Dario Humenjuk (Banjaluka, 1979) began his musical education in his hometown at the Elementary School of Music “Vlado Milošević” at the Piano Department in the class of prof. Branka Kuzmanović. He finished Secondary School of Music “Josip Slavenski” in Belgrade in the class of prof. Olga Bauer and prof. MA Zorica Stupar-Berbić. He completed his graduate studies at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad in the class of prof. PhD Dorian Leljak. He continued his professional development at numerous master classes with renowned pianists: Kemal Gekić, Arbo Valdma, Žak Ruvje, Vladimir Ogarkov, Svetlana Bogino, Ninoslav Živković, and Rita Kinka.
Mr. Humenjuk gained teaching experience in schools of music in Belgrade and Novi Sad. Since 2005, he has worked as a chamber music and accompaniment teacher at the School of Music “Davorin Jenko” in Belgrade. Since 2023, he has been an assistant professor at the Academy of Arts of the University of Bijeljina at the Department of Piano and Chamber Music. Several times as a mentor, commentator, and artistic collaborator, he participated in licensed chamber music seminars organized by Jugoconcert (Letnja škola violončela by prof. Nada Jovanović, 2004), The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia (Škola lepog pevanja - umetnost pevanja Art of Singing, by principal opera Artist Gordana Tomić, 2010), The University of Arts in Belgrade (Duni vetre sa banatske strane, 2012), The University of Arts in Nanjing, China in 2016.
He has been a participant and collaborator of several prestigious national and international competitions and festivals: Concorso internazionale citta di Stressa (Italy, 1998), Jeunesses Musicales (2003), Augustin Prohazka (Slovakia, 2004), Cello fest (Belgrade, 2005), Dotzauer-Wettbewerb fur junge Cellisten in Dresden (Germany, 2005), Marble and Sounds (Aranđelovac, 2008), Seghizzi-Concorso Internacionale di canto solostico (Italy, 2009), Vasi Prihoda (Czech Republic, 2016). He is the winner of the special prize for piano duo at the republic competition in Niš (1997), the award for piano collaborator at the Petar Konjović competition in Novi Sad (1998), recognition of the EPTA - Serbian Piano Teachers Association in Subotica (1999), recognition of the Music Youth of the City of Kragujevac (2004), as well as the awards of The Associazione Musicale Dino Ciani (Italy, 2007 and 2008). He was a member of the jury of the International music competitions Francesco Paolo Neglia, Francesco Forgione, and Paul Harris (Italy, 2007 and 2008), The Republic Competition (Belgrade, 2014), Chamber Music, The Republic Competition in Belgrade (2023), The Festival of Slavic Music in 2023, The Festival “Isidor Bajić” in Novi Sad (2023), and Smotra talenata in Sremski Karlovci in 2023. He made permanent recordings for Radio Television of Serbia, Radio Television of Republika Srpska, and Rai Uno (Italy).
As a chamber music artist, he collaborated with prominent interpreters of solo singing and string instruments. He has collaborated with many artists in the state and abroad, including Radmila Smiljanić, Živan Saramandić, Radmila Bakočević, Milica Stojadinović, Gordana Tomić, Snežana Savičić Sekulić, Iva Mrvoš, Dušica Bijelić, Milan Karanović, Predrag Milanović, Aleksa Vasić, Kateno-Tino Favaca, Louise Hopkins, Aleksandar Knjazev, and others.
Mr. Humenjuk performed as a solo pianist, chamber musician and piano accompanist in China, Austria, Italy, Greece, Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia.
Professional critics evaluated him as an exceptional artist and connoisseur of the chamber music and solo singing, thus he got the opportunity to complete a number of projects: the opening of the “Davorin Jenko” International Competition in Belgrade in 2007 with cellist Aleksandar Pavlović, associate professor at Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Proslava godišnjice rođenja kompozitora Stevana Stojanovića Mokranjca in Negotin (2010), the concert “Sećanje na Miroslava Čangalovića“ at the invitation of the National Theater in Belgrade in 2010, the Concert with the Serbian-Jewish Singing Society and conductor Đorđe Stanković in the Ceremonial Hall of the Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment in Belgrade (2010), Autorsko veče Rastislava Kambaskovića in the Ceremonial Hall of the Belgrade City Assembly in 2012, concert on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Obzorja na Tisa, Dani Josifa Marinkovića in Novi Bečej (2012), “Veče solo pesme srpskih i ruskih autora” with Dunja Simić, the principal opera artist of The Frankfurt Opera and assistant professor at the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka, in the Concert Hall of The Cultural Center “Banski Dvor” in Banja Luka (2012), PhD artistic project of the conductor Dragana Jovanović, “Mokranjac 1914–2014”, “Poslednji susret”, concert premiered as a final exam for PhD studies in the Ceremonial Hall of the Military Club of Serbia, 2015, the concert “Lֹ’amour, reason d’etre” at BELEF in 2016, Vocal-instrumental recital in Nanjing (China, 2016), “Serendipity” recital in Cardiff and London in 2018, the opening of Festival of Slavic Music at Russian Cultural House in Belgrade (2023), and International Romani Day with Anastasija Holc in Military Club of Serbia in Belgrade (2023).
Since 2015, he has been collaborating closely with soprano Dušica Bijelić and baritone Aleks Vasić. Through their work on vocal-instrumental literature, they research traditional, but also contemporary approaches to the interpretation of chamber and vocal-instrumental music written from the end of the 16th century to the present day. From a series of joint projects and concerts, the concert, “Lֹ’amour, reason d’etre” BELEF, Belgrade, in 2016, as well as the author's project “Tragom srpske solo pesme” under the auspices of SOKOJ in 2019, stands out.
Dario Humenjuk received his PhD degree at the Chamber Music Department of the Faculty of Music in Belgrade in 2015 in the class of full professor Ljudmila Gros Popović.