Ivan Bozicevic
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Ivan Božičević is a Croatian composer
, pianist
, organist
and jazz musician.
, Croatia
, as a free-lance artist.
From 1984 to 1988 studies organ at the Hochschule für Musik
in Frankfurt with the renowned professor Edgar Krapp. Acquires a broad repertoire, with a special emphasis on baroque and modern music. Specializes early organ music in Salamanca (with Guy Bovet and Montserrat Torrent). Gives many successful concerts in Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.
His creative output encompasses three symphonies, orchestral, chamber, choir and soloistic works, as well as electronic compositions and jazz music. He received numerous composition awards, and his works are frequently played on radio, TV and concerts (performances in Croatia, Germany, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States).
After moving to Split, he widens his music activity to include organ and piano playing, composing, arranging and theatre music. His collaborations include top Croatian jazz and pop musicians (Dražen Bogdanović, Tedi Spalato, Hari Rončević) as well as Dalmatia
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ensembles («Cambi»). Božičević runs a jazz-band called SplitMinders, whose repertoire is based on originals and arrangements of dalmatian folk songs. He also works with Partet, (jazz standards, blues and bossa-nova) and a fusion band "Waveform". Božičević is a founding member of the Split society for contemporary music ("Splithesis", 2008).
Chamber ensembles
:
Solo keyboard instrument
s:
Computer-controlled electronics:
Choral music:
Theoretical:
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...
, pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
, organist
Organist
An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...
and jazz musician.
Biography
Božičević was born in Belgrade. After initial piano studies, joins the composition class of A. Obradović at the Belgrade Faculty of Music. Graduates in 1984, earns a Master's degree in 1989. Until 2001 occupies a teaching post for Harmony, Counterpoint and Analysis there and at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. Since December 2001 lives and works in SplitSplit (city)
Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, as a free-lance artist.
From 1984 to 1988 studies organ at the Hochschule für Musik
Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts
The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts is a state Hochschule for Music, Theater and Dance in Frankfurt and is the only one of its kind in the Federal State of Hesse. It was founded in 1938....
in Frankfurt with the renowned professor Edgar Krapp. Acquires a broad repertoire, with a special emphasis on baroque and modern music. Specializes early organ music in Salamanca (with Guy Bovet and Montserrat Torrent). Gives many successful concerts in Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.
His creative output encompasses three symphonies, orchestral, chamber, choir and soloistic works, as well as electronic compositions and jazz music. He received numerous composition awards, and his works are frequently played on radio, TV and concerts (performances in Croatia, Germany, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States).
After moving to Split, he widens his music activity to include organ and piano playing, composing, arranging and theatre music. His collaborations include top Croatian jazz and pop musicians (Dražen Bogdanović, Tedi Spalato, Hari Rončević) as well as Dalmatia
Dalmatia
Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....
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Klapa
The klapa music is a form of traditional Croatian a cappella singing . The word klapa translates as "a group of friends" and traces its roots to littoral church singing . The motifs in general celebrate love, wine , country and sea...
ensembles («Cambi»). Božičević runs a jazz-band called SplitMinders, whose repertoire is based on originals and arrangements of dalmatian folk songs. He also works with Partet, (jazz standards, blues and bossa-nova) and a fusion band "Waveform". Božičević is a founding member of the Split society for contemporary music ("Splithesis", 2008).
Awards and recognitions
Awards that Božičević received for his compositions include: Stevan Hristić Award, Silver Medal of the Belgrade University of Arts (Serbia); Mandolina Imota, Cro Patria Golden Cathedral, Hrvatski sabor kulture (Croatia); CEC Artslink Fellowship Award, Garth Newel Award (United States); Anton Stadler Award (United Kingdom).Selection of works
Symphony orchestra:- Music for big orchestra (1983)
- Essercizi sinfonici (1986)
- Five haiku after Bashô (1989)
Chamber ensembles
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
:
- Sonata (1981) for violin and piano
- Three ‘female’ songs (1981) for soprano voice and piano
- Pathways (1982) for string quartet
- Rivers, like in a dream (1983) for bass-clarinet and organ
- Play E.S. (1983) for two women's voices, bass-clarinet, piano, organ, synthesizer and percussion
- Essercizi da camera (1985) for 13 string players
- Chamber Music (1986) for soprano voice, violoncello and piano (poetry of J. Joyce, in English)
- Mandorle dolce, mandorle amare (1999) for mandolin orchestraMandolin orchestraA mandolin orchestra is an orchestra consisting primarily of instruments from the mandolin family of instruments, such as the mandolin, mandola, mandocello and mando-bass or mandolon...
- Marittimo (2006) for oboe, piano and string orchestra; version for soprano saxophone, piano and string quintet (2008)
- Airborne (2007) for bas clarinet and string quartet (or string orchestra); version for clarinet and string quartet (2008)
- Pebbles (2008) for flute, oboe, double-bass and piano
- Cascades classiques (2008) for string orchestra
- Canto de la ave rapiega (2009) for violoncello and piano
- A thousand pines, one Moon (2009) for chamber ensemble
- Lamento (2009) for alto flute and organ
- Tracing (2010) for one harmony and three melody instruments
- Sustainable development (2010) for chamber ensemble
- Raven's Pass (2010) for basset clarinet and piano
- Monkey Face (2010) for violin, viola, cello and piano
Solo keyboard instrument
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
s:
- Five haiku after Bashô (1987) for organ
- Sotto voce (1994/2008) for piano
- Behind the cloud (1996) for organ
Computer-controlled electronics:
- Senecio / Astrolabe (1992)
- Sanza (1992)
- Isle of voices (1992), cycle of 6 pieces
- Moon's turning point (1993)
- Intelligence of the heart (1994)
Choral music:
- Good Shepherd (2000), for women's choir and piano
- Sundial (2003), for women's choir, percussion and piano
- Veronica (2004), for women's choir and piano
- The Everlasting Voices (2010), for women's choir; version for mixed choir (2010)
Theoretical:
- Technique and structure of fugue in organ works of D. Buxtehude (1995), dissertation paper
- Introduction to Renaissance and Baroque ornamentation (1998)