Snezana Acimovic

Snežana Aćimović

Snežana Aćimović, a Serbian violinist, began her musical career at a very young age at the ‘Aleksa Šantić’ Secondary School in Sečanj (Serbia), where she graduated with distinction and the ‘Vuk Karadžić’ award. She continued her studies at the “Josif Marinković” music school in Zrenjanin (Serbia) in the class of Prof. Ervin Benak, obtaining the same award. From 2011 to 2015, she studied violin at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad (Serbia) under the guidance of Prof. Evgenija Kravcev and was awarded the title ‘Bachelor With Honours of Musical Arts’. She graduated in Biennial Specialisation at the Conservatory “Giuseppe Tartini” in Trieste under the guidance of Maestro Massimo Belli, and simultaneously finished the Biennial Violin Course at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, in the class of Miroslav Pavlović. She is currently attending the Biennium Specialistic Course in Viola and Biennium Specialistic Course in Chamber Music, in the classes of Maestro Andrea Amendola and Maestro Luca Paccagnella.

Over the years, she has won numerous competitions: in 2003 she won the “special prize” at the “1st String Festival” in Sremska Mitrovica (Serbia); in 2006 she won the first prize at the “Republic Competition” for music and ballet pupils from schools in Belgrade (Serbia), the first prize at the “Fiftieth Festival of Music and Ballet” in Zaječar (Serbia) and the “Nagrada mladim talentima” (Prize for Young Talents) awarded by the municipality of Zrenjanina (Serbia); in 2009, she won the “Club 27 Award” in Belgrade in the category of the best young artists of the year; in 2010, she came second in the “Republic Competition” in Belgrade and won second prize in the “8th International String Festival” in Sremska Mitrovica (Serbia).
Winner of the ‘Roberto di Cecco’ competition with Ars nova string quartet.

Since 2016 she has been teaching violin at the IMS/AGM school in Trieste. She is on the jury for various competitions for young musicians.

She has participated in numerous Masterclasses with international teachers including Igor Coretti, Irina Jašvili, Carla Leurs, Ellen Rose, Mateja Marinkovic, Tomaso Luison, Carlo Fabiano, Giampaolo Pretto, Sigmund Thorp, Emanuele Baldini.

She has collaborated with various orchestras: Teatro ‘G.Verdi’ of Trieste, Regional Orchestra of Fvg, Deutsche Philharmonie of Bon, Royal Concergebow Orchestra Nederlands, LIO Branimir Slokar Academy, Slovenia.
She is currently a member of the chamber orchestra ‘F. Busoni’ of Trieste, Orchestra Sinfonica d’Este Ferrara and Nuova Orchestra della Puglia – Taranto.