Isidora Žebeljan (27 September 1967 – 29 September 2020) was a Serbian composer and conductor. She was a professor of composition at the
Belgrade Music Academy
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and a member of the
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
She won many national awards for her music, among them the Stevan Mokranjac National Music Award in 2004.
Biography
Isidora Žebeljan studied Composition at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade with Vlastimir Trajković (a student of
Olivier Messiaen
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). She was Professor of Composition at the same Faculty from 2002. Her work as a composer earned her several significant awards in her country, including the Mokranjac Award in 2004. She won the New York
Civitella Ranieri Foundation
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The Foundation provides four sessions of six-week long unstructured residencies every year to visual artists, ...
Fellowship for 2005. In 2006 she was elected to the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (becoming a full member in 2012) and in 2012 she was elected to the
World Academy of Art and Science
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It serves as a forum for s ...
(WAAS). In 2014 she received a
Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean
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Award for her achievement in art.
She attracted international attention with her opera Zora D. which was commissioned by the
Genesis Foundation
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from
London
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. The opera was premiered in
Amsterdam
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in 2003 directed by
David Pountney
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and Nicola Raab. The same production opened the 50th season of the
Vienna Chamber Opera
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in 2003.
Isidora Žebeljan got commissions from important institutions and festivals, such as:
*the
Venice Biennale
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(''The Horses of Saint Mark'', illumination for orchestra, 2004),
*
Bregenz Festival
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It features a large floating stage which is situated on Lake Constance.
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The Festival becam ...
(opera ''The Marathon''; ''Hum away, hum away'', for String orchestra),
*Genesis Foundation, London (for the opening of
Bill Viola
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's exhibition 'The Passion' at the
National Gallery
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in London in 2003),
*
University of Kent
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, mottoeng = Literal translation: 'Whom to serve is to reign'(Book of Common Prayer translation: 'whose service is perfect freedom')Graham Martin, ''From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury'' ...
,
*Muziektheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen (opera ''Simon the Chosen''),
*
International Horn Society
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,
*Accademia Musicale Chigiana,
Siena
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(opera ''Two Heads and a Girl''),
*
City of London Festival
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She composed works for musical ensembles of high standing, such as the
Wiener Symphoniker
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,
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
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John Churchill, then Master of Music at the London church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, and Neville Marriner founded the orchestra as "The Academy ...
, the
Brodsky Quartet
The Brodsky Quartet is a British string quartet, formed in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, in 1972 as the "Cleveland Quartet". Only Ian Belton and Jacqueline Thomas remain as original members.
In addition to performing classical music, and in pa ...
,
Berlin Philharmonic
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History
The Berlin Philharmonic was fo ...
Octet, Dutch Chamber Choir and
London Brass
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. Her compositions were regularly performed throughout Europe, Israel, USA and Asia including the Venice Biennale, Bregenz Festival, Festival RAI Nuova Musica, City of London Festival, ISCM Festivals (Gothenburg, Wrocław), Festival Classique The Hague,
Galway Arts Festival
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, Tallinn Summer Music Festival, WDR-Musikfest, Settembre musica Milano-Torino, Ultima Festival (Oslo),
Swaledale Festival
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, Walled City Music Festival, Dulwich Music Festival (UK), Eilat Festival (Jerusalem), Festival Nous Sons (Barcelona), Festival L' Est (Milano), Crossing Border Festival (The Netherlands), Settimana Musicale Senese, Musical Biennale Zagreb, BEMUS (Belgrade), etc. Among the ensembles and musicians who performed music of Isidora Žebeljan are the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of RAI Torino, Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra,
I Solisti Veneti
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It was founded in 1997 by Carlo Boccadoro, Filippo Del Corno and Angelo Miotto. The ensemble has worked with composers ...
(Milan), conductors
Paul Daniel
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Biography Early life
Daniel was born in Birmingham. As a boy, he sang in the choir of Coventry Cathedral, where he received musical training; then studied music at King's College, Cambri ...
,
Claudio Scimone
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He was born in Padua, Italy and studied conducting with Dmitri Mitropoulos and Franco Ferrara. He established an international reputation as a conductor, as well a ...
, David Porcelijn, Christoph Poppen, Pierre-André Valade, pianists Kyoko Hashimoto and Aleksandar Madžar, hornist Stefan Dohr, clarinetists Joan Enric Lluna and Alessandro Carbonare, violinist Daniel Rowland and others.
Isidora Žebeljan was also one of the most prominent Serbian contemporary composers of theatre and film music. She has composed music for more than thirty theatre productions in all significant theatres in Serbia, Norway, Croatia and Montenegro. For her work in the field of theatre music she was awarded the Sterija Award three times. She was also awarded the Yustat Biennial of Stage Design Award for best theatre music four times. In addition, Isidora Žebeljan worked on a number of film scores, including the orchestration of
Goran Bregović
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's music for the films ''
Time of the Gypsies
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'', ''
Arizona Dream
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indie surrealist comedy drama film co-written and directed by Emir Kusturica and starring Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor and Vincent Gallo.
Plot
Axel has a dream about an Eskimo who catches a ra ...
'' and ''
Underground
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* Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth
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* The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston
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'' (directed by
Emir Kusturica
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Patrice Chéreau
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) and ''
The Serpent's Kiss
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'' (directed by
Philippe Rousselot
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). She composed the music for
Miloš Radivojević
Miloš "Miša" Radivojević ( sr-cyr, Милош "Миша" Радивојевић; ; born 3 November 1939) is a television and movie director, and a professor at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade
Miloš was born in 1939 in Čačak, Serbi ...
