Facts:
- By the age of 30 Petar had 36 years of formal education! That includes two majors in high school (regular and special music high school), double degree in college (Music and Art History), Masters from Ithaca College and Doctorate from Eastman School of Music University of Rochester.
- Those who helped him most (and lived through to tell) include: “mama” Nada Kondic, beloved guitar pedagogue from Serbia; Vera Ogrizovic, soul and mind of Belgrade Music Academy; Edward Flower, a real poet of guitar from Ithaca College and Nicholas Goluses of Eastman School of Music, volcano of positive energy and support.
- Petar is a prize winner in Orpheus Competition, and National Music Competitions in Yugoslavia (1988). He was a semi-finalist in Naumburg Competition (1996).
- As a clinician he presented for American String Teachers Association, Guitar Foundation of America, College Music Society and New York State School Music Association Conference.
- He presented concerts, master-classes and adjudicated competitions at following festivals: Guitar Foundation of America Festival and Competition, Ithaca Winter Guitar Fest, Eastman Guitar Fest, Rantucci International Guitar Festival and Competition, Alexandria Guitar Festival, Guitarart Festival (Belgrade, Serbia) and Summer Guitarart Festival (Herceg-Novi, Montenegro).
- Petar’s teaching posts include: Ithaca College, Hochstein Music School, St. John Fisher College, Finger Lakes Community College, Nazareth College, Eastman Community Music School and Eastman School of Music. |
