces. Mr. Kulenovic was chosen to write the opening cantata for the 1984