Ana Sokolovic

Biography

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Ana Sokolovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia in 1968. She studied composition with Dusan Radic and with Zoran Eric. She completed a master’s degree at Université de Montréal under the direction of José Evangelista. She also attended a composition workshop with Tristan Murail and Denys Boulianne in the summer of 1997.

Her repertoire consists of works for orchestra, for piano, and several pieces of chamber music. Several works have been performed in Canada, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Iceland, Belgium, Great Britain and Ukraine.

She has received commissions from the Esprit Orchestra, Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec, the dance companys Brune and Cas Public, the Molinari String Quartet, the Orchestre baroque de Montréal , the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Queen of Puddings Music Theatre Co., the Soundstreams , the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, the Fibonacci trio, the Phœnix Trio, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, the Arraymusic, the Evergreen Gamelan and many soloists.

In 1995 and 1998 Ana Sokolovic was three times winner in the Competition for Young Composers of SOCAN.

In 1996, Ambient V was chosen to represent Canada at UNESCO’s International Rostrum of Composers, in Paris.

In 1999, Géométie sentimentale obtained a first prize in chamber music category and Grand Prix of 13th CBC Radio National Competition for Young Composers.

In 2005 she wrote her first opera, The Midnight Court, for Queen of Puddings Music Theatre Co, which was performed at the Royal Opera House, London, England in June 2006.

In 2005, Ana Sokolovic won the Joseph S. Stauffer Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts in recognition of her exceptional talent and achievement in composition, and in 2008 won the Prix Opus Prize for a composer of the year.

Ana Sokolovic lives in Montreal and is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre.

August 2007

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