Godefroy Vujicic

Born into a family of musicians (his father, Jezdimir Vujicic, was a violinist of Serbian origin, Godefroy Vujicic successively obtained two first prizes for cello and chamber music at the Versailles Conservatory [fr], two first prizes "with distinction" in the same disciplines at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels then the higher education diploma of the Conservatoire de Paris.

He played for Europe Day in 1994, in trio with a Croatian pianist and a Bosnian violinist at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, aired live on Euronews.

He interpreted the complete six Cello Suites by Johann Sebastian Bach for the opening of the Festival du "Mois Molière" (2000 edition) in Versailles in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the death of the composer, followed by a tour of radio and television concerts on national channels in the former Yugoslavia in Belgrade and Novi Sad.

Cello solo at the premiere of the Clair ruisseau by Dmitri Shostakovich for the Bolchoi at the Paris Opera in 2004, Godefroy Vujicic was congratulated by Mstislav Rostropovich.

Godefroy Vujicic is the founder of "Les concerts de l'abbaye royale Saint-Vincent" festival, which takes place annually at Senlis, in the Oise department.