Berislav Šipuš

Berislav Šipuš (born 14 May 1958) is a Croatian composer, conductor and music educator who served as 9th Minister of Culture from 24 April 2015[1] until 22 January 2016[2] in the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović.

He attended gained music education under professors Gilbert Bosco from Udine, François-Bernard Mâche and Iannis Xenakis from Paris.

[3] Šipuš got additional education in conducting from Vladimir Kranjčević, Željko Brkanović, Kresimir Sipusch and Milan Horvat.

After Zlatar-Violić resigned in March 2015, Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats decided to propose Šipuš as new Minister.

Berislav Šipuš is an Associate member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Department of Music and Musicology), since May 10, 2012.