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http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=03-Jul-2015&lang=es&s=10542
03-Jul-2015
by Rob Howard
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 On June 4th the Balkans gained its first PhD for accordion. Belma Šarancic Nahodovic, Assistant Professor of Accordion at Sarajevo Music Academy was awarded her artistic PhD in accordion.The PhD study program is designed by the rules of Bologna III cycle studies, for three years’ duration, and its final examination included two segments: artistic presentation and a written dissertation. For best results in both segments, the PhD was led by two mentors, Professor Geir Draugsvoll, from RDMA Copenhagen, Denmark, as a mentor for the artistic project, and Professor Dr. Senad Kazic, from Sarajevo Music Academy as a mentor for the written dissertation. The final artistic presentation was held in Sarajevo Army Hall, one of the best acoustic halls of the Balkans. On the repertoire was Concerto for Bayan and Orchestra ‘ad Astrum’, by the Lithuanian composer Anatolijus Šederovas. The Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Emir Mejremic, from the Sarajevo Music Academy, accompanied Belma Šarancic Nahodovic in a performance that created a tremendous atmosphere and led to 10 minutes applause. The next day, at the Sarajevo Music Academy, Belma spoke about her dissertation on the theme ‘Alexander technique and the accordion’, which was marked as one of the most significant research projects for accordion and music society in general. The panel for assessing both parts of the PhD dissertation included five members: two mentors Prof. Geir Draugsvoll and Prof. Dr. Kazic Senad; Prof. Radomir Tomic - Accordion Professor from Kragujevac, Serbia; Prof. Danijela Gazdic - Accordion Professor from Eastern Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Prof. Dr. Almira Hadzovic Dzuvo – Dean of Sarajevo Medicine Faculty. |
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