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Milos Raickovich, (Music History, Jazz History, World Music, Music Theory, Composition, Conducting, Orchestration), composer and conductor, was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1956. He has lived and worked in Belgrade, Paris, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Hiroshima and New York.
Milos Raickovich's choral work Parastos is published by Boosey & Hawkes. His orchestral music is released on Mode Records, on the CD New Classicism, featuring the Moscow Symphony conducted by the composer. The critic Mark Swed describes Raickovich's music as "a unique postmodern response to both minimalism and multiculturalism." Raickovich's CD B-A-G-D-A-D (Albany Records) features a collection of antiwar pieces. Steve Smith describes the CD in Time Out New York, "Some of the works are wistful and poignant, while others are jarring and volatile; all are inventive, provocative and timely."
Milos Raickovich studied composition with Olivier Messiaen and David Del Tredici; and conducting with Pierre Dervaux and Herbert Blomstedt. He holds a Ph.D. in composition from The City University of New York, M.M. from the University of Hawaii, and B.M. in conducting from the Belgrade University. Dr. Raickovich has taught at University of Hawaii, Brooklyn College, CUNY Hiroshima College in Japan, Lehman College, and CSI.