Divna Ljubojevic
Belgrad, Serbia
Divna Ljubojević has been been professionally singing and conducting since the age of 17. She has had a devoted international audience for over two decades, while numerous critics and media have referred to her voice as “angelic”.
Divna Ljubojević has been been professionally singing and conducting since the age of 17.
She has had a devoted international audience for over two decades, while numerous critics and media have referred to her voice as “angelic”.
All of her 25 album releases (of which twelve are international publications) were met with exceptional reviews globally, both from music experts and listeners.
Along with her ensemble – MELÓDI – Divna has performed over 600 concerts worldwide.
From 2001 on, Divna also lectures at various European music seminars and holds vocal master classes.
“While listening to Divna Ljubojević you will be awarded heavenly light, who through use of her voice pushes the boundaries of our understanding of beauty, harmony and spirituality.” – remarked a music critic.
Italian composer Franco Battiato also acknowledged these qualities, and cast Divna as the leading soloist in his 2011 opera “Telesio”, which premiered in Italy as the first holographic opera in the world.
For director Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s acclaimed 2015 movie “Human”, Divna provided vocals for Arman Amar composition “Jerusalem”.
During her longstanding career as a soloist, conductor, composer and arranger, Divna has collaborated with local and international opera soloists, instrumental chamber ensembles, reputable pop musicians, and has contributed recordings for various films and plays.
Professional communities place Divna among the leading specialists of the musical tradition of countries of Byzantine cultural heritage, and as an “unprecedented star of 21st century Orthodox music”.
Awards:
- L’Orphée d’Or by the Académie du Disque Lyrique for her European edition “Divna, l’ÂME du Chant Orthodoxe” (France 2014)
- Award of “Faith and Loyalty” (Belarus 2014)
- Award of the “Pocaevski Icon of the Mother of God” (Ukraine 2010)
- Award for Classical Music from “Le Mond de la Musique” for her European edition “Lumières du Chant Byzantin” (France 2006)
Selected Discography – International Releases:
CD Special edition of “DIVNA – 10th Anniversary Collector”, 2014
(JADE – Milan Music – Warner Music International)
CD “(In Search of) Divine Light”, 2014
(Valley Entertainment, Inc., US)
CD “l’Âme du Chant Orthodoxe”, 2011
(JADE – Milan Music – Warner Music International)
CD “Lumières du Chant Byzantin”, 2007
(JADE – Milan Music – Warner Music International)
CD “Divna in concert Théâtre des Abbesses, Paris”, 2006
(JADE – Milan Music – Warner Music International)
CD “La Gloire de Byzance”, 2005
(JADE – Milan Music – Warner Music International)
CD “DIVNA – La Divine Liturgie de Saint Jean Chrysostome”, 2004
(JADE – Milan Music – Warner Music International)
CD “DIVNA – Mystères Byzantins”, 2004
(JADE – Milan Music – Warner Music International)