Djordje Stevan Nesic’s pianism has been described as artful, assertive, sensitive and quietly virtuosic, and his career highlighted by recital, concerto, chamber, and collaborative performances, both in the US and internationally. He makes an effort to promote music that addresses contemporary, social justice and human rights issues. Immediately following this season at Opera Saratoga, he will travel to Stonington, Maine for two recitals, and then to Montenegro for the KotorArt festival.  In April of 2021, he appeared in recital at Kolarac Hall in Belgrade, Serbia. During the summer of 2020, he recorded the song cycle "From the Diary of Sally Hemings" by Sandra Seaton and William Bolcom for the Glimmerglass festival. Recent appearances were held at Carnegie Hall in NYC (Nov and Dec 2019). In July 2019 he appeared at the internationally acclaimed KotorArt Festival in Montenegro. In May-June 2019 he participated in the preparation and performances of the opera Ellen West by Ricky Ian Gordon and Frank Bidart at Opera Saratoga. He repeated this engagement with the Prototype Festival in NYC in January 2020, and the recording of this performance was issued by Bright Shiny Things in the fall of 2020. Djordje traveled to Belgrade in May of 2019 with a group of his students from Carnegie Mellon University, where he presented four concerts, including the staged premiere of the opera Svadba by Ana Sokolovic. Other recent engagements include a concert at Carnegie’s Weill Hall in celebration of Serbian music, as well as a recital at the Serbian Cultural Center in Paris. Additional performances include a recital at the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences in Belgrade, festival appearances at Opera Saratoga, Berkshire Opera Festival, and Great Waters Music festival in New Hampshire. In 2018, the Bridge Records issued the Opera Saratoga recording of Marc Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock, on which Djordje performed. Other recent engagements include a masterclass at the Hartt School of the University of Hartford; appearances in recital at NJ State theater; at Caixa Cultural in Brasilia, for a concert of Brasilian and Serbian music; guest pianist for Pittsburgh Opera for a new production of The Long Walk, an opera Djordje has been working on since its inception in NYC workshops and premiere at Opera Saratoga; several appearances on concert stages with Audra McDonald,  (including the PEN Gala), performing as the piano collaborator for the annual Joyce DiDonato Carnegie Hall masterclasses, the Marian Anderson Awards Gala at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, the annual recital for the George London Foundation and the Lincoln Center Great Performers Circle with mezzo Isabel Leonard, teaching residency in Zagreb, Croatia, a gala concert for the 84th anniversary of Belgrade’s Kolarac Hall, and recitals for the Metropolitan Opera Guild.

Djordje is currently teaching at SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music, after a three year residency as full time Special Faculty for Vocal Coaching and Accompanying at the College of Fine Arts of the Carnegie Mellon University.