Education
Despić studied composition with Marko Tajčević and conducting with Mihajlo Vukdragović 1950-1955 at the Music Academy in Belgrade.
composer musicologist university professor writer
Despić studied composition with Marko Tajčević and conducting with Mihajlo Vukdragović 1950-1955 at the Music Academy in Belgrade.
After his studies, he devoted himself to composing and teaching. From 1999-2012 he was Head of the Department of Fine Arts and Music. Despić is the author of more than 240 compositions, including an opera - as well as numerous textbooks (music theory, harmony, harmony-analysis, orchestration) for the school and university level, but also in the field of scientific and theoretical studies.
His compositions are published by the Musikverlag Brandstätter Köln-(bry-musicde).
Despić is a full member of the Serbian Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU).