Božo Banović (b. 1963, Srbija) completed studies of composition at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, where he studied with Rajko Maksimović and Vlastimir Trajković. He is the author of several dozen chamber, orchestral and vocal compositions. Besides various festivals in Serbia (The International Review of Composers, Obzorja na Tisi in Novi Bečej, etc.), his works were performed in several European countries, in RSA, Australia and USA. Since 2021 his works are published by Universal Edition, Vienna.

About the piece

Arija [Air] for cello and piano is a chamber composition, written in 2022. The title of the piece comes from the song-like quality of expression of the solo instrument.