Djuro Zivkovic
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Đuro Živković (born 1975) is a Serbian-Swedish composer
and violinist. Since 2000 he has lived and worked in Stockholm
, Sweden.
He has composed a wide range of works including chamber, orchestral and vocal music, music for solo instruments, choral, and short electro-acoustic pieces.
He studied composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm under Pär Lindgren and Bent Sørensen
, while also taking classes with Magnus Lindberg
and workshops with Esa-Pekka Salonen
, James Dillon
, Mario Davidovsky
and Michael Obst
.
Živkovićs style is characterized by fantastic narration, virtuoso instrumentation and stylistic highly profiled sound. In his music he has develop a variety of compositional techniques such as polyrhythmic, improvisation, special harmony based scales, microtones, layer-polyphony and heterophony.
Živković is also a professional violinist, performing new music, as well as an improviser
on violin and piano. He has received many international scholarships and prizes for his work. He also works as a teacher of composition
, music theory
& aural training, violin and chamber music.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and violinist. Since 2000 he has lived and worked in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden.
He has composed a wide range of works including chamber, orchestral and vocal music, music for solo instruments, choral, and short electro-acoustic pieces.
He studied composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm under Pär Lindgren and Bent Sørensen
Bent Sørensen
Bent Sørensen is a Danish composer.Sørensen studied composition with Ib Nørholm at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and with Per Nørgård at the Jutland Music Academy....
, while also taking classes with Magnus Lindberg
Magnus Lindberg
Magnus Lindberg is a Finnish composer and pianist. He is currently the composer-in-residence at the New York Philharmonic.-Education:...
and workshops with Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is currently Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and Conductor Laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.-Early career:...
, James Dillon
James Dillon (composer)
James Dillon, born October 29, 1950 in Glasgow, Scotland, is a Scottish composer often regarded as belonging to the New Complexity school. Dillon studied art and design, linguistics, piano, acoustics, Indian rhythm, mathematics and computer music, but is self-taught in composition.Honors include...
, Mario Davidovsky
Mario Davidovsky
Mario Davidovsky is an Argentine-American composer. Born in Argentina, he emigrated in 1960 to the US, where he lives today...
and Michael Obst
Michael Obst
Michael Obst is a German rower who competed for the Unified Team of Germany in the 1960 Summer Olympics.He was born in Leipzig.In 1960 he was the coxswain of the German boat which won the gold medal in the coxed fours event....
.
Živkovićs style is characterized by fantastic narration, virtuoso instrumentation and stylistic highly profiled sound. In his music he has develop a variety of compositional techniques such as polyrhythmic, improvisation, special harmony based scales, microtones, layer-polyphony and heterophony.
Živković is also a professional violinist, performing new music, as well as an improviser
Musical improvisation
Musical improvisation is the creative activity of immediate musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians...
on violin and piano. He has received many international scholarships and prizes for his work. He also works as a teacher of composition
Musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
, music theory
Music theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
& aural training, violin and chamber music.