Petar Jankovic is an artist who masterfully translates music into emotion.  He connects with audiences. And whether they have heard him play one time or one hundred times, they find themselves moved.

What is most appealing about Jankovic's style is his genuine, expressive interpretation of any given composition.  More than a classical guitar player, he is a person with the gift of communicating honest emotions of the human experience.

His expressive performances and a technical mastery found only among the world's top musicians make it easy to understand why Jankovic has received overwhelming international acclaim.  Since beginning his professional music career in 1985, he has delighted audiences at recitals and enlightened students in his master classes throughout Europe and the United States.
As a performer at major competitions around the globe, his universally evocative sound has won high regard with the world's classical music community, and as a result, Jankovic has garnered numerous prestigious awards.

Jankovic began his guitar studies at age 8 in his native Yugoslavia, where he later earned a degree in classical guitar from the renowned Music Academy in Belgrade. While in Yugoslavia, he became a two-time gold medal, silver medal, and two-time bronze medal winner at the National Music Competition. At age 16, he delivered his first professional performance, and by age 20, the Community College in Belgrade invited the young, talented Jankovic to share his expertise with beginning classical guitar students.  This marked the beginning of a distinguished teaching career that has developed alongside his successful performing career.

He went on to earn a masters degree from the Indiana University School of Music, and in the mid-90s, the I.U. School of Music invited Jankovic to pursue the esteemed Artist Diploma Degree under the guidance of Maestro Ernesto Bitetti.  Still dedicated to sharing his talent through both performing and teaching, Jankovic developed a guitar program at Franklin College of Indiana in 1997. At present, he lives in Indiana and is a professor at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, IN.

A rising star among the world's top musicians, Jankovic has never paused from honing his skills and developing artistically.  In 1998, he released "Romantico" - a CD exploring the sounds of the romantic Spanish and Latino-American world, and featuring Jankovic's interpretations of pieces by famous composers such as Albeniz, Torrobba, Pipo, Piazzolla, and Ponce.  Commenting on this release, Serbian Studies, USA published, "Jankovic's interpretation points to his interest in presenting the inherent beauty of the musical phrase with great care... His interpretation testifies to his artistic maturity and dedication to the essence of the musical content of the works on this CD."  In 2002, Jankovic released his "Bogdanovic, Brouwer, Dyens" CD featuring works by the most prominent and played classical guitar composers living today.  Luis Zea, a well-known composer and guitar player from Venezuela, perhaps best captured the essence of Jankovic's style by exclaiming, "He is a natural poet!".