Faculty of Music University of Arts in Belgrade

Faculty of Music University of Arts in Belgrade

Katarina Popović received a master’s degree after graduating from the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade, in the violin class of Prof. Marija Špengler. After postgraduate studies in chamber music at the same school, she enrolled artistic doctorate studies in the chamber music class of Prof. Goran Marinković. During doctoral studies she was engaged as a teaching fellow on the chamber music department under supervision of Prof. Ladislav Mezei. She attended various master classes with artists and pedagogues such as David Takeno, Gordan Nikolić, Stefan Milenković, Rafael Oleg, Orest Shourgot, Mira Glodeanu, Ilia Korol, David Drabek, Elisabeth Blumenstock, Jeremy Joseph, Frederick Haas, Ruben Dubrovsky, Daniele Caminiti and Martina Warecka.
Katarina performs actively with three ensembles that realized a number of concerts in Serbia and abroad. She is a member of Belgrade Baroque ensemble devoted to historically-informed performance practice of 17th and 18th century music, playing period instruments, and as such, is one of the first ensembles of its kind in Serbia. With ensemble Musikkens retning: nord<->sør she performs thematic concerts in Norway and Serbia that are designed to enrich cultural connections between two countries. In 2014, with Mihailo Samoran and Vanja Šćepanović, she founded Aratos Trio, an ensemble devoted to performance of lesser-known contemporary pieces written for clarinet, violin and piano.
Katarina made concert appearances on festivals such as Belgrade music festival (BEMUS), Belgrade Summer festival (BELEF), Belgrade international review of composers, Belgrade organ festival, Belgrade harpsichord festival, Belgrade early music festival, Baroque music days Novi Sad, Salzkammergut Festwochen (Austria), Timisoara Early Music Festival (Romania), Carniarmonie (Italy), Nei suoni dei luochi (Italy).
For eight years Katarina Popović was employed as a violin teacher in the School for musically gifted children in Ćuprija,Serbia with noticed pedagogical results. Her students won a number of prizes on music competitions in Serbia.