Kms Olivera Miljaković, soprano,studied solo singing with Mile Stojadinović, Josip Rijavica and Nikola Cvjetić, and later furthered her studies with Gina Cinga. She was engaged by National Theatre Belgrade Opera for two years and in 1963 became a member of Vienna State Opera where she accomplished stunning career as a soloist. Olivera Miljaković performed on many important opera and concert stages and festivals with conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Lorin Maazel, Georges Prêtre, Carlos Kleiber and Herbert von Karajan. She also participated in a number of noticeable opera discography productions with same conductors.
Since 1980 she has run a private school for solo singing and from 1987 till 1991 she worked as a professor in the Opera Studio of Vienna State Opera. Olivera Miljaković holds many master classes and concerts all over the world; she is music director of Basano del Grapa festival, and from 2003 music director of Ambassadors concert.
In 1984 she was given the honorific title Kammersägerin for distinguished singers of opera, the highest title that Austria and Germany give to their singers. For her work in the field of culture, she was awarded with Golden Ring of the Vienna State Opera and with Silver and Golden Medalfrom the Republic of Austria.
Zinka Milanov Competition 