Xhevdet Sahatxhija graduated from the Music Academy in Zagreb in the class of Professor Darko Petrinjak. As a guitar professor, he has been working for many years in Music Scholl Pavla Markovca.
Currently, he is an External Associate at Academia of Arts and Culture in Osijek, Music Academy in Zagreb and a Professor assoc. at and Faculty of Art in Prishtina. He educated generations of young guitarists among which are those who won valuable awards at national and international competitions and who are now prominent artists and music teachers.
He has participated ant many eminent festivals: Anna Amalia in Weimar, Guitar Art Festival in Belgrade, Enrico Mercatali in Gorizia, Mörska Sobota and Svirel in Slovenia, Zagreb Guitar Fest, Sarajevo Guitar Fest, Split Guitar Fest, Omiš Guitar Fest, Tirana Guitar Fest, Daleki akordi, Porecki tirando, Tremolo Skopje, Ohrid Summer Guitar Academy,… In 2004 he received Croatian Society of Music and Dance Teachers Annual Award.
From 2003 to 2009 he was the head of professional council for guitar pedagogues and a mentor to many young teachers, 2010 to 2017 he was president of the Croatian Society of Guitar Teachers and from 2009 to 2014 he was the director of the Music School in Novska. In addition to regular teaching work he also leads the International Summer Guitar School in Pucisca and Milna on Brac and in Porec as well. He is Artistic director of Peja International Guitar Festival.
Besides being a jury member at many national and international competitions, he also performs solo and as a member of various chamber ensembles in Croatia and abroad.
