Ana Kazimić (b. 1985) graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad with ballet music Love – The Power of New Awakenings. She completed doctoral academic studies of composition at the Faculty of Music, Belgrade, with a dance fantasia Muerto de amor for vocal-instrumental ensemble, electronics and dancers, supervised by professor Zoran Erić. She works as an Assistant professor in the artistic field of composition and conducting at the Faculty of Arts in Niš.

Ana Kazimić was the winner of the young composers’ competition held under the auspices of the Triorca project initiated by Norfolk County Council’s Music Service, England. At the International Composition Competition commemorating the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan, her piece was awarded as the best one. She was among the five young composers in the world selection for Aurora Fine Arts Festival in Stockholm. One of Ana’s works was selected by the ISCM committee to be performed at the World New Music Days 2020 in New Zealand.

Ana has studied with eminent composers including Krzysztof Penderecki, Sven-David Sandström, Johannes Schöllhorn, Alexander Mullenbach, Paul Pignon.

She won awards at international dance competitions and she did choreographies for soloist and group performances, most recently the choreography for the opera Carmen at the National Theatre Niš.

About the piece

The theme created in a moment of imagination, for string orchestra, is accompanied with four character variations, different in tempo, meter, and manner of working with the music material.