Aleksandar Simić (composer)

Aleksandar Simić, composer

Aleksandar Simić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Симић, pronounced [alɛ̌ksaːndar sǐːmitɕ]; born January 22, 1973 in Belgrade, Serbia) is a Serbian composer.

He is the composer of Portrait of Marshal Zhukov, commemorating 50 years of victory over fascism, and he composed the anthem for Belgrade's 2009 University Games.[1][2] A program of music commissioned from Simić by the United Nations in Serbia was performed at a 2011 concert in Belgrade to commemorate the UN's 66th anniversary.[3][4] The Vatican commissioned a mass from Simić that commemorated the 950 years of the East-West Schism,[5] and he composed a tango accompaniment for a contestant in the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles.[2]

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