Jelena - Accordion tutor - Victoria
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Jelena - Accordion tutor - Victoria

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Jelena

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Jelena - Accordion tutor - Victoria
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  • Accordion
  • Chromatic accordion

World accordion champion and University professor, Jelena Milojevic now accepting new students. Styles: Classical, Popular, Tango, Variety, Folk, Jazz, World music. 34 years of experience

  • Accordion
  • Chromatic accordion

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Jelena is a respected tutor in our community. They are highly recommended for their commitment and the quality of their lessons. An excellent choice to progress with confidence.

About Jelena

Jelena Milojevic is an internationally renowned classical accordionist and a professor at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada. She has played numerous concerts in Europe, North America and Asia as a soloist, chamber musician and a soloist with various orchestras. She is the winner of the most prestigious international accordion competitions, including 2003 World Trophy CMA Trophee Mondial. Her debut concert in New York City at the Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, in 2009, was the first accordion recital after 30 years, in that prestigious venue. Her performances have been acclaimed as "an explosion of cosmic sensuality" and she has been praised for he "brilliant virtuosity".

Full biography:
Jelena Milojević is one of the foremost accordion performers of today. She studied both in Croatia and Serbia and ultimately received her Master’s Degree in Accordion Performance and Education, in one of the most recognized accordion centres in the world, Music Academy (FILUM) in Kragujevac, Serbia, where she is now completing her Doctoral Degree in accordion performance.

Being a versatile musician with an extensive performing history, she has played numerous concerts in Europe, North America and Asia as a soloist, chamber musician and a soloist with various orchestras. She performed in some of the most prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and Berlin Philharmonie.

She is the winner of some of the most prestigious international accordion competitions, such as the CMA World Trophy, International Accordion Competition in Castelfidardo, Italy, International Accordion competition in Pula, Croatia, Roland V-Accordion Competition etc. Her performances have been acclaimed as “an explosion of cosmic sensuality” and she has been praised for her “brilliant virtuosity.”

Jelena Milojević has a successful collaboration with internationally recognized composers, such as Ana Sokolovic, Chris Jarrett, Douglas Schmidt, Farangis Nurulla-Khoja etc, and performs and records new music with Vancouver Symphony, Berlin Symphony, Aventa Ensemble, Turning Point Ensemble, Emily Carr String Quartet, UVic Chorus and Orchestra etc.

She released three CD's and is being frequently featured at the TV and radio stations in Europe and North America. She has worked with acclaimed conductors, such as Bramwell Tovey, Bill Linwood, Leslie Dala, Giorgio Magnanensi, Clyde Mitchel, Yu Xuefeng, Symeon Ioannidis, Owen Underhill, Adam Jonathan Con, Ajtony Csaba.

As an educator, Jelena has been contributing greatly to the accordion development in Canada by organizing International Accordion Festival, hosting major accordion events; Coupe Mondiale de l'Accordeon (2013) and World Accordion Trophy (2018), inviting numerous international accordion artists to Victoria and by pioneering the acceptance of the accordion at the Vancouver Community College, Camosun College and University of Victoria.

With more than 25 years of teaching experience, her students have won numerous prizes at various international competitions, have played with symphony orchestras and developed successful performing careers.

She was the Artistic Director of the World Accordion and Tango Festival in Victoria and she is a frequent adjudicator at the biggest international accordion competitions.

Recordings:
The Art of Accordion – Original music for solo accordion
Shine – Transcriptions for solo accordion
Accordion Noir – Contemporary music for accordion and other instruments (cello, clarinet, violin, percussion)

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Jelena is a very passionate accordion teacher. Her students have won numerous international accordion competitions, played as soloists with symphony orchestras and developed successful performing careers.

She received a prize for the best accordion teacher at 2019 CIA Coupe Mondiale in China.

Jelena developed a unique teaching method which makes her students progress much faster than regularly, while at the same time having fun.
If you're a beginner, Jelena will start you with a good posture and habits that will give you a head start.
If you're an advanced player, she'll teach you tricks that will instantly transform your playing, making you sound like a virtuoso.

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  • 5h: S$349
  • 10h: S$697

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