IVAN BOŽIČEVIĆ
composer • organist • pianist • arranger • jazz musician
Biography
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Ivan Božičević is a
composer, organist, pianist,
arranger and jazz
musician in Split, Croatia. His recent works include
Monkey Face for piano
quartet (winner of the 2011
Garth Newel Composition Competition),
Microgrooves for solo
harpsichord and Aliénor
Courante for soprano, cello and harpsichord (both winners at the
2012 Aliénor Harpsichord Composition Competition) and
Raven's Pass for basset
clarinet and piano (Anton
Stadler award). |
Ivan's
creative output encompasses three symphonies,
orchestral, chamber, choir and soloistic works, as well as
electronic compositions and jazz music. His works are frequently
performed on radio, TV and
concerts
(Croatia,
France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Russia, Serbia, Sweden and
the USA). Other awards and recognitions that he received include the
ArtsLink Fellowship Award,
Stevan Hristić Award, CroPatria Golden Cathedral, Mandolina Imota
Prize,
and University of Belgrade
Silver Medal.
Ivan was born in Belgrade, Serbia, where he earned a
master’s degree in composition at the Faculty of Music (prof. A.
Obradović). He also studied organ at the Hochschule für Musik
in Frankfurt (prof. E. Krapp), acquiring a broad repertoire with an
emphasis on baroque and modern music. Ivan specialized in early
organ music in Salamanca (prof. G. Bovet and M. Torrent) and gave
many successful organ recitals in Croatia, Germany, Hungary,
Switzerland, Spain and Serbia.
Until 2001 Ivan taught Harmony, Counterpoint and
Analysis at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade and at the Academy of
Arts in Novi Sad. He then moved to Split
and widened his music activity to include other genres
– jazz, theatre and pop music. Ivan runs a jazz-band
SplitMinders,
whose repertoire is based on originals and arrangements of dalmatian
folk songs. He is also a founding member of Split Society of New
Music and its ensemble, Splithesis.