Anna Jencek
(Cigliano Vercellese 18 Maggio 1944) Ha studiato pianoforte, arti figurative e danza moderna ed in seguito chitarra presso il Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi di Milano. Scrive musiche per spettacoli teatrali e televisivi. Si dedica per un lungo periodo all’attività didattica e in seguito studia canto (leggero, lirico e contemporaneo). Collabora con l’Associazione “L’Albero dell’Arte”, e con “Mozart e Milano”, associazione musicale che si occupa prevalentemente della promozione e organizzazione dell’omonima orchestra giovanile mozartiana. Dopo un primo periodo di scrittura per voce ed orchestra in tempi recenti si è dedicata alla musica da camera. Tra le sue opere: Bastava che, per voce e orchestra (1964); Presa di coscienza, per voce e orchestra (1967); Concerto al mattino, per voce e orchestra (1968); Belle France endormie, per voce e orchestra (1972); La violetta, per canto, oboe, flauto, clarinetto, viola e chitarra (1993); Ninna nanna per Milano, per canto e chitarra (1994).
Dragana S. Jovanović
(Belgrade, 30 th January 1963), studied composition at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade with Srđjan Hofman and Milan Mihajlović. She worked first as a music assistant for Radio Belgrade and then in the Josip Slavenski music high school. Since 1999 she has been working in the Faculty of Music in Belgrade where she teaches harmony. She has won the following Prizes and awards: II the AB RE composition prize for electrical guitar, symphony orchestra in Bologna, 1999 and she was also a finalist in the First Santa Cecilia Composition competition, Italy, 1999, as well as the Stevan Hristic Prize. Her works have been performed in Serbia, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, the Slovak Republic, France and Italy and include: Usijanje, for piano, symphony orchestra, Message from Trafalmador, Nemiri, for string orchestra, So Far So Close, Zvrk, State of confusion, Way out; as well as music for cinema and television.
Jasna Jovićević
(Belgrade, 14th June, 1976), saxophonist, flautist and composer currently professor of jazz saxophone, history and ensemble at the Nova Academy-European University in Belgrade. She received her B.A. from the composition and orchestration Music Academy in Budapest and an M.A. in composition from York University in Toronto. She also studied in Serbia, Brazil, USA and Austria and won grants to Veneto Jazz, Italy, Banff Centre, Canada, ArtsLink, New York City and the Djerassi, San Francisco Artist in Residency programmes. She has performed throughout Europe, USA and Canada in national and international festivals. Jovićević received first prize at the International Ethno Music Competition in Milan (Italy), second price at the International BalkanArt Festival- Ljubljana (Slovenia) and the third price in the Contest for the Best Jazz Composition organized by the Hungarian Jazz Federation. She was chosen to represent Serbia and Montenegro at the XII European Biennial of Young Artists in 2005. She has worked with some of the most renowned jazz and world music artists including Al Di Meola, Ray Anderson, Dave Young, Edgar Mayer, Kenny Aronoff, Benny Powell, Szakcsi Lakatos Bela and Olah Kalman. She active as a musician and composer in Toronto and has taught jazz saxophone and cultural studies at York University. Her debut album, in 2008, Invented Reality, was inspired by her traditional Balkan roots.