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Mihajlo Misa Blam
Misa Blam, a musician, composer, arranger, jazz publicist, manager, freelance artist. Born 15.12.1947. in Belgrade. Education: Music high school "Stankovic", Faculty of Music in Belgrade and in Belgium. The first and only Yugoslav who passed the audition with Karajan. Member of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra (1968-71); chamber orchestra "Dusan Skovran" Grand National RTB Orchestra (1973-76); Great Jazz Orchestra RTB - Big Band (1978-89) and the Orquesta Nacional Sinfonika - Santo Domingo (1993-94) . The founder of the specialized monthly magazine for jazz music "JAZZ" (1990) and the agency "International Jazz" (1991). Author and art director of "Summertime Blues & Jazz and World Music Festival" (Sava, 1991). Organizer and financier of the "First Serbian Christmas Jazz Festival" - recorded over 150 different art programs (Museum Michael Blum - SCC, 1993). One of the initiators and founders of the jazz department of the music school "Stankovic" in Belgrade, and professor in the same school.
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