Лазар Милетиќ

Lazar Miletić was born in Kragujevac, Serbia in 1990. He is widely recognized as one of the most exciting young viola talents, having won over 30 awards during his career. He gave his first concert at the age of 10 and debuted as a viola soloist with Dušan Skovran String Orchestra.He completed his primary and secondary music education in Kragujevac under the guidance of violin professor Dragan Jovanović and viola professor Suzana Vlatković. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Music Arts in Belgrade in the class of Professor Panta Veličković, where he was the highest-ranked student in the strings department. He completed his master's studies in Oslo with one of the most distinguished virtuosos of the viola, Professor Lars Anders Tomter.In 2015, he was a finalist at the international competition in Padua, where he won third place in chamber music. In 2016, he won the international competition in Sicily and was awarded a special prize for interpretation by the leader of the viola section of the Berlin Philharmonic. Since 2015, he has been based in Scandinavia, where he has worked as artistic director and leader of ensembles. He has performed and collaborated with renowned orchestras in Berlin, Milan, Växjö, Tromsø, and Narvik. He is the founder and artistic director of the "MiN International Competition" in Norway and "Art of Strings" in Kragujevac.