| Djordje
Stijepovic (10 of June 1977, Belgrade, Serbia) started
to study music when he was 11 years old. He finished classical
upright bass at Conservatory of Music in Belgrade and
finished jazz department for upright bass and arranging.
He also studied with professors like Vojin Draskoci, Miroslav
Gajdos, Klaus Trumpf, Anders Jormin and other jazz and
classical musicians. He’s special interested in
traditional music of Balkan and Middle East. He recorded/played
with numerous rockabilly (Atomic Sunset, Havana Whisper,
Neon Kings…), world music (Balkan Music Club, Marsya,
Shira Utfila, Kal…), jazz (Ivan Svager band, Blue
Bossa…), classical (Youth Philharmonic “Borislav
Pascan”, Macedonian Youth String Orchestra...) and
other groups (Belle Monroe & her Brewglass Boys, Tim
Barsky, Kid Beyond, Sofine2…). He played at numerous
international festivals (Music Festival of Delphi, Belef,
Bemus, Belgrade Jazz Festival, Novi Sad Jazz Festival,
Black Sea Gesher, Sabac Blues and Jazz Festival, Exit,
Esperansa, Grand National Rodeo…). From 2002 he’s
researching history of slap technique on the upright bass.
He lives in San Francisco, California and Belgrade, Serbia
from January 2004. |
