Nemanja Radulović

Violinist Nemanja Radulović has sought to expand classical music’s reach by cultivating a magnetic public presence and devising fresh concert formats. To carry out those visions he established two ensembles under his own direction.

Born in Niš, Serbia—then within Yugoslavia—on October 18, 1985, Radulović began violin studies in 1992. By 1996 he had received a Belgrade Youth Award, followed the next year by Serbia’s Ministry of Education Talent 1997 prize and a string of further youth honors across Eastern Europe and France. At thirteen he entered the Hochschule für Musik Saar in Germany, later returning to Serbia for training at the University of the Arts in Belgrade before relocating to Paris in 2000 to attend the Conservatoire Nationale. He also participated in master classes with Yehudi Menuhin and others. In 2003 he captured first prize at Germany’s Joseph Joachim International Competition, and in 2005 he was named Discovery of the Year at France’s Victoires Awards. That same year the twenty-year-old violinist issued his debut recording, a recital of works by Bach, Miletic, Paganini, and Ysaÿe on the TransArt label. His concert schedule, already active, gained decisive momentum in 2006 when he replaced an indisposed Maxim Vengerov in the Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under Myung-Whun Chung. Since that appearance he has given more than 1,000 performances worldwide.

After several further releases on TransArt and Art Act, Radulović joined Deutsche Grammophon in 2013 and issued the album Paganini Fantasy. Journey East (2014) explored strongly rhythmic repertory from his native Eastern Europe and featured both of his chamber ensembles, Les Trilles du Diable and Double Sens. In 2017 he recorded the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, together with an arrangement of the Rococo Variations, Op. 33, for Deutsche Grammophon with the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra. His 2018 album Baïka presented the Violin Concerto of Aram Khachaturian. Radulović returned to Deutsche Grammophon in 2022 with Roots, an anthology of folk and folk-inspired pieces drawn from Eastern Europe as well as other regions.