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Dino Dragovic is currently holding a position in Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.

He received his first violin lesson at the age of eight, and already by the age of thirteen became fascinated by the rich, dark viola sound and decided to switch to this instrument. As a young student he won prices in several national and international competitions, earning a reputation of the most distinguished viola player of his generation in Serbia. With the age of 19, he began studying at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg . The greatest influence during his studies was studying with Prof. Thomas Riebl. He was also taught by Ulrich Knoerzer of the Berliner Philharmoniker and Milan Radic of the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. To complete his studies, he came to Belgium to study in the class of Prof.Leo De Neve at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp, where he graduated with distinction in 2018.

Already during his studies in Salzburg he showed great interest in chamber music. He played chamber music concerts with various ensembles in Austria, Belgium,Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, France, also China and Taiwan. The greatest influence on his chamber music performance and understanding were teachers such as Rainer Schmidt of the Hagen Quartet, Reinhard Goebel and Wolfgang Redick of the Mozarteum, Bujor Prelipcean of the Voces String Quartet and Stefan Schilli of the Bayerischer Rundfunk / Mozarteum University.

One of the main focuses in his career was the 'orchestra life' and often fanatically perfectioning the audition preparation process.
He played in the Tirolerfestspiele orchestra in Austria
from 2011-2014, having the privilege to play all of the written Wagner operas under the baton of Maestro Gustav Kuhn.
In 2015 he won an audition for a tutti place in the Flanders Symphony Orchestra. In 2017 he won the audition for a tutti place in Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. He has been a permanent member of this orchestra since January 2018.

In the last years, he has dedicated a great effort into teaching - encouraging the natural body posture while playing, exploring the unique and original approach to the musical phrazing as well as his specialty - orchestral excerpts and audition preparation. 

Dino Dragovic plays a beautiful viola named "Sommer", made in 2011 by the luthier Robert Blaszauer.

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