Ana Sokolovic ( sr-cyr, Ана Соколовић; born 1968) is a Canadian music composer based in

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, whose contemporary pieces have won several awards in Canada.

Career

Sokolovic studied composition under

Dušan Radić Dušan Radić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Радић; 10 April 1929 — 3 April 2010) was a Serbian composer, university professor, and a full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA, SANU in Serbian). Biography Radić was bor ...

at the

University of Novi Sad The University of Novi Sad ( sr, Универзитет у Новом Саду, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu; hu, Újvidéki Egyetem) is a public university in Novi Sad, Serbia. Alongside nationally prestigious University of Belgrade, University of ...

and

Zoran Erić Zoran Erić ( sr, Зоран Ерић / ''Zoran Erić'', ) (born 6 October 1950) is a Serbian composer based in Belgrade. He teaches composition, orchestration, theater and film music at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade, Serb ...

at the

University of Arts in Belgrade The University of Arts in Belgrade ( sr-cyr, Универзитет уметности у Београду, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu) is a public university in Serbia. It was founded in 1957 as the Academy of Arts to unite four academies. ...

. She received her masters in composition from the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte- ...

studying under

José Evangelista José Evangelista (5 August 1943 – 10 January 2023) was a Spanish composer and music educator who was based in Montreal, Canada. He was professor of composition at the Université de Montréal from 1979 to 2009. A member of the Canadian Leagu ...

. Sokolovic's repertoire is wide, covering theatrical, chamber, operatic, orchestral, and vocal genres. The Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) dedicated the "Hommage Series" to Sokolovic for the 2011–2012 season, marking the twenty years since she immigrated to Quebec. Her body of work was celebrated in 200 events taking place across Canada. Sokolovic's opera, ''Svadba-Wedding'', focused on the day before a Serbian wedding and was produced by the Queen of Puddings Music Theater. The production toured Canada and Europe from 2012 until 2015, as well as returning in March 2018 for a performance at the

Opera de Montreal Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a ...

. In 2015, she became the first woman composer to create an operatic work for the

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. The commission in question is regarding ''The Old Fools'' by renowned English poet Philip Larkin, a libretto written by British librettist Paul Bentley. Her composition "Ringelspiel" was performed by the

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in November 2017. Her music has also been performed at London's

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and Montreal's

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. In 2021 she created the symphonic short film ''Iskra'', an exploration of the impact of technology on human society, for the

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series '' Undisrupted''.

Awards
SOCAN The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects ...
Foundation Award for Young Composers, 1995, 1996, 1997

Source: * Grand prize and 1st prize in the Chamber Music category, CBC Young Composers Competition, 1999 * Joseph S. Stauffer Prize,

Canada Council for the Arts The Canada Council for the Arts (french: Conseil des arts du Canada), commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown corporation established in 1957 as an arts council of the Government of Canada. It acts as the federal government's principal i ...

, 2005 * Prix Opus for Composer of the Year, Conseil québécois de la musique, 2007 * Jan V. Matejcek Award,

SOCAN The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects ...

, 2008, 2012 *

Award, 2009 * Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Musical/Opera, 2012 *

Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year The Juno Award for "Classical Composition of the Year" has been awarded since 1987, as recognition each year for the best classical music composition in Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territori ...

, 2019, for ''Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes'' Sokolovic is also a nominee for the

Juno Awards of 2017 The Juno Awards of 2017, honouring Canadian music achievements, were presented in Ottawa, Ontario the weekend of 1–2 April 2017. The ceremonies were held at the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata and televised on CTV with Bryan Adams and Russell ...

in the category Classical Composition of the Year. The nominated work is entitled "And I need a room to receive five thousand people with raised glasses... or... what a glorious day, the birds are singing 'halleluia'".

Education

Born in Serbia, Sokolovic was a student of classical ballet prior to studying theater and music. She studied composition in Belgrade and later obtained a master's degree from

where she now teaches. Sokolovic immigrated to

, Canada as a young adult.

References

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