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California Institute of the Arts

Milena Gligic

Pronouns: The Herb Alpert School of Music

Faculty, VoiceArts: Vocal Coach and Accompanist

Milena Gligic Headshot
Email address: mgligic@calarts.edu
Phone number: 661-253-7816
Office address:
B231
California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, California 91355
Degrees:
  • PhD
    University of Maryland

Milena Gligic is a Los Angeles based vocalist and pianist originally from Belgrade, Serbia.

She is a recent alumna of the Young Artist Program at LA Opera where she worked as a pianist on several mainstage productions under Placido Domingo and James Conlon. She is often a pianist for productions with the LA Phil, The Industry and the Pacific Opera Project. Milena has performed with major professional choirs in the US: the LA Master Chorale, Washington Bach Consort and Collegiate Chorale in NYC. 

Well-versed in new and experimental music, she is a member of the Contemporaneous ensemble and Chorosynthesis choir. Her singing background is versatile as she studied and performed in many styles: operatic, jazz, pop and Balkan ethno. She has a Doctorate in Collaborative Piano from the University of Maryland and she is specialized is working with singers on vocal repertoire in many different languages.