Milena Petković

Born in Prizren, Serbia, Milena Petković has performed in Hungary, Italy, Serbia, Bulgaria and the United States as a soloist and chamber musician. She has played in a wide variety of ensembles, including guitar duos and with flute, violin, and voice. She has received awards in competitions at the International Guitar Festival in Bulgaria and the Guitar Open Festival and Naissus Festival in Serbia. Milena received a Bachelor of Music Degree in Novi Sad, Serbia and she holds a Performer’s Diploma and Master’s Degree from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where she studied with Ernesto Bitetti. Milena is currently in her final year of doctoral studies at the University of Minnesota, studying Guitar Performance with a minor in Music Education. Milena’s teaching appointments include The Saint Paul Conservatory of Music, St. Joseph’s School of Music and McNally Smith College of Music. She has also worked with the Minnesota Guitar Society for their Guitar In Our Schools program. Having joined in 2021, Milena has the special distinction of being the second Serbian native to be a member of the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet.