Ana Sokolovic ( sr-cyr, Ана Соколовић; born 1968) is a Canadian music composer based in Montreal, Quebec, whose contemporary pieces have won several awards in Canada.

Career

Sokolovic studied composition under Dušan Radić at the University of Novi Sad and Zoran Erić at the

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. She received her masters in composition from the Université de Montréal studying under José Evangelista. Sokolovic's repertoire is wide, covering theatrical, chamber, operatic, orchestral, and vocal genres. The

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(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. In 2015, she became the first woman composer to create an operatic work for the Canadian Opera Company. The commission in question is regarding ''The Old Fools'' by renowned English poet Philip Larkin, a

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written by British librettist Paul Bentley. Her composition "Ringelspiel" was performed by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in November 2017. Her music has also been performed at London's Royal Opera House and Montreal's Conservatory of Music. In 2021 she created the symphonic short film ''Iskra'', an exploration of the impact of technology on human society, for the National Arts Centre/ CBC Gem series ''

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Awards SOCAN 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, 2005 * Prix Opus for Composer of the Year, Conseil québécois de la musique, 2007 * Jan V. Matejcek Award, SOCAN, 2008, 2012 * National Arts Centre Award, 2009 *

Dora Mavor Moore Award The Dora Mavor Moore Award (also known as the Dora Award) is an award presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts which honours theatre, dance and opera productions in Toronto. Named after Dora Mavor Moore, who helped estab ...

for Outstanding New Musical/Opera, 2012 * Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year, 2019, for ''Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes'' Sokolovic is also a nominee for the Juno Awards of 2017 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

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and later obtained a master's degree from Université de Montréal where she now teaches. Sokolovic immigrated to Quebec, Canada as a young adult.

References

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