Violinist, conductor Sitkovetsky in Belgrade on Friday

BELGRADE - Violinist and conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky will perform in both roles with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra at the start of the Novi Sad Music Festival on Thursday and at the Kolarac Foundation in Belgrade on Friday.

This will be Sitkovetsky's fourth visit to Serbia, but his first performance accompanied by the Belgrade Philharmonic.

He has built a successful career as a violinist, conductor and festival director. He has performed as a soloist with world famous ochestras, like the Berlin, New York and Los Angeles philharmonics and symphony orchestras from Japan, Chicago, Philadelphia and Cleveland. He was appointed as musical director of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra in 2003.

The musician of Russian origin has had a brilliant career as a conducter so far. He was the chief guest conductor of the Russian state orchestra between 2002 and 2005.

He is the founder and director of the New European Strings Chamber Orchestra, which was created in 1990 and comprises distinguished string players from Eastern and Western Europe.