MY STORY
Thanks to his musicality and expressive playing, virtuosity, guitar music interpretation from the Renaissance to the music created in the 21st century, Vojin Kocić belongs to the very summit of the international guitar scene. Critics call him ‘Maestro of Gentle Tones’ (SRF).
My Story
Full Biography
Download full CV
BIOGRAPHY
He studied in a class of leading professors like prof. Darko Karajic, prof. Srdjan Tosic in Belgrade, and prof. Anders Miolin in Zürich, Switzerland. Vojin was perfecting his playing in 2007, 2010, 2014 and 2015 with Maestro Oscar Ghiglia at “Accademia Chigiana” in Siena, Italy, where he received “Diploma d’Onore” for his artistic achievements, as the only guitarist to receive it in the history of this famous Academy. He also attended the Master classes with famous guitar maestros such as Pepe Romero, Leo Brouwer, Hubert Kappel, Zoran Dukić, Dušan Bogdanović, Carlo Marchione, Paul Galbraith, Pavel Steidl and many others.
Besides the numerous first prizes won in his category at domestic and international competitions, he won his first international competition in the no age limit category when he was only 14, and then continued to win another 17 awards on prestigious guitar competitions, the most prominent being the 1st prize at “Citta di Gargnano” (Italy 2009), the 1st prize at “Ruggero Chiessa” International Guitar Competition (2010), the 1st prize at Heinsberg International Guitar Competition (Germany, 2017). Vojin’s last achievement is the 1st prize at “51st Michele Pittaluga International Guitar Competition” (Alessandria, Italy 2018) where as a prize winner he got opportunity to record his second CD for Naxos record label, as well as concert tour in 2019. Some of the most important concerts will be held in Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Hermitage Theater in St.Petersburg, Verbier Festival in Switzerland, etc.
In December 2014 in Geneva, at the eighth finals of “Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes” (competition of all instruments and opera singers), Vojin was a winner of this prestigious competition. He was chosen for the best young musician in Switzerland and besides the prize money he was given an opportunity for a debut at the prestigious Swiss Lucerne Festival in 2015.
Vojin Kocic has held over 200 solo concerts in various European countries such as Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Portugal, Ukraine, Greece, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia. As a soloist, he has performed with orchestras such as Ukranian Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Classica di Alessandria (Italy), Atina Camerata (Greece), Symphony Orchestra of Radio Television of Serbia, Gudaci Svetog Djordja – Strings of St. George (Serbia), Orchestergesselschaft Zürich, Stringendo Orchestra Zürich, Orion Trio (Switzerland), Casal Quartet (Switzerland).
Vojin Kocic plays on D’Addario strings and records for NAXOS Record Label.

Thanks to his musicality and expressive playing, virtuosity, guitar music interpretation from the Renaissance to the music created in the 21st century, Vojin Kocić belongs to the very summit of the international guitar scene. Critics call him ‘Maestro of Gentle Tones’ (SRF, Switzerland).

CONCERT DATES 2020
12-17 MAR
Zürich Guitar Days
Zürich, Switzerland
concert (solo & duo with Marek Pasieczny)
2
MAY
Badener Meister Konzerte
Baden, Switzerland
concert
17
MAY
Stagione Internazionale di Chitarra Classica 2020
Lodi, Italy
concert
3-8
APR
International Guitar Festival and Competition
Gevelsberg, Germany
concert, masterclasses, jury
10-13
APR
International Guitar Competition and Festival
Patras, Greece
concert, masterclasses, jury
12 JAN
Rassegna concerti della GMI - Gioventù Musicale d'Italia
Modena, Italy
concert
More concert dates to be determined.

DISCOGRAPHY
Guitar Recital - Laureate Series. Works by J.S.Bach, M.M.Ponce, G.Regondi, M.Pasieczny.
Vojin Kocic, winner of the 2017 Heinsberg International Guitar Competition, presents a recital that not only covers a wide historical range but also includes some of the most challenging works in the guitar repertoire, of which Ponce’s La Folia variations is considered a veritable Everest to be conquered. Following a long and distinguished tradition, Kocic’s own arrangement of Bach’s Second Violin Partita is crowned by the greatest of Baroque instrumental masterpieces, the monumental Ciaccona, Regondi’s prodigious talent is reflected in his scintillating Introduction et Caprice, while Pasieczny’s Phosphenes was composed as a test piece for a guitar competition.
Recorded in Toronto for Naxos Records, a member of the Naxos Music Group. April 2018.
Guitar Recital - Laureate Series. Works by A. José, I. Albéniz, J.Manén.
Representing three generations of Spanish composers, these works reveal the diversity and depth of the Iberian musical imagination. Albéniz’s Suite is a perennial evocation of Iberian Romanticism that transcribes naturally from piano to guitar, and José’s original and inventive Sonata revives a reputation cut short by the Spanish Civil War. Dedicated to Segovia, Manén’s Fantasia-Sonata is rich in Catalonian sentiment both elegiac and celebratory. Vojin Kocić’s debut recording, ‘and what a debut it is’ (The WholeNote), can be heard on 8.573906.
Recorded in Florida, USA for Naxos Records, a member of the Naxos Music Group. April 2019.

VIDEO
Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes 2015
Vojin Kocic
Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes 2015
Vojin Kocic playing Antonio José Sonata for Guitar
Vojin Kocić plays J.S.Bach Gigue Partita No. 2 (BWV 1004) on a 1924 Santos Hernandez
Vojin Kocić plays Etude No. 2 by Giulio Regondi on a 2011 Gerhard Oldiges 'La Leona'
M.M.Ponce - Concerto del Sur
Phosphenes: After Sylvius Leopold Weiss | Marek PASIECZNY |
Vojin Kocic Performance on the Great Finale of the World Guitar Competition 2012
G.Regondi - Introduction et caprice op.23
Kiev National Philharmonic Hall, Ukraine
AUDIO
Guitar Recital - Laureate Series. Works by J.S.Bach, M.M.Ponce, G.Regondi, M.Pasieczny.
Recorded in Toronto for Naxos Records, a member of the Naxos Music Group. April 2018.
Guitar Recital - Laureate Series. Works by A. José, I. Albéniz, J.Manén.
Recorded in Florida, USA for Naxos Records, a member of the Naxos Music Group. April 2019.
PHOTOS









PRESS KIT

CONTACT
VOJIN KOCIC
e-mail: vojinkocic@gmail.com
Telephone: +41795502252
e-mail: gisela.knsartists@gmail.com
CONTACT FORM