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'''Darinka Simic-Mitrovic''' (born February 19, 1937) is a Serbian author, composer<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stewart-Green |first=Miriam |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6815939 |title=Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice |date=1980 |publisher=G.K. Hall |isbn=0-8161-8498-4 |location=Boston, Mass. |oclc=6815939}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hixon |first=Donald L. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28889156 |title=Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography |date=1993 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |others=Don A. Hennessee |isbn=0-8108-2769-7 |edition=2nd |location=Metuchen, N.J. |oclc=28889156}}</ref> and music educator.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Cummings|first=David |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/44483931 |title=International who's who in music and musicians' directory : (in the classical and light classical fields). |date=2000 |publisher=International Biographical Centre |isbn=0-948875-53-4 |pages=595 |oclc=44483931}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Simic-Mitrovic was born in [[Belgrade]]. She earned a degree from the [[Music Academy in Belgrade]] in 1962, where her teachers included [[Emil Hájek|Emil Hajek]] and [[Predrag Milošević|Predrag Milosevic]]. After graduating, Simic-Mitrovic taught piano at the Music School [[Josip Slavenski]], where she received the 1964 April 4 Award of the Federation of Students. In 1967, she began working as a music editor at [[Radio Belgrade]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Aaron I. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16714846 |title=International encyclopedia of women composers |date=1987 |isbn=0-9617485-2-4 |edition=Second edition, revised and enlarged |location=New York |oclc=16714846}}</ref> She married Mirosav Mitrovic in 1975 and they had two daughters.<ref name=":0" />

Simic-Mitrovic is a member of the Composers’ Association of Serbia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=S {{!}} Composers' Association of Serbia |url=https://composers.rs/en/?page_id=317 |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=composers.rs}}</ref> In addition to composing music, she wrote a book about Serbian theatre, and contributed to a history of the Belgrade Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Radio-Television Belgrade. Her works have been published by Radio Beograd and Zvonik.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Simic-Mitrovic |first=Darinka |title=Worldcat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Darinka+Simic&qt=results_page |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=}}</ref> They include:

== Books ==

*''A Sentimental Story of Serbian Theatre<ref name=":2" />''
*''Da Capo all’Infinito: Half a Century Since the Founding of the Belgrade Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Radio-Television Belgrade (with Slobodan Atanackovic and Sveta Lukic)<ref name=":2" />''

== Chamber ==

*''Sonata'' (violin and piano)<ref name=":1" />
*''Igre'' (dances; bassoon and piano)<ref name=":1" />

== Vocal ==

*''Gradinar'' (song cycles; mezzo-soprano and piano; text by [[Rabindranath Tagore]])<ref name=":1" />
*''Vrati Mi Moje Krpice'' (song cycle; two sopranos, violin, flute, harp and cello; text by [[Vasko Popa]])<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
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