Andrija Mamutović (1990) gained his first music education in the class of prof. Borivoje Mladenović. During his studies, he won numerous awards at national and international competitions, the most important of which are: I prize at the International competition of young pianists in Niš (in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010), I prize at the National competition of music and ballet schools of Serbia in Belgrade (in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009), I prize in the competition of young pianists in Šabac (in 2002, 2003, 2004), II prize at the International competition of young pianists in Kragujevac, in 2005. He was awarded the prize “Constantinus”, which is awarded to the best Serbian young artist up to eighteen years of age. He finished his undergraduate and master academic studies at the Faculty of Arts in Niš, in the class of prof. Aleksandar Serdar. During his studies, he participated in the Competition of young pianists in Niš (I prize), competition “Chopin in memoriam” in Varna (IV prize), competition “Ohrid Pearls” (I prize), International competition of young pianists ,,Davorin Jenko” in 2014 (I prize), Competition of young pianists in Šabac, in 2014 (I prize). Thanks to the award of Ohrid, he has received membership in the organization EMCY that promotes young artists that were award winners in international competitions. He has attended master classes with professors Boris Kraljević, Miloš Mihajlović and Yuri Kot. He has performed in several cities in Serbia (three distinguished concerts were held in the gallery of SANU), Macedonia (Štip, Bitola, Ohrid, Skopje), Bulgaria (Sofia, Varna), Greece (Volos, Athens), and at festivals Nimus, Constantinus, Evmelia. He has played with Niš Symphony Orchestra. He has received the scholarship Constantine and the award of the Faculty of Arts in Niš for the best student of the Music department, as well as the diploma of the foundation “Zografski” for the performance of the suite for a piano by composer Tomislav Zografski. Currently, he is the first year student of doctoral studies at the Faculty of Music Art in Belgrade, in the class of prof. Aleksandar Serdar.
