Djordje Marković

Djordje Marković is a composer and performer from Novi Sad, Serbia. He studied at the Academy of Arts at the University of Novi Sad, where he obtained his B.A. and M.A. degrees in composition. He studied Philosophy at the same university, graduating in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Music, and completed postgraduate studies in Composition at Kunstuniversität Graz with Beat Furrer.

He attended lessons, master classes, and courses with composers who helped him refine a personal way of thinking, among them: Alberto Posadas, Wolfgang Heiniger, Franck Bedrossian, Raphaël Cendo, Mark Andre, Tristan Murail, Clemens Gadenstätter, Isabel Mundry, Dmitri Kourliandski, Klaus Lang, Pierluigi Billone, Dieter Ammann, Dimitri Papageorgiou, and Yuri Kasparov.

His works have been performed at the Showroom of Contemporary Sound in Zagreb, Kings Place in London, Dimitria Fest in Thessaloniki, Crossroads in Salzburg, Rainy Days in Luxembourg, Contrasti in Trento (Italy), Impuls in Graz, MIXTUR in Barcelona, OutHear New Music Week in Larissa (Greece), reMusik in St. Petersburg (Russia), the University of Northern Iowa New Music Festival (USA), International Review of Composers and KoMA in Belgrade, Afest in Novi Sad, and FEMUS in Subotica (Serbia). He has also performed at the Cultural Center of Serbia in Paris, Kresge Theatre in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, USA), Reaktor in Wien, Southsite in Hong Kong, Weidner Center for the Performing Arts in Green Bay (Wisconsin, USA), CICUS Sevilla (Spain), Ljubljana Town Hall (Slovenia), G. Tartini Conservatory of Music in Trieste (Italy), Concert Hall of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina), and numerous local concerts throughout Serbia.

His music has been performed by the London Sinfonietta (UK), ensemble Nikel (Israel/Austria), ensemble DissonArt (Greece), ensemble United Instruments of Lucilin (Luxembourg), ensemble Synaesthesis (Lithuania), Klangforum Wien and PPCM (Austria), MotoContrario (Italy), Aleph Gitarrenquartett (Germany), Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Russia), Vertixe Sonora (Spain), Ensemble Reconsil Vienna, Studio 6 (Serbia), St. George's Strings (Serbia), and others.

His pieces have been selected in numerous international Calls for Scores, and he is a winner of the London Sinfonietta International Contest for Postal Pieces (UK, 2013), a laureate of the Rudolf Bruči Composition Competition (Serbia, 2015), a laureate of the Tasselat International Competition (USA, 2019), and a winner of a special prize at the 4th Ise-Shima International Composition Competition (Japan, 2024).