Svetlana Maraš


       Svetlana Maraš was born in 1985. in Kragujevac, Serbia, where she finished elementary and secondary music school, in the piano department. She is studying composition at the Music Art Faculty in Belgrade, under the tutorship of Professor Zoran Erić. Besides the piano, she also improvises with electronics and objects.
       She got involved with improvised music in 2004, having attended Szilard Mezei’s workshop in Novi Sad. Their collaboration started here, and with Szilard Mezei International Octet she had her first performance in September 2004. at the Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music in Kanjiža. The concert was recorded and released on Leo records (2005). Another concert was realized at the festival of new music “Ring Ring” in Belgrade in May, 2005. On that occasion she went through a course in electro-acoustic improvisation. As a participant of a course organized by Berklee College of Music as a part of Umbria Jazz Festival (2005), she deepened her interest in jazz music. She has participated in free improvisation workshops as a part of Swiss Balkan Creative Music project.
       She is co-organizer of improvisation/multimedia series “Šalter” in Students Cultural Center in Belgrade. She also works in close collaboration with collective addlimb.


       Svetlana Maraš rođena je 1985.godine u Kragujevcu, gde je završila nižu i srednju muzičku školu na odseku za klavir. Student je Fakulteta Muzičke Umetnosti u Beogradu,na odseku za kompoziciju u klasi prof. Zorana Erića. Pored klavira, improvizuje i sa elektronikom i objektima.
       Improvizovanom muzikom počinje da se bavi 2004. godine, kada pohađa radionicu Szilarda Mezei-a u Novom Sadu. Tada počinje njihova saradnja, i sa Szilard Mezei International octetom prvi put nastupa u septembru 2004. godine na Festivalu za jazz i improvizovanu muziku u Kanjiži. Koncert je snimljen i objavljen u izdanju Leo records-a (London, 2005.) Značajan nastup ostvaruju i na festivalu za novu muziku "Ring-Ring", u maju 2005. u Beogradu. Tom prilikom pohađa kurs elektro-akustične improvizacije. Kao učesnik kursa Berklee College of Music u okviru Umbria jazz festivala (2005), produbljuje interesovanje za jazz. Učesnik je više radionica slobodne improvizacije u okviru projekta Swiss Balkan Creative Music.
       Koorganizator je serijala improvizovanih/multimedijalnih dešavanja “Šalter” u SKC-u. U uskoj je saradnji i sa kolektivom addlimb.



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