participants

Aneta Sanev

Aneta Sanev

(keyboard, bongos, conga, vocal)

from Macedonia, has been composing since the 2nd grade, and started singing profession- ally at the age of 15. Afterwards she started to work on numerous projects in Macedonia as a composer, arranger, lyricist and backup vocalist. She graduated jazz piano from the UGD Stip, and has worked on over 100 titles, either as a singer, a lyricist, keyboard player, arranger or backup vocalist. She regularly performs with her trio.

Bruna Matijević

Bruna Matijević

(flute)

from Montenegro, graduated from and earned the MA degree at the Music Acade my Cetinje in the class of professor Ljubiša Jovanović. Since 2005 she has been working as a flute professor in the Tivat Music School. She performs as a solo flute player, and also in chamber ensembles (Flute Trio, Flute and Accordion)

Elena Cadikovska

Elena Cadikovska

(classical percussions)

from Macedonia, works in the military orchestra as a percussionist. She also sings in the professional choir St. Zlata Meglenska, playing percussion with her band, as well as performing solo concerts on vibraphone.

Fanni Posa

Fanni Posa

(French horn)

from Serbia, she has been playing the instru- ments since she was 10 years old. Currently, she is on the third year at the Music High School of Subotica, classic music department, but very interested in jazz music. She plays in a local jazz band and the school’s big band.

Gabriela Koso

Gabriela Koso

(bassoon)

from Serbia, graduated from the Academy of Arts and Music in Novi Sad. She played in many classical orchestra and chamber music ensembles. Gabriela works as a bassoon teacher in the Isidor Bajic Music School in Novi Sad.

Gabriella Benak

Gabriella Benak

(classical percussions)

from Serbia , graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad in the class of prof. Dejan Mihailovic. In three subsequent years she was elected a concertmaster of the chamber orchestra and the leader of the second violins in the symphonic orchestra on the Festival for Young Artists in Bayreuth, Germany. She is interested in ethno, jazz, rock, American country and electro-pop music.

Ivana Gavrilova

Ivana Gavrilova

(drums)

from Macedonia, studies at the UGD on Jazz Department in Stip. She plays in a school band, loves music, books, and in her free time she likes to think about life.

Maja Alvanović

Maja Alvanović

(piano, composition)

from Serbia, graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, where she works as a teacher now. She has rich experience in per- forming with different chamber ensembles, instrumentalists and vocalists alike. She came a long way from classical to jazz music through various styles and music genres. Maja is an author of the music and leader of Majamisty Trio. Visit www.majamisty.com

Maja Grujoska

Maja Grujoska

(bass guitar)

is a Macedonian musician, lives and works in Skopje. She started to play as a child, graduated music theory at the Academy of Classical Music in Skopje. Now, she is a singer and bass guitar player in her own band, with a decade of professional performing and teaching experience.

Marija Sumarac

Marija Sumarac

(trombone)

from Serbia, is studying Sound Recording and Design at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. She plays trombone, makes jewelry and loves to read books.

Nevena Martinovic

Nevena Martinovic

(violin)

from Serbia, is a student at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. She has been playing the violin for 14 years, and has played on numerous concerts and competitions across Serbia. She also has experience in playing in orchestras and various chamber ensembles.

Sandra Dropo Ramaji

Sandra Dropo Ramaji

(saxophone)

from Serbia, is a student on master studies of classical saxophone at the Arts Academy in Novi Sad. During her career, she won numerous prizes at prestigious festivals and competitions. She is a saxophone section leader at the Vojvodina Youth Big Band, performs in various chamber ensembles, and teaches saxophone in the Isidor Bajic Music School.

Sanja Markovic

Sanja Markovic

(composer, sax, piano, guitar, vocal)

from Serbia, living between East Coast US and her hometown Zemun. Sanja's eclectic musical path went from attaining a Master’s degree in Music at the Belgrade Academy of Music, through developing a passion and a musical opinion for live jazz music, which she contributes today as a singer, to embarking upon a path of being an arranger, composer and producer. The United States has given her a chance to explore music production, whereas Belgrade engaged her in it's theatrical, music projects, as well as leading a Brazilian Jazz band called "Brazilian Jazz Collective". Her first album will be out soon.

Milica Svirac

Milica Svirac

(violoncello)

from Pancevo, Serbia, graduated from the Academy of Art in Novi Sad. During her studies, she was awarded with various prizes at the republic, national and international competitions. She is an employed member of the opera orchestra of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad. She cooperates on a temporary basis with the Symphonic Orchestra of Vojvodina, Zrenjanin Philharmonic Orchestra, while also being a member of the festival orchestra “Kotor Art”, active member of the piano trio “Noster Modus”, cooperates with the Drama Department of the Serbian National Theatre of Novi Sad. Furthermore, she took part in various projects concerned with the contemporary music, including: the project “Modern composition in Vojvodina”, “New Serbian Music for the Accordion”, “Gradovi utocišta”, “Times of Day”, quartet “Bilitis”.

Marie Marais Petrov

Marie Marais Petrov

(trombone)

originally trained as a trombonist; she also uses her voice and her words to engage with the spaces she moves in. Textual elements and dance have long played an important role in herwork exploring interactions between music and other art forms. In July 2016 she created a short multidisciplinary solo for the piece “1 minute 59” by the Korean choreographer Eun Mee Ahn. Notable musicians/artists Marie has given concerts with various accomplished artists.

Bisera Petreska

Bisera Petreska

(trombone)

from Skopje is studying at "Goce Delcev"; university in Stip as a trombone player. She is a young musician, showing interest in both classical and jazz music. This project is giving her an opportunity to tudy and try out new possibilities in music.