Aleksandar Simić, composer |
Aleksandar Simić (Cyrillic: Александар Симич; born January 22, 1973 in Belgrade, Serbia) is a Serbian composer.
According to a Serbian website, he is known in Russia as "the composer of Portrait of Marshal Zhukov, commemorating 50 years of victory over fascism",[1] and he composed the anthem for Belgrade's 2009 University Games.[2] A program of music commissioned from Simić by the United Nations in Serbia was performed at a 2011 concert in Belgrade to commemorate the UN's 66th anniversary.[3][4] The Vatican commissioned a mass from Simić that commemorated the 950 years of the East-West Schism,[5] and he composed a tango accompaniment for a contestant in the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles.[2]
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