Milan Milisavljević

Milan has appeared as soloist throughout the world, with orchestras such as the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Belgrade Philharmonic, Aspen Sinfonia, Classical Tahoe, Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río and many others. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with members of the Guarneri and Mendelssohn String Quartets, as well as Joseph Kalichstein, Sergiu Luca, Cho-Liang Lin and many others. He has been heard worldwide on countless recordings and broadcasts of the Met. In addition, he is a former member of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and has served as guest Principal Viola of many orchestras, such as the Toronto Symphony.

Deeply interested in education, Milan has recently joined the distinguished viola faculty at Mannes School of Music in New York. He has coached violists in masterclasses at universities and conservatories worldwide, as well as at Verbier Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, at Indiana University as a visiting lecturer, and as a volunteer at Ecole de musique St-Trinite in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In addition to his activities as a violist, he is increasingly in demand as a conductor.

Milan was born in Serbia. Having immigrated to Canada, he studied violin with Vladimir Landsman and viola with Jutta Puchhammer in Montreal. His major viola teachers also include Atar Arad, James Dunham, Nobuko Imai and Samuel Rhodes. Milan plays a viola made by Joseph Curtin of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Milan is also active as a conductor and founder of Music for the People, a New York-based ensemble dedicated to a new perspective and concert experience of classical music. In addition to his musical interests, he is also an avid runner, an occasional triathlete and a huge fan of modern architecture and design, especially the Mid Century Modern style.