Ante Grgin

Ante Grgin was born in Kaštel Novi, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia, and started his early training at the School of Music in Split. He completed his undergraduate (1969) and graduate (1974) studies at the Belgrade Music Academy, under the tuition of renowned professor Bruno Brun.[http://nimusfest.com/2006/antegrgin.html Nimus06 Ante Grgin’s biography at the website of NIMUS 2006 festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208064415/http://www.nimusfest.com/2006/antegrgin.html |date=2008-02-08 }}, Retrieved on February 4, 2012[http://www.belef.org/02/prog/028.html Ante Grgin’s biography at the website of BELEF 2002 festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722003516/http://www.belef.org/02/prog/028.html |date=2011-07-22 }}, Retrieved on February 4, 2012

Grgin was the second,Miodrag Maksimović, Beogradska filharmonija 1951-1971 (Beograd: Beogradska filharmonija, 1971), p. 122 and, later, principal clarinetist of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra and is a member of the New Music Ensemble. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has played in the country and abroad (France, Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Belarus, China etc.) and took part at various festivals, such as: BEMUS, The Days in Honour of Mokranjac, Marble Sounds and others.Miodrag Maksimović, Beogradska filharmonija 1951-1971 (Beograd: Beogradska filharmonija, 1971), p. 132[http://www.bemus.rs/sr/36bemus/319-ante-grgin.html Concert of the Trio: Ante Grgin, Sandra Belić, Rita Kinka] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403120414/http://www.bemus.rs/sr/36bemus/319-ante-grgin.html |date=2015-04-03 }} at the 36th BEMUS, Retrieved on February 4, 2012[http://www.barikada.com/ng/08_sarajevska_filharmonija.php Ante Grgin's performance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923222233/http://www.barikada.com/ng/08_sarajevska_filharmonija.php |date=2009-09-23 }} with Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra, Retrieved on February 4, 2012[http://www.artf.ni.ac.rs/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=144&Itemid=1 Review of one of Grgin's recitals - by Sonja Cvetković, 2008-03-28, Faculty of Arts at the University of Niš][http://nimusfest.com/2006/antegrgin.html Nimus06 Ante Grgin’s biography at the website of NIMUS 2006 festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208064415/http://www.nimusfest.com/2006/antegrgin.html |date=2008-02-08 }}, Retrieved on February 4, 2012[http://www.belef.org/02/prog/028.html Ante Grgin’s biography at the website of BELEF 2002 festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722003516/http://www.belef.org/02/prog/028.html |date=2011-07-22 }}, Retrieved on February 4, 2012

Grgin has composed a number of pieces for piano, violin, viola, flute, clarinet, saxophone, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, horn. His compositions are characterized by tendency towards free forms, style models of jazzed symphony, evergreen harmonies, Balkan folklore rhythms and highly emphasized melodic as a part of instrument nature to which Grgin has dedicated his performing and creative work. Numerous artists who have performed his compositions includes world-renowned names, such as: Irena Grafenauer and Mate Bekavac.[http://nimusfest.com/2006/antegrgin.html Nimus06 Ante Grgin’s biography at the website of NIMUS 2006 festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208064415/http://www.nimusfest.com/2006/antegrgin.html |date=2008-02-08 }}, Retrieved on February 4, 2012[http://www.belef.org/02/prog/028.html Ante Grgin’s biography at the website of BELEF 2002 festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722003516/http://www.belef.org/02/prog/028.html |date=2011-07-22 }}, Retrieved on February 4, 2012

