MILOSEVIC MUSEUM
As both composer and scholar, Vlado Milosevic was a central figure in the music of Bosnia and Herzegovina during much of the 20th century. He was born in 1901 in the city of Banja Luka, now the capital of the Republika Srpska within Bosnia and Herzegovina, and he spent most of his working life there, at the school of music and the museum of Bosnian folk studies. He was active too as a choral conductor. His compositions, which number over 500 and include the first Bosnian opera, strongly reflect in their style his work as a student of local folk music traditions.
MILOSEVIC MUSEUM Photo Gallery
Milosevic died in Banja Luka in 1991 and is remembered locally with affection and some reverence. The house in which he lived (the house of his birth no longer stands), owned municipally and now occupied by the local Academy of Sciences, bears a plaque; a festive concert (‘Days of Vlado Milosevic’) takes place each year on his birthday, and on his centenary in 2001 a group of professors at the Academy of Arts wrote a series of works in homage to him.
He was founder of the local music school, but it is at the newer Academy of Arts, which is part of the university, that he is now commemorated, in a room dedicated to his memory. There are many photos – of the man himself, of folk musicians and their instruments – as well as his academic diplomas and his membership of the Academy. Among the more personal items are his desk and chair, his wedding chest, his bookcase and a part of his library.
