About Ivan Božičević

Ivan Božičević (*1961) studied composition at the Belgrade Faculty of Music and attended Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt. He also studied organ at the Frankfurt Music Academy and specialized in early music at Salamanca University.

Until 2001 Ivan worked at the Belgrade Faculty of Music and Academy of Arts in Novi Sad as a teacher of counterpoint, analysis and harmony. Since 2002 he works in Split, Croatia, as a free-lance artist and runs the jazz band SplitMinders.

Božičević's opus encompasses four symphonic compositions, orchestral, chamber, choral and soloistic works, as well as numerous electronic compositions. He is interested in a variety of genres (early and baroque, electronic, jazz, world music) and the possibility of “cross-fertilizations“ between those genres, always aiming for the stylistic amalgamation on a deeper level.

His works were performed in Serbia, Croatia, Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, the Czech Republic, Russia, Bulgaria, Ireland, Great Britain and the USA. Numerous recordings were made for Serbian national radio and television, Swedish national radio and Croatian national radio and television. Božičević received composition prizes in Serbia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, the United Kingdom and USA (ArtsLink Fellowship Award, Garth Newel Prize, Aliénor Award, AGO/ECS Publishing Award, Prague Philharmonic Choir Prize, John Clare Society Award, Asylum Quartet Prize, Sofia Soloists Prize, AGO/Marilyn Mason Award). He is one of the founding members of the Splithesis ensemble for new music in Split, Croatia.

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