Praised as "the asset of the show both vocally and histrionically" and "surely, Ms Govednik dominated the stage" (The Gazette of Montreal, Le Devoir), the Serbian-born mezzo-soprano made her European debut as Carmen in a Franco-German co-production which toured France, Germany and Poland in 2009. Ms Govednik has since been a regular on Canadian and European stages. Her recent appearance include Mercédès in the Opera Kelowna's production of Carmen and the creation of Grizelda in the East Van Opera debut-production Alma by local libretist and composer A. Cocciani.   

During her  classical piano studies which she completed at the Belgrade Faculty of Music, Ms Govednik discovered her love of opera.  She moved to Montreal in 2003 obtaining  Licentiate Diploma with Honours and  Master’s Degree in Voice at the McGill Schulich School of Music in the following years. At McGill, Govednik took part in all of the Opera McGill main-stage productions starring as: Métella in Offenbach’s La vie parisienne, Zita in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Mother, Dragonfly and Squirrel in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges, The Old Woman in Bernstein’s Candide, Bianca in Britten’s Rape of Lucretia and The Third Lady in Mozart’s Magic Flute, as well as various roles in the Montreal Symphony production L’orchestre enchanté. 

Govednik appeared as a soloist in: Mahler's Das Klagende Lied and Dvořák’s Requiem with the McGill Symphony Orchestra, Berg’s Altenberglieder and Berio’s Folksongs with the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble and Mahler’s Des Knabenwunderhorn with the American International Music School Symphony in Graz (Austria). 

The other engagements include: the title-role in Piazzolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires with Ponticello ensemble (Ottawa), Lady in Waiting solo in Pucinni’s Turandot with Opéra de Montréal, Métella in La vie parisienne with SALR, Saguenay (Quebec), Sorceress in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with POD Theatre (Montreal), Maria Callas in L’omage aux Divines with Opéra-théâtre Rimouski (Québec), as well as solo parts in Rossini’s La petite messe solennelle with Choeur et ensemble du musée d’art de Joliette (Quebec), Christmas Oratorio with Orchèstre Symphonique de Longueuil (Quebec) and Vivaldi’s Gloria and the Canadian premiere of Palmeri's  Misa Tango with Musica Viva Vocal Ensemble of Montreal.

Govednik has collaborated with conductors: Julian Wachner (Opera McGill), Jean-Marie Zeitouni (OSM), Alexis Hauser (McGill Symphony), Aleksandar Kalajdzic (AIMS Symphony), Jean-Philippe Tremblay (SALR), Robert Ingari (Choeur et ensemble de Joliette), Marc David (OSL), Jon Washburn (VCC), Cristian Gort (Musica Viva) and Sylvia Tabor (OIM), as well stage-directors: Graeme Murphy, Alain Gauthier, Jeannette Aster, François Racine, Gulliermo-Silva Marin, and Eric Chalifour. 

Govednik is dedicated to reviving Serbian traditional music though own classical arrangements for voice and piano. Her CD debut Songs Of Kosovo was released in 2012. She was also a lead-singer in a rock-fusion formation, Byzantine Blue, which blends traditional Balkan and modern Western musical styles.