BOBIĆ DAVOR Croatia

Composer, pedagogue, organizer and long-time director of the Varaždin Baroque Evenings, Davor Bobić is undoubtedly one of the most influential musicians of contemporary Croatian musical life.
Born in Varaždin, where he finished primary and secondary school, he graduated accordion, composition and musical theory at the P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Kiev. Immediately after finishing his studies, Davor Bobić started his teaching career at the Varaždin School of Music. Afterwards, he continues his rich teaching career at the Academy of Arts in Osijek, where he has been an Assistant Professor since 2003, Associate Professor since 2008, Full Professor since 2014, and Full Professor with tenure since November 2022.
From 2005 to 2009 he was the Head of Department for Music Art, and was also the Head of Music Pedagogy Department. In 2009, he was appointed to the position of Vice Dean for Science and Art at the Academy of Arts in Osijek and he held this position till 2019 when he was appointedAdviser to the Dean.
With a series of organizational improvements, under his leadership or with his participation in the Academy of Arts and Culture, University of J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek, he increased the number of study programs (piano, composition, music theory, guitar,music therapy) and introduced a completely new one (tambourine study), while at the Varaždin School of Music, he will be remembered for starting first composition class for elementary and secondary school in the mid-90ies.
During the time when he was the director of the Concert Office – from 1999 to 2007 – Varaždin had, like rarely in its history, a continuous musical season, and by coming to the head of the The Varaždin Baroque Evenings, in 2006, he changed the concept of the festival by reinventing it in accordance with contemporary considerations of early music. He was one of the initiators and the artistic director of the Osijek Concert Cycle in the period from 2012 to 2021.
The compositional opus Davor Bobić is one of the most comprehensive, diverse most performed ones in contemporary Croatian music. His opus includes instrumental, vocal, vocal-instrumental, and musical theatre works. Some of his most comprehensive vocal-instrumental worksare: oratorios King Tomislav, Izaiah, Cantatas; Jericho and Amida, and the Vukovar Requiem.Veronika Desinićka is a significant musical stage ballet accompanied by singing. He is also the author of film music, and music for several theater plays.His opus composed for accordion is considereda landmark contribution in the enrichment of Croatian and European literature for that instrument.
He is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, among which thefollowing should be mentioned: Boris Papandopulo, Stjepan Šulek, Ivo Vuljević, Marul, City of Osijek and Varaždin awards, Croatian Wattle Order medal, medal of the Order of Danica hrvatska, Porin Award, Emil Cossetto Plaque, Friend of Spain Diploma, Award of the Varaždin County, Plaque of the Croatian Composers Society, Award of the Dean of the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek. Confirmation of recognition and acceptance of his creative work is evidenced by the composer’s resident status in 2023 at the following institutions: University of Wisconsin – RiverFalls, USA, Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, and Croatian National Theatre in Osijek.