Aleksandar Savić (b. 1991) obtained his BA and MA degrees (in 2015 and in 2016 respectively) from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, where he studied with Tatjana Milošević Mijanović. He completed his doctoral artistic project Vizantijski san for vocal soloists, chamber orchestra, painter, audio-visual performer and video in 2023, sueprvised by the same professor. His compositions have been performed at the festivals in Belgrade (KoMA, Festum), as well as at many other festivals and concerts in Serbia and abroad – in Czech Republic, Lithuania, Italy, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He took part in the international symposium for composers and percussionists Symposium Trstenice in Czech Republic (2015, 2019), where he attended the courses of Jeff Beer, Ivo Medek, Tomáš Ondrůšek, Dimitris Andrikopoulos, Peter Adriaansz and Ulrich Krieger. He also took part in the course for composers Palendriai International Composers’ Course 2016 in Lithuania. He won 11th place at the international competition Rostrum of Composers in Palermo in 2016 (in the category of composers under 30 years) with his piece Planet IX. His piece 85 for electric viola, live electronics and audio tape was presented within the official programme of the 31st International Review of Composers.
About the piece
Orange-Gray for piano and electronics is basically a collage composed of material from author’s compositions Tri kruga za klavir [Three Circles for Piano] (2014) and three electronic pieces O’Range, Foggy Gray and Brutal Red, which are parts of the cycle Colorum for electronics (2022). This cycle is based on the idea of synaesthesia, of merging auditory and visual experiences and associations. The cycle predominantly influenced the creation of the piece Orange-Gray, and the acoustic piano layer was added to the electronic layer at a later date. The title of the work reflects the analogy of merging various thematic materials from my pieces in electronic and acoustic media.
Does gray sound orange?