Serbian-German composer, conductor and musician of folkloristic music, born January 10, 1908 in Gajdobra, Austria-Hungary, died June 6, 1998 in Neckartenzlingen, Germany. He passed his musical education in Belgrade and returned to Gajdobra as conductor of the local brass orchestra. After World War II, he emigrated to Austria and later to Germany, where he settled down in the Stuttgart region.