[[File:Stevan Hristić 2009 Serbian stamp.jpg|thumb|Stevan Hristić on a 20082009 Serbian stamp]]
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'''Stevan Hristić''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Стеван Христић}}; 19 June 1885 – 21 August 1958) was [[Serbs|Serbian]] [[composer]], conductor, pedagogue, and music writer. A prominent representative of the late romanticist style in Serbian music of the first half of the 20th century.
==Biography==
Hristić started his music education at the Serbian Music School in Belgrade (established by [[Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac|St. Mokranjac]]) and continued his studies in [[Leipzig]] (2008–081904–08) where he received instruction in composition from S. Krehl and R. Hofmann, and in conducting from A. Nikisch. Following a brief period of teaching at the Serbian Music School, he spent time in [[Rome]], [[Moscow]], and [[Paris]] (1910–12). Upon his return to Belgrade before the start of the World War I, Hristić began his conducting career at the [[National Theatre in Belgrade|National Theatre]] and resumed pedagogical activities at the Serbian Music School as well as at the Seminary. Between the two World Wars he contributed to the development of Belgrade musical life as: a founder and the first principal conductor of the [[Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra|Belgrade Philharmonic]] (1923–34), conductor at the Belgrade Opera House (director 1925–35), and one of the founders and first professors of the Belgrade Music Academy (composition professor 1937–50 and president 1943–44). He was inducted into the [[Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts]] (1950) and was in charge of the Institute of Musicology. Hristić was also among the founders and a longtime president of the Serbian Association of Composers.
crni cerak was his son really good artist with a lot of talent
