Jovanka Višekruna Janković

Jovanka Višekruna Janković is a pianist, founder of ArtLink and the ArtLink Festival, Artistic Director of the ArtLink Festival and the Camerata Balcanica chamber ensemble, and the Acting President of Serbian Festival Association. 

Jovanka Višekruna Janković, as a pianist performed in her home country, in Europe and North America with artists such as Alban Gerhard, Jan Vogler, Isabel Vaz, Mohamed Shams, Zagreb quartet, Symphony Orchestras in Serbia and France, and different chamber ensembles. As artistic Director she created a number of programs in the Western Balkan region including the Concert for Peace for UN and other important events in cooperation with important partners and International organisations. 

She is very active in the promotion of the young talents from her home country, Serbia, and from Southeast Europe, with a special focus on different cultural initiatives in the region, working on the regional festival networks - including the EFFE Western Balkans Hub - artists and festival coproduction, and the promotion of artists from the region. 

Her projects on the promotion of young talents have been achieved in cooperation with institutions such as Mecenat Musical of the Societe Generale, l'Institution Nnationale Ddes Invalides in Paris (l'INI), the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Franko-German Youth Office (OFAJ), the International Visegard Fund (IVF), the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) and many others., Western Balkan Fund, UNESCO, National Commission for UNESCO As an EFA Board Member, Ms Višekruna Janković initiated the EFA Young Talents' Concert as a part of the annual EFFE Summit in 2019, in Lisbon. 

Jovanka Višekruna Janković holds an MA in Arts, while for her achievements in the field of promotion of classical music and of young talents, she received the Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres, awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the French Republic.