Jasna Veličković (Belgrade

Belgrade

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, 1974) has been living and working as a composer in the Netherlands since 2001 where she completed a Masters in music at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague

Royal Conservatory of The Hague

The Royal Conservatory of The Hague is a conservatorium of music, providing higher education in music and dance, it is located in The Hague, Netherlands.-The Conservatory:...

 under Louis Andriessen

Louis Andriessen

Louis Andriessen is a Dutch composer and pianist based in Amsterdam. He teaches composition at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague...

, Gilius van Bergeijk

Gilius van Bergeijk

Gilius van Bergeijk is a Dutch composer.Taught by Kees van Baaren and Dick Raaymakers , Gilius van Bergeijk is a highly respected teacher at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag...

 and Clarence Barlow

Clarence Barlow

Clarence Barlow is a composer of classical and electroacoustic works.-Biography:Barlow was born in Calcutta, a member of the anglophone minority, of British and Portuguese descent...

 with distinction. She completed her Bachelors in composition at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade under Srdjan Hofman.

Jasna Velickovic has written and been performed by various ensembles including Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra

Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra

The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra in Serbia, regularly considered as one of the finest in the country. Its home base is in Belgrade.- History :...

, Belgrade Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Dutch Radio Kamerorkest conducted by Peter Eotvos

Peter Eötvös

Péter Eötvös is a Hungarian composer and conductor.Eötvös was born in Odorheiu Secuiesc/Székelyudvarhely, Szeklerland, Transylvania . He studied composition in Budapest and Cologne. From 1962, he composed for film in Hungary. Eötvös played regularly with the Stockhausen Ensemble between 1968 and...

, Robot orchestra by Godfried Willem Raes, David Kweksilber's Big Band, Maarten Altena Ensemble, LOOS, 'de Ereprijs', Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne

Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne

Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne , based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is one of the world's premier chamber orchestras specializing in contemporary classical music...

, Ensemble Aleph, Piano Possibile, pianoduo Post & Mulder, Claron McFadden

Claron McFadden

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, Nada Kolundzija, Stephanie Pan, Gośka Isphording, Debora Richards as well by ensembles with specific instrumentation formed for the particular piece.

Her works have been performed at festivals such as Holland Festival

Holland Festival

The Holland Festival is The Netherlands' oldest and largest performing arts festival, and takes place every June in Amsterdam. It comprises theater, music, opera and modern dance. In recent years, multimedia, visual arts, film and architecture were added to the festival roster...

, Gaudeamus Music Week, Music Biennale Zagreb

Music Biennale Zagreb

Music Biennale Zagreb is an international festival of contemporary music in Zagreb, Croatia, organized by the Croatian Composers' Society. The Biennale, founded by Milko Kelemen and held every spring of the odd years since 1961, has become one of the most important festivals of contemporary music...

, Archipel Festival (Swiss), Time of Music (Finland), Festival Aspekte (Austria), A-devantgarde (Germany), Manca (France), International Review of Composers (Serbia) among others.

Jasna Velickovic is co-founder of CHINCH – Initiative for Research and Production of Contemporary Music, “Live” and Visual Arts. Guest speakers included Richard Ayres, Louis Andriessen, Gilius van Bergeijk among others. She is also co-founder of Teorija koja Hoda (Walking Theory).

Awards

• She was the laureate of the 4th International Youth Music Forum in Kiev (1995)
• The first prize at the International Review of Composers in Belgrade (1996)
• Second prize at the International Review of Composers in Belgrade (1997)
• The Josip Slavenski Award in Belgrade (1998)
• Finalist with the orchestra piece at the Dutch Music Days festival (2002)
• IRINO Prize in Tokyo, Japan (2007) with her piece "Strelka" (for two pianos, harp, harpsichord, accordion, cymbal and music saw).

External links

• JasnaVeličković.com - official website
• CHINCH - About us
• DreamOpera
• TkH: Walking Theory / Teorija koja Hoda
• Vris.Krik.exe: A Techno - Music Metaphor of Subject/Body
• https://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/soi/article/view/8014/7173
• Partitura ispisana genima (Serbian, score written by genes)