The Rubicon String Quartet's founders and current members are exactly the type of musicians that
constitute the ideal string quartet: master musicians with distinguished solo careers and an appreciation of chamber music.
Since its first appearance at the Festival "Theatre City" Budva in 2003, the Rubicon has established itself as one of the finest chamber ensembles in Serbia. A concert tour in Serbia and Montenegro followed the debut. The ensemble gained national recognition after concerts at BEMUS (2005), NOMUS (2006), and the Belgrade Philharmonic's Hall (2007). A special mention should be made of the concert organised through the cycle The Greats of the Music Scene at the Kolarac Hall in Belgrade, when the Rubicon collaborated with acclaimed pianist Itamar Golan (2011). A performance at the Festival International de Musique Sion Valais (Switzerland, 2005) marked the Rubicon's international breakthrough.
Among the most important concerts the ensemble has given abroad are those at the City of London Festival (2012) and the Bamberg Festival (2012). The Rubicon collaborated with violinists Shlomo Mintz and Grigori Zhislin, pianists Itamar Golan, Lionel Monnet, and Ratimir Martinović, guitarist Dušan Bogdanović, clarinetist Aleksandar Tasić and many others. Compositions in a broad range of styles, from classical to contemporary works, were included in the ensemble's repertoire. The Rubicon String Quartet recorded extensively for radio and television and also recorded with Grigori Zhislin and Itamar Golan as guest artists.
After a short break, the Rubicon finally reunifies in 2020, and today, as at the very beginning, its core consists of our most important musicians, who hold prominent positions both as performers and as music pedagogues. The current line-up of the Rubicon String Quartet is Robert Lakatoš, violin professor at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Marko Josifoski, violin professor at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, Jožef Bisak, principal violist of the Serbian National Theatre Opera in Novi Sad, and Dragan Đorđević, cello professor at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade and Rubicon’s founding member.
The Rubikon String Quartet
