Svetlana Bogosavljevic, cello

Svetlana was born in Belgrade, Serbia, into a family of prominent Yugoslavian musicians. She studied at the prestigious Special High School of the Tchaikovsky Conservatorium of Music, Moscow, the Peabody Conservatorium, Baltimore, and the Cologne Hochschule of Music. In her student years she worked with legendary cellists, Daniil Shafran, Boris Pergamenshikov and Antonio Janigro. Even before she could perform, she was on stage at age six turning pages for her mother in performance with cellist André Navarra.In her professional years she has toured Europe, Japan, China, Australia and New Zealand as a soloist and chamber musician including recent performances at the Belgrade International Cello Festival and the KotorArt festival in Montenegro.

As an orchestral musician she held the position of Associate Principal Cello with the Rheinische Philharmonie and has worked with the North German Radio Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony and Singapore Symphony Orchestras.

Svetlana is a founding member of Ensemble Liaison and as part of this trio, performs on the stages of Australia’s most prestigious concert halls including the Melbourne Recital Centre along with regular performances for Musica Viva, ABC Classic FM, and appearances at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Port Fairy and Woodend festivals.

She has collaborated with many wonderful Australian and international artists including Nemanja Radulovic, Kathryn Stott, Dale Baltrop, Ray Chen, Henning Kraggerud, Konstantin Shamray, Yura Lee, Jennifer Stumm, Emma Matthews, Cheryl Barker, Peter Coleman-Wright, Wilma Smith, Paul Grabowsky, David Jones and Tony Gould. Svetlana is a leading cello teacher far and wide and teaches cello and chamber music at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne.