We are upgrading the cooperation started with professor Aleksandar Tasic and from this February 2023 he is officially an artist of SCV Ligatures.
Aleksandar Tasić, one of the most prominent clarinetists of his generation graduated and postgraduated clarinet at The Academy of Arts in Novi
Sad, Serbia.
He mastered his skills at the master classes directed by famous clarinetists such as Ricardo Morales, Michel Arrignon and Jim Ognibene (bass clarinetist-Metropolitan Opera of New York).
He won first prizes in the competition of Yugoslav pupils and students of
music, but also I prize in the competition of Jeuness Musicale ’Laureats
of Orpheus’ in 1998.
The University in Novi Sad, Serbia awarded him ‘Exceptional Award’ for
his artistic activities.
He performed as a soloist with Novosibirsk Philharmonic orchestra,
Symphony orchestra of the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Art ensemble
Stanislav Binički, with Belgrade string orchestra Dušan Skovran, Novi
Sad Chamber orchestra, Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra, Isidora Žebeljan Orchestra, string orchestra Camerata Panonnica, Montenegro Symphony Orchestra and had concerts in his home country and around Europe.
He performed at some of the most important festivals in Serbia and
abroad, such as NOMUS, BEMUS, NIMUS, International Tribune of
Composers, Les Classiques de Villars (Switzerland), Verbier Festival &
Academy (Switzerland), Y4Y – Bangkok (Thailand), Schloss Elmau (Germany), Kotor-Art (Montenegro), Ljubljana Festival (Slovenia), Granada Music Festival (Spain), Mostar Spring Festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Siena Summer Session for Music (Italy), Bregenzer Festspiele (Austria), A-Tempo (Montenegro) Ohrid Summer Festival ( Macedonia)…etc.
In the period between 2000 and 2006, Aleksandar Tasić performed as a
clarinetist with Verbier Festival Orchestra (Switzerland) in numerous famous concert halls with world known conductors such as James Levine,
Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, Wolfgang Sawalisch, Valery Gergiev, Claudio Vandelli and many others.
From 2006 onwards, he is a solo clarinetist of Verbier Festival Chamber
Orchestra, lead by maestro Gabor Takacs-Nagy.
He has been a coach for clarinet and woodwinds of Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra since was launched in 2013 and this orchestra evolved into one of the most intensive artist training programmes available to young musician today.
He made recordings for TV and radio stations both in the country and
abroad (RTS, BBC, ART TV, RAI, Netherlands Radio 4, Mezzo and
Medici TV).
He serves as a Regular professor for clarinet at the Academy of
Arts, University of Novi Sad, and Regular professor for clarinet at
FILUM, University of Kragujevac, both in Serbia.
Aleksandar Tasić is the artist of a famous clarinet brands Gonzalez reeds, SCV ligatures from Sax Clinic and currently plays the model SONUS DIVINUS and Royal Global playing on their top model Firebird clarinets.