As a performer at major competitions around the globe, he has a universally evocative sound that has won high regard with the world’s classical music community, and as a result, Jankovic has garnered numerous prestigious awards, including a 1998 Bronze medal at the 1998 H.R.H. Princess Cristina 13th International Guitar Competition in Madrid, Spain.

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 master’s 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, Ind.