Born into a family of musicians (his father, Jezdimir Vujicic, was a
violinist of Serbian origin, Godefroy Vujicic successively obtained two
first prizes for
cello and
chamber music at the , two first prizes "with distinction" in the same disciplines at the
Royal Conservatory of Brussels then the higher education diploma of the
Conservatoire de Paris. He played for
Europe Day in 1994, in trio with a Croatian pianist and a Bosnian violinist at the
Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, aired live on
Euronews. On this occasion,
Jacques Delors, president of the
European Commission, congratulated him for this "Exemplary understanding approach". He interpreted the complete six
Cello Suites by
Johann Sebastian Bach for the opening of the Festival du "Mois Molière" (2000 edition) in
Versailles in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the death of the composer, followed by a tour of radio and television concerts on national channels in the former Yugoslavia in Belgrade and
Novi Sad. Vujicic took part to festivals, such as "
Musica", in Strasbourg in 1999, broadcast on
France Musique, "La fête à Voltaire" in
Ferney-Voltaire in 2008, for the 230th anniversary of the death of
Voltaire, and "Lille 3000", in 2009. Founder, conductor and cellist of the String Quartet of the
French Army from 2001 to 2006, he was attached to the Chief of the Land Staff (Cemat). Cello solo at the premiere of the
Clair ruisseau by
Dmitri Shostakovich for the
Bolchoi at the
Paris Opera in 2004, Godefroy Vujicic was congratulated by
Mstislav Rostropovich. He is a member of ''L'Ensemble Diagonal
, dedicated to Contemporary classical music and conducted by Rut Schereiner and Luis Naón. Godefroy Vujicic played in cinema with the Concerts Colonne in Fauteuils d'orchestre (French film by Danièle Thompson, 2006), participated to the recording of the film score for Mangeurs d'étoiles
(French film by Alice Colomer, 2008) and performed in '' (French film by , 2010). Godefroy Vujicic is the founder of "Les concerts de l'abbaye royale Saint-Vincent" festival, which takes place annually at
Senlis, in the Oise department. He participated to the 11th edition of the
Pierre Cardin festival, in Lacoste, in 2011, in the show "Voltaire, de la tolérance à la raison" (directed by Pierre-Marie Carlier). He has been accompanying the
Victoires de la Musique ceremony every year since 2011. He recorded the six Suites for cello solo by Jean-Sébastien Bach, an album of
Musiques russes at a concert in the
Salle Cortot and the two
Cello concertos by
Joseph Haydn on the occasion of the bicentennial of the composer's death. Godefroy Vujicic teaches at the Conservatory of
Châtenay-Malabry (Hauts-de-Seine) and the Claude Debussy one in the
17th arrondissement of Paris. == References ==