Miroslav Cupara is a pianist, composer and publicist, who lives and works in Belgrade. Four TV portraits have been filmed about him on RTS. He has cast as an actor pianist in the filmed drama “Unfinished Symphony“ directed by Slobodan Radović, and in the series and film “Miris kiše na Balkanu“ directed by Ljubiša Samardžić. He has been a guest in many radio and TV shows, the celebration of the RTS production, the anniversary of Belgrade Chronicle, “Under the Glow of Stars“ concert under the cycle titled “Highnesses, the Princess Jelisaveta Karađorđević and Friends“. He has played in the Assembly of the City of Belgrade on several occasions in the organization of “Rackov Art Production“.
On World Music Day, he gave a solo concert in the Concert Hall of Kolarac Foundation, where he presented his first disc “Pieces of a dream“ by G. Gershwin. On the occasion of the release of his second disc “From Bach to Bregović“, he held a notable and well-attended concert in Kolarac. He was also a guest at the concerts of the Belotti Quartet and the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Belgrade in the Concert Hall of Kolarac Foundation. He was a notable participant in the concert by the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia (UMUS), and held the independent concerts My Way and My Destiny’s Journey organized by the UMUS, under the auspices of the City Secretariat for Culture.
He had numerous performances as a jazz musician in the former Yugoslavia and in various concert halls and clubs, as well as collaboration with the Club 66 orchestra (head of the orchestra Mile Martinović), and the jazz singer Nada Pavlović also performed with the same band in the 1990s.
Discography:
- “Pieces of a dream“, music by G. Gershwin, CD published by PGP-RTS (2000)
- “From Bach to Bregović“, CD published by PGP-RTS (2006)
- “My destiny’s journey“, author’s CD, musical and stage piece published by “Dobra knjiga“ (2018)
Published works:
- Book “Goran Bregović –Art without prejudice“, publisher “Dobra knjiga“ (2024)
- Book “Ballet and me in a few pictures“ and CD “Ballet class: For left hand and three kisses“, publisher “Dobra knjiga” (2013)
He is a member of the Composers’ Association of Serbia and the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia (UMUS). In the period from 2014 until 2018 he was a member of the Presidency of the UMUS.
As a composer, he wrote music for ballet, piano miniatures, ballet suites and a class concerto written for piano, which was performed at the Main Stage of the National Theatre in Belgrade. He participated as a composer with a piece “To one woman” at Raša Plaović stage of the National Theatre in Belgrade in honour of the TV show “The world of ballet“. He won the first place at the Pančevo Ballet Days with the mentioned piano miniature. He participated in composer competitions in Vienna and Madrid. He wrote an anthem for Čukarički Table Tennis Club (music, lyrics, arrangement and performance), as well as an anthem for the First Economics School, and the solemn song for “Lujo Davičo” Ballet School. A significant success in his career was his participation in the casting for singers in Eurovision Song Contest 2010 as an assistant corepetitor to our composer Goran Bregović.
If he had not been a musician, he would have been a professional sportsman. His hobby is table tennis. He played for Mladost Table Tennis Club from Zemun for two years, and for Čukarički Table Tennis Club for many years. He completed the school of table tennis and specialised it in the class of the famous representative Milivoj Karakašević.
He has participated in numerous table tennis tournaments, Belgrade championship, ”Top 24” tournament, as well as the veteran championship. He has been awarded two medals – a gold one and a bronze one at the veteran tournaments in Serbia.