Aleksandra Đokić-Rakić
(Belgrade, 15 th August, 1970), composer, pianist, sound designer and producer, finished her studies in composition in the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, with Rajko Maksimović. She performs regularly as a pianist, playing her own works and those of other Serbian or foreign contemporary composers. She creates music for theatre and dance, combining traditional acoustic instruments and live electronics. To expand her musical vocabulary she often draws upon inspiration from non-European musical traditions and cultures. Aleksandra Đokić-Rakić has presented her compositions for the leading contemporary music festivals in Serbia, including the International Series of Composers: String quartet (2000), Trigon (2002). Since 2003 she works with choreographers and directors for theatrical commentaries: Mali princ (2006), Zaboravljeni jezik (2007), Igra senki na mom ramenu (2008), Kriva za Gausa (2008), Dve babe, četiri mačke i trotinet (2009), Reset (2009). Her music has been presented in Serbia and abroad including Alexandria, Egypt (2009) and the Infant-festival in Novi Sad (2009). Since 1999 she has been working at the Lujo Davičo ballet school in Belgrade.
Aleksandra “Anja” Đorđević
(Belgrade, 1970), studied and obtained her M.A at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade with Vlastimir Trajkovic and subsequently followed master classes with Zoran Erić. She has performed in many festivals: Ring-Ring, Belgrade Summer Festival (BELEF), Belgrade Music Festival (BEMUS), Kanjiža Jazz festival, Interzone, Exit, Ulm festival and in the United States, Austria and Italy. She has worked as a music critic for the Politika newspaper. Some of her works were published in 2003 by PGP-RTS, the year in which she also won the Stevan Mokranjać annual award for her opera Narcissus and Echo. In 1990 she worked with Goran Bregović, as a singer and arranger and from 1994 onwards she performed with double-bass player Vojin Draskoci in the Musical Synthesis project. From 2000 until 2004 she was a member of the Balkan music ensemble Marsija, founded by Žorž Grujić. Her music is essentially vocal and theatrical and includes: Narcissus and Echo, opera, Atlas (2002), stage cantata for large chamber ensemble (2008), female voice and narrator, Tesla songs (Total Reflection, Enemy Time, Niagara (2006)), for electronics and voice, Abduction of Europa, for symphony orchestra, Chaste Welcome, for string quartet and tape, Bog Grada (Der Gott Der Stadt, Georg Heym), for mixed choir and string orchestra, Spray of Evian, for string quartet, bass clarinet, bassoon, piano, percussion and female voice, Shark, for two violins, viola, piano, percussion and female voice and Heat (Jara), for string quintet, piano, percussion and female voice.
Annunziata Dellisanti
Percussionist, composer, ethnomusicologist, is professor of percussion at the “Benedetto Marcello” Conservatory, Venice, Italy, and consultant to Venetian Musicians for projects regarding sound and music. She is well known as a performer (both soloist and with orchestra) and as a composer for music for percussion instruments and for her ethno musicological research. She has researched and written essays for volumes produced by the European Commission, by the European Music Council and by the Fondazione Adkins Chiti: Donne in Musica. Her field of interested is centred upon women percussionists and musicians in the Mediterranean basin. She is founder and president of “Women In Musica, Venice” (CEVEDIM).