Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic is a percussionist from the former Yugoslavia, as well as a prolific composer for percussion. He has written two concertos for marimba and various other pieces, mainly for marimba, but also for assortments of unpitched percussion. Zivkovic (his name is pronounced Ne-boy-sha Yovan Zhiv-ko-vich) is the soloist in nine of his compositions and the only performer on seven of those pieces. All nine were written between 1992 and 1999.The opening number, Ultimatum II, is for marimba duet, and includes as ...
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Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic is a percussionist from the former Yugoslavia, as well as a prolific composer for percussion. He has written two concertos for marimba and various other pieces, mainly for marimba, but also for assortments of unpitched percussion. Zivkovic (his name is pronounced Ne-boy-sha Yovan Zhiv-ko-vich) is the soloist in nine of his compositions and the only performer on seven of those pieces. All nine were written between 1992 and 1999.The opening number, Ultimatum II, is for marimba duet, and includes as guest artist Benjamin Toth, an American who is the director of the percussion program at the University of Hartford. Toth and Zivkovic are joined by Fernando Meza, head of percussion studies at the University of Minnesota, for the other multi-player piece, Trio per uno. One piece, the astonishing The Castle of the Mad King, is a solo work for many percussion instruments. The meditative Suomineito is for vibraphone, Der kleine Paganini is for xylophone, and the rest of the compositions...
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