Svetlana Savić (1971, Serbia) is an Associate Professor and the Head at the Composition Department of the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. From 2011 she is a lecturer at the Interdisciplinary studies at University of Art in Belgrade.
She has collaborated with renowned Serbian and foreign performers, ensem-bles, and orchestras. Her compositions were commissioned for Belgrade Music Festival (BEMUS), International Review of Composers, Cello Fest, and other festivals in Serbia, USA, Austria, Israel, Lithuania, Russia, Greece, Japan, South Africa…
Her major works include The Poor Sad Don Juan’s Daugh-ter for soloists, women’s choir, and electronics, Quincunx for string orchestra, Sustineo for symphonic orchestra, Songs about Stars for women’s choir and chamber orchestra, Re-versions for chamber ensemble, Trapped for women’s choir and electronics, and Sonnetsfor female vocal, violoncello, piano, and electronics.
Svetlana Savic won “Stevan Mokranjac” prize for 2014. year and Musica Clasica’s “Composer of the Year 2016”.
Scherzo for bassoon and live electronic is dedicated to Goran Marinkovic. First performance was at ReConstruction festival, in april 2017, in Belgrade.