Vladimir Koh

Vladimir Koh was born in Belgrade in 1964 into a family of musicians. He completed the violin and music theory departments at the "Josip Slavenski" Music School in Belgrade. He graduated in 1984 from the Faculty of Music Arts in Belgrade, in the class of J. Petrović-Lasko, and continued his advanced studies at the Geneva Conservatory, in the class of Prof. R. Zimansky, concertmaster of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. He earned his master's degree at the Music Academy in East Sarajevo, in the class of Prof. I. Jašvili.

He holds a prominent place in the musical life of the region. He began his career as concertmaster of the "Borislav Pašćan" Youth Philharmonic and the Symphony Orchestra of the Faculty of Music Arts in Belgrade. He has performed as permanent or guest concertmaster, assistant concertmaster, or first violinist with all the major orchestras in Serbia (the RTS Symphony Orchestra, the "Stanislav Binički" Art Ensemble, the Orchestra of the National Theatre in Belgrade, the Madlenianum Chamber Opera Orchestra, the Camerata Serbica Symphony Orchestra), as well as abroad (the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, the Pro Classica Chamber Orchestra in Spain, the Goffredo Petrassi Chamber Orchestra in Rome).

He has performed many important concertante works for violin (Bach, Mozart, Wieniawski, Sibelius) as a soloist with various orchestras at home and abroad. As a soloist, concertmaster, and orchestral musician he has collaborated with conductors such as P. Steinberg, O. Gaudiomonte, Mladen Jagušt, D. Savić, Borislav Pašćan, Đura Jakšić, Vančo Čavdarski, Aleksandar Spasić, Vladimir Kranjčević, Bojan Suđić, Anton Kolar, and others.

As a member of Trio Baroko, a jazz string trio, and a jazz piano quintet, he has performed throughout Serbia, Montenegro, Italy, Spain, and Greece.

Vladimir Koh is an associate professor in the String Department of the Faculty of Music Arts in Zvečan, University of Arts in Kosovska Mitrovica.