Duo SenSa - Senka Nedeljković, soprano, and Aleksandar Uzelac, piano

In 2022, two academic musicians and long-time colleagues Senka Nedeljkovic, soprano and Aleksandar Uzelac, pianist, formed Duo SenSa with an idea to promote and perform classical music concerts with different repertoire and styles. During the same year their concerts included solo songs by Spanish, German, Russian and Italian composers, Neapolitan songs, famous arias from operas and Broadway hits with modern arrangements.

Dr um. Senka Nedeljković

SOPRANO

Aleksandar Uzelac

PIANO

I think they are excellent team, each masterful at their task, on the way to the same goal, so we were rewarded with wonderful music.

Every genre is perfect. Wonderful as always. Voice, diction, stage performance, song selection. I hope we will have the opportunity to watch and listen to this beautiful music more often. When music is performed with this kind of emotion, there is no mistake. Congratulations!

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Duo SenSa

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Senka Nedeljković (nee Soldatović) was born in Novi Sad, Serbia. in the artistic family Soldatović, granddaughter of the sculptor Jovan Soldatović ( https://jovan.soldatovic.org/ ).
After finishing Ballet school and then “Isidor Bajić“ Music High School, she studied singing at the Department of Music, Academy of Arts, University of Novi Sad.
After graduating in 2005, she continued her studies and became Master of Arts in 2008, taught by the prof. Vera Kovač Vitaki.
Since 2001 she has worked as first soloist of the Opera at the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad (the oldest national theater in the region) and has held a full-time position as a voice teacher at “Isidor Bajić” Music School since 2004.
In 2009 October until 2010 July she studied with the prof. Martin Klietmann at the Department of Song and Oratorio, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz (Austria).
In 2019 she optained her PHD in Art at the Academy of Arts, University of Novi Sad.

As a soloist of the opera Senka has played the following operatic roles: Musetta “La Bohème” (G. Puccini), Gilda “ Rigoletto“ (G. Verdi), Adina “L'Elisir d'amore” (G. Donizetti), Pamina “Die Zauberflote“ (W. A. Mozart), Zerlina “Don Giovanni“ (W. A. Mozart), Anna “The Duke of Reichstadt” (P. Stojanović), Anita “Apple” (J. Strauss Jr.), Luigia “Viva la mamma”(G. Donizetti), Evica “Pokondirena tikva” (M. Logar) , Coutess Stasi “The Csárdás Princess” (E. Kálmán)...
Among numerous concerts both home and abroad she can emphasize solo concerts in Novi Sad (Serbia), Belgrade (Serbia), Kraljvo (Serbia), in Baden (Austria), Dortmund (Germany), Gent (Belgium), Osijek (Croatia), Balašiha ( Rusia)...
As a professor of solo singing, her students are the winners of scholarships from the fundation for the promotion of youth vocal art "Melanija Bugarinović and daughter Mirjana Kalinović - Kalin", as well as numerous awards at competitions in the country and abroad.
In 2013, 2015, 2018 and 2019, she received the Talent Award, which is given to the most successful and talented students and their mentors in the field of science, music, culture and art, and is awarded by the Provincial Secretariat for Sports and Youth of AP Vojvodina.
As a member of the jury, she participated in international competitions: "Lav Mirski" in Osijek (Croatia), "Vera Kovač Vitkai", Novi Sad (Serbia), "Lazar Jovanović", Belgrade (Serbia), "Slovenski susreti", Balashikha (Russia), "Radmila Bakočević", Kragujevac (Serbia), "Nikola Cvejić", Ruma (Serbia)...

Rođena u Novom Sadu u umetničkoj porodici Soldatović.
Završila osnovnu baletsku i srednju muzičku školu odsek solo pevanje u klasi prof. Prizrenke Petković i prof. Nikole Davida. Diplomirala na Akademiji umetnosti u Novom Sadu, odsek solo pevanje, u klasi prof. mr Vere Kovač Vitkai 2005. godine, u čijoj klasi je i magistrirala 2008.

Od 2009. do 2010. usavršavala se na odseku za lied i oratorijum na Univerzitetu za muziku i scenske umetnosti u Gracu (Austrija), u klasi prof. Martiana Klitmana.
13. 11. 2019. Odbranom teze doktorskog umetničkog projekta: Zanosni čas, komparativna interpretacija Milojevićeve vokalne lirike na originalnm jeziku i u prepevu (mentor dr Milica Stojadinović) na Akademiji umetnosti u Novom Sadu stekla je zvanje doktora umetnosti.

Od decembra 2001. honorarni je član, solista, opere Srpskog narodnog pozorišta u Novom Sadu. Uloge koje je ostvarila su: Musetta „La Bohème” (G. Puccini), Gilda „Rigoletto“ (G. Verdi), Adina „L'Elisir d'amore” (G. Donizetti), Pamina „Die Zauberflote“ (W. A. Mozart), Zerlina „Don Giovanni“ (W. A. Mozart), Anna „Vojvoda od Rajhštata” (P. Stojanović), Anita „Jabuka” (J. Strauss Jr.), Luigia „Viva la mamma”(G. Donizetti), Evica „Pokondirena tikva” (M. Logar) , Coutess Stasi „Kneginja čardaša” (E. Kálmán)...

Pored brojnih koncerata u zemlji i inostranstvu, izdvajaju se: solistički koncerti u Dortmundu (Nemačka), Gent (Belgija), Segedinu (Mađarska), Оsijeku (Hrvatska), Lucernu (Švajcarska), Kranju (Slovenija), Novom Sadu... kao i brojni nastupi sa Kamernim operskim društvom iz Novog Sada, udruženjem Visoko C (koje se bavi izvođenjem opera za decu) i udruženjem Opera Panonica iz Osijeka.

Od avgusta 2004. stalno je zaposlena u muzičkoj školi „Isidor Bajić” u Novom Sadu na mestu profеsora solo pevanja. Njeni učenici su dobitnici stipendija fonda za unapređenje vokalne umetnosti mladih "Melanija Bugarinović i ćerke Mirjane Kalinović - Kalin", kao i brojnih nagrada na takmičenjima u zemlji i inostranstvu.
2013, 2015, 2018. i 2019. godine dobija nagradu Talenti, koja se dodeljuje najuspešnijim i najtalentovanijim učenicima i njihovim mentorima iz oblasti nauke, muzike, kulture i umetnosti, a dodeljuje je Pokrajinski sekretarijat za sport i omladinu AP Vojvodine.

Kao član žirija učestovala na međunarodnim takmičenjima: „Lav Mirski” u Osjeku (Hrvatska), „Vera Kovač Vitkai”, Novi Sad (Srbija), „Lazar Jovanović”, Beograd (Srbija), „Slovenski susreti”, Balašiha (Rusija), „Radmila Bakočević”, Kragujevac (Srbija), „Nikola Cvejić“, Ruma (Srbija)...