Vladimir Bodegrajac (born 22 March 1978 in
Zagreb), known as Van Bod, is a
Croatian composer,
pianist and
pop singer
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.
Life and career
After finishing at th
Vatroslav Lisinski Music Schoolin Zagreb, he studied piano under Prof. Marina Ambokadze and musicology under Prof Larisa Loginova at the Ino Mirkovich Academy, under the license of the
Moscow State Conservatory „
P. I. Tchaikovsky
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“, where he received his master's degree in piano, mentor Prof. Marina Ambokadze.
He finished postgraduate studies of composition at
„Komitas“ State Conservatory,
Yerevan,
Armenia, mentor Prof Armen Smbatyan. He worked as assistant of Prof Armen Smbatyan, rector of the Armenian Conservatory, at the composition department and as assistant of Prof Marina Ambokadze in the piano department of the Ino Mirkovic Academy. In 2005 he moved to
Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he worked as a composer, singer and pianist for NTW Productions. Since 2006, he has worked at the UMJETNIČKA ŠKOLA FRANJE LUČIĆA in
Velika Gorica, Croatia. He is also composing and performing his own songs and compositions.
Achievements
* Composer of "Call Of Heart" for
UNICEF children orchestra, Yerevan, Armenia, 2014
* Composer of
UNESCO Children's Foundation "Sea Of Love" anthem, Paris, 1998
* Winner of Emerging composer prize on „Waging Peace Through Singing“ contest, Oregon, USA, 2002
* Performance at “
Dora” (
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
2004, Croatia) with his own song "Don't cry"
* Works on orchestrations with
Stepan Shakaryan
Stepan Grigori Shakaryan ( hy, Ստեփան Շաքարյան, 23 October 1935 – 22 June 2019) was an Armenian jazz and classical composer, pianist, People's Artist of Armenia (2017), and professor at Yerevan State Conservatory.
Biography
St ...
- the direct successor and student of
Aram Khachaturian
* Private concerts, TV appearances and radio broadcasts performing his own compositions, compositions of classical and modern composers, performing with chamber and symphony orchestras
Discography
# ''
We'' (2011)
# ''
Destiny'' (2011) - arranged album in digital distribution
External links
Vladimir Bodegrajac official websiteVan Bod – at ReverbNationNLO studio
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Living people
1978 births
Musicians from Zagreb
Croatian pop singers
21st-century Croatian male singers
Composers for piano
Croatian composers
Croatian songwriters
Croatian singer-songwriters
Croatian classical pianists
Male classical pianists
21st-century classical pianists