Rastko Popović, DA completed his education in music performance (viola) at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia and at the University of Stavanger, Norway with the highest grades. He performs regularly, appearing both on national and international concert stages. He plays in a duo with pianist Marijana Savov-Stojanović. In addition to classical viola, chamber and orchestra repertoire, he is actively interested in historically informed performance practice of the 17th and 18th century music as a member of the Belgrade Baroque ensemble. Rastko also explores the world of contemporary and alternative music by experimenting with his electric viola. In this vein, he started his I'm my own merry-go-round artistic project. He is especially interested in the field of artistic research in music and combined practical and theoretical approach to music performance and music teaching practices, thus presenting several papers at national and international music conferences. Rastko Popović has been appointed an assistant professor for viola at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade. He is holding String instruments teaching methods class.