Maja Bosnić, DMA
Maja Bosnić (b. 1985, Belgrade) is a composer whose work spans instrumental, electronic, and multimedia contexts. She earned her PhD in Composition under the supervision of Professor Roger Redgate at Goldsmiths, University of London, and is currently pursuing a second doctorate in Transdisciplinary Studies of Contemporary Arts and Media at FMK in Belgrade.
Her music has been presented internationally at major art and music festivals across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, including Warsaw Autumn (Poland), Zagreb Music Biennale (Croatia), Heroines of Sound, CTM, Darmstadt New Music Festival, Up to Three (Germany), musikprotokoll, impuls, Bludenz New Music Days (Austria), Bang on a Can (USA), Tzlil Meudcan (Israel), Distat Terra (Argentina), Spaziomusica (Italy), as well as International Composers’ Forum, April Meetings, S.U.T.R.A., April Meetings, EUFONIJA (Serbia), among many others.
Bosnić has collaborated with leading ensembles such as Ensemble Mosaik (Berlin), Ensemble Recherche (Freiburg), Black Page Orchestra (Vienna), Riot Ensemble (UK), Ensemble Tzara (Zurich), Klangforum Wien (Vienna), Extended Music Collective (Ghent), Cantus Ensemble (Zagreb), as well as Belgrade-based collectives Muzikon and Metamorphosis.
She is the recipient of numerous awards, scholarships, and residencies, including Progetto Positano – Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, In Memoriam Iannis Xenakis, Andrea Ceraso Rome Award, New Music Generation, Donaueschinger Musiktage, and Thai Symposium on New Music and Art, etc.
Guided by the belief that art can transform the world and foster critical thought, her work often explores absurdity, constraint, unexpected outcomes, and participatory formats. She frequently reimagines instruments as “ready-made” objects while transforming everyday objects into instruments themselves.
Her double album, Portrait of a Composer: Maja Bosnić, was released by CK13 (Novi Sad). In 2010, she founded the contemporary music association Zabuna, through which she curates workshops and concerts.
More information: https://majabosnic.net