Dunja Krsmanović is a Serbian cellist active internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer. A third-year student at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, she performs regularly across Europe in leading venues and festivals, including Young Euro Classic at Berlin Konzerthaus. She has collaborated with prominent conductors and ensembles, frequently serving as principal cellist, and is an active member of the string quartet Numa. Her work is strongly focused on contemporary music, with numerous premieres and festival appearances. Dunja is a multiple award-winning artist and scholarship recipient, as well as the founder of the Bow and Beyond community and PodClass. Her artistic vision bridges classical tradition with modern expression, with a particular focus on solo and chamber performance.

She attended masterclasses and studied with David Pia (Geneva), Xenija Janković (Serbia/Russia), Wendy Law (USA), Arlen Hlusko (USA), Patrice Jackson (USA). She additionally took private lessons with Johannes Krebs (Graz), Julian Arp (Graz), and Andreas Puzelberger (Linz). Dunja has performed under the baton of distinguished conductors including Srboljub Dinić, Vesna Šouc, Nemanja Mitrašević, Rade Pejčić, Mirian Khukhunaishvili, Timothy Redmond, Austin Wintory, Desar Sulejmani, Silvia Massarelli, and many others.

Among her recent solo appearances are a recital at Muzej pozorisne umetnosti (2026), Legat Slavenski (SOKOJ) in 2026 and a solo recital at the “Artem” Student Center in Kragujevac in 2023. In 2022, she performed a solo recital within the traveling exhibition “Čija je mustra bečka?” organized by the Austrian Cultural Forum. With her quartet, she performed at the opening ceremony of the “Arlemm” Festival in 2024. She also participated in the Belgrade CelloFest 2025 within CEBEF and has appeared at many festivals throughout Serbia and abroad.During her education, she won several prestigious national and international awards. In 2026, she became the Grand Prix winner of the International Vivaldi Competition in the Professional category. In 2024, she won First Prize at the International Competition “Golden Stairs” in Valjevo. At the National Competition of Ballet and Music Schools of Serbia in 2023, she won Second Prize. In 2022, she became the winner of the virtual international competition “Caneres” in Vienna and won Second Prize at the International String Competition in Niš. Particularly notable are her First Prize at the National Competition in 2021 and First Prize with the maximum score of 100 points at the International Festival “Petar Stojanović” in 2020.

In 2024, she performed at the prestigious 25th anniversary edition of the “Young Euro Classic Festival” in Berlin at the Konzerthaus as part of an orchestral tour. As a member of the Western Balkan Youth Orchestra (WBYO), she toured Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Germany in 2024. She has also been invited to participate in the orchestral tour of the “Giuseppe Tartini” Conservatory in Italy during November and December 2025.

As a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician, she has performed at numerous venues in Serbia, including Parobrod Cultural Center, Kolarac Endowment, SKC Belgrade, Legat Slavenski, Czech Center, Belgrade Philharmonic, Russian House, Czech House, the Museum of Theatre Arts of Serbia, Synagogue in Novi Sad, and many others. Internationally, she has appeared at the Royal Theatre Zetski Dom in Montenegro, the Macedonian Philharmonic, the National Theatre in Sarajevo, and the “Aleksandër Moisiu” Cultural Center in Durrës, Albania.