Dragoslav Nikolic (b. 1927) and Strahinja Ruzic (b.1932) are two great Serbian pioneers of classical guitar pedagogy. Both were among the first classical guitar teachers to start teaching the instrument in the early seventies, in Pancevo-city music school, which was the first to open a guitar departement in Serbia in the second half of the 20th century. Although both are music amateurs, they showed a great passion for the guitar, played some concerts, published a number of guitar volumes, and even did some recordings.
(Uros Dojcinovic: Guitar Compositions from Yugoslavia. Vol.IV Serbia, 2004)