Grgin is a full professor of clarinet and chair of the Department of Wind Instruments at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, where he taught from 1995 to 2014, and at the Faculty of Arts in Niš.[http://nimusfest.com/2006/antegrgin.html Nimus06 Ante Grgin’s biography at the website of NIMUS 2006 festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208064415/http://www.nimusfest.com/2006/antegrgin.html |date=2008-02-08 }}, Retrieved on February 4, 2012[http://www.belef.org/02/prog/028.html Ante Grgin’s biography at the website of BELEF 2002 festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722003516/http://www.belef.org/02/prog/028.html |date=2011-07-22 }}, Retrieved on February 4, 2012[http://www.fmu.bg.ac.rs/fmu/katedra_za_duvacke_inst.html Faculty of Music in Belgrade, Department of Wind Instruments] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002210629/http://www.fmu.bg.ac.rs/fmu/katedra_za_duvacke_inst.html |date=2011-10-02 }}, Retrieved on February 4, 2012[http://www.artf.ni.ac.rs/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=66 Faculty of Arts in Niš, Department of String and Wind Instruments], Retrieved on February 4, 2012

As a student, Grgin won the Second Prize at the Jeunesses Musicales International Competition in Belgrade (1971) and also had remarkable achievements at various prestigious international open competitions in Geneve, Munich and Prague. Later, during his professional career, he got a number of prominent awards, such as: "Dositej Obradović" Award, The Recognition Medallion of the City of Belgrade, The Letter of Thanks of the Faculty of Music, Golden Medallion of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of this institution, Silver Medallion of the University of Arts, as well as the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia Award for the Best Concert of the Season. Grgin was a jury member at various competitions.Snežana Nikolajević, Muzika kao događaj (Beograd: Clio, 1994), p. 77[http://www.umus.org.rs/html/en.htm List of recipients] of the UMUS Award, Retrieved on February 4, 2012[http://nimusfest.com/2006/antegrgin.html Nimus06 Ante Grgin’s biography at the website of NIMUS 2006 festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208064415/http://www.nimusfest.com/2006/antegrgin.html |date=2008-02-08 }}, Retrieved on February 4, 2012[http://www.belef.org/02/prog/028.html Ante Grgin’s biography at the website of BELEF 2002 festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722003516/http://www.belef.org/02/prog/028.html |date=2011-07-22 }}, Retrieved on February 4, 2012[http://www.music-competition.co.rs/2012/index.html The Jury] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307235710/http://www.music-competition.co.rs/2012/index.html |date=2012-03-07 }} of the XLII International Competition Jeunesses Musicales Belgrade, Retrieved on February 4, 2012

Grgin is a member of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia.[http://www.umus.org.rs/html/files/en/05.htm Members of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia], Retrieved on February 4, 2012

• Blagojevic, Andrija. “Jeunesses Musicales International Competition in Belgrade, Serbia.“ The Clarinet, Vol. 39/4 (September 2012), pp. 78–84.
• Blagojevic, Andrija. "Bruno Brun (1910-1978) - Founder of the Yugoslav clarinet school." The Clarinet, Vol. 41/3 (June 2014), pp. 46–51.
• Blagojević, Andrija. "The Establishment of the Serbian Clarinet School." The Clarinet, Vol. 51/1 (December 2023), pp. 40–45.
• Jugokoncert: 1946-1971, ed. by Milena Milanović. Belgrade: Yugoslav concert agency, 1971.
• Maksimović, M.(1971): Beogradska filharmonija 1951–1971, Beogradska filharmonija, Beograd
• Nikolajević, S. (1994): Muzika kao događaj, Clio, Beograd
• Pedeset godina Fakulteta muzičke umetnosti (Muzičke akademije) 1937–1987 (1988), Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, Beograd
• Yoder, Rachel. “Clarinet Pedagogy Around The World.” The Clarinet 50, no. 4 (September 2023): 57–60.

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• [http://www.reift.ch/fichiers/pdfcomposers/66.pdf Biography in English, French and German] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001030044/http://www.reift.ch/fichiers/pdfcomposers/66.pdf |date=2011-10-01 }}, 2 pp. (PDF file; 289 kB)
• [http://www.bgf.co.rs/ Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra]
• [http://www.fmu.bg.ac.rs/ Faculty of Music in Belgrade]
• [http://www.umus.org.rs/html/en.htm Association of Musical Artists of Serbia]
• [http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?q=Ante+grgin Compositions by Ante Grgin]
• [http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/Kultura/t14055.lt.html Lepo peva klarinet-Četiri decenije umetnosti Ante Grgina], Politika, December 8, 2006

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