's film ''How I was Stolen by the Germans''. For this score she was awarded the Prize of the Film Festival in Sopot in 2011 (Serbia) and the FIPRESCI Prize of the Serbian Film Association in 2012.
Isidora Žebeljan also regularly appeared as a performer (conductor and pianist) of her own works and of the works by other, mainly Serbian composers. She conducted concerts in London (with The Academy of St Martin in the Fields) and in Amsterdam (Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ), and performed as a pianist with the Brodsky Quartet.
In 2017, Isidora Žebeljan signed the
Declaration on the Common Language
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of the
Croats
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,
Serbs
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,
Bosniaks
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and
Montenegrins
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Genetics
Accordi ...
.
She died on 29 September 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia.
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
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...
, Žebeljan Orchestra and conductor
David Porcelijn
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David Porcelijn studied flute, composition and conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Music in The Hague. He also studied the baroque flute, specialising ...
(CPO 7776702). In 2015 the same CD label released a CD with her chamber music for strings, played by the Brodsky Quartet (CPO 777994-2). In 2013 the CD label Oboe Classics from London released a CD ''Balkan Bolero'' with her chamber music for winds (11 compositions). Other CD's with music of Isidora Žebeljan were released by the CD labels
Deutsche Grammophon
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(''The Horses of Saint Mark'' by No Borders Orchestra),
Chandos Records
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Compositions
2003–2017
1993–2002
1985–1992
Incidental music
*
Erlend Loe
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: ''Doppler''; Production: Trøndelag Teater, Trondheim (Norwegen), 2016 – for reeds, oboe, cor anglais, ocarina's, tuba, double bass, bass guitar, ukulele, piano, percussion and elektronic. Director: Tomi Janežič.
*Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: ''Seagull''; production of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, 2012 – for singers, flute/piccolo, oboe, trompet, double bass, percussion and piano. Director: Tomi Janežič.
*
Uglješa Šajtinac
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Šajtinac grew up in an artistic parents home, his mother Mirjana is an actress, his ...
: ''Banat''; production of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre, 2007 – for oboe, English horn, violin, cello and piano. Director: Dejan Mijač. (CD 'Illuminations')
*
Thomas Bernhard
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: ''Heldenplatz''; production of the "Atelje 212" Theatre in Belgrade, 2006 – for string quartet and piano. Director: Dejan Mijač. (CD 'Illuminations')
*Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: ''Three Sisters''; production of the National Theatre in Belgrade, 2006 – for violin and piano. Director: Vida Ognjenović.
*
Peter Shaffer
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Shaffer was born to a Jewish family in L ...
: ''Amadeus''; production of Croatian National Theatre "Ivan pl. Zajc", Rijeka (Croatia), 2006 – for soprano and harpsichord. Director: Tomi Janežič.
*Biljana Srbljanović: ''Locusts''; production of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre, 2005 – for soprano and electronic. Director: Dejan Mijač.
*William Shakespeare: ''King Lear''; production of the "Atelje 212" Theatre in Belgrade, 2005 – for prepared piano. Director: Tomi Janežič. (CD 'Illuminations')
*Slobodan Šnajder: ''The Bride of the Wind''; production of the National Theatre in Belgrade, 2003 – for female voice, English horn, violoncello, double bass and keyboards. Director: Boris Miljković. (CD 'Illuminations')
*Martin Crimp: ''The Country''; production of the National Theatre in Belgrade, 2002 – for electronic. (CD 'Illuminations')
*Ljubomir Simović: ''The Miracle in Schargan''; production of the "Atelje 212" Theatre in Belgrade, 2002 – for piano, percussion and chamber orchestra. Director: Dejan Mijač. (CD 'Illuminations')
*Vida Ognjenović: ''Mileva Einstein''; production of the National Theatre in Belgrade, 2001 – for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, double bass and piano. Director: Vida Ognjenović. (CD 'Illuminations')
*William Shakespeare: ''The Tempest''; production of the City Theatre Budva Festival (Montenegro), 2001 – for flute, clarinet, trumpet, soprano voice, violin, violoncello, double bass, keyboards and percussions. Director: Slobodan Unkovski. (CD 'Illuminations')
*Hugo Betti: ''The Crime on the Goat Island''; production of the City Theatre Budva Festival, Montenegro, 2001 – for electronic. Director: Nebojša Bradić.
*Miroslav Krleža: ''Leda''; production of the "Atelje 212" Theatre in Belgrade, 2001 – for violin, soprano and alto saxophone, trumpet, piano, drums and double bass. Director: Dejan Mijač. (CD 'Illuminations')
*Vida Ognjenović: ''Jegor's Road''; production of the City Theatre Budva Festival (Montenegro), 2000 – for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, piano and double bass
*Jean Paul Sartre: ''Dirty Hands''; production of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre, 2000 – for trumpet, piano, violin, viola and violoncello
*Radoslav Pavlović: ''Eleven Weeks''; production of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre, 2000 – techno music
*Franz Xaver Kroetz: ''The Impuls''; production of the "Atelje 212" Theatre in Belgrade, 2000 – techno music
*Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: ''The Cherry Orchard''; production of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre, 2000 – for piano and string quartet (CD 'Illuminations')
*Alexander Dumas / Stevan Koprivica: ''The Three Musketeers''; production of the "Boško Buha" Theatre in Belgrade, 1999 – for flute, trumpet, violin, guitar, piano, female voice, double bass and percussion (CD 'Illuminations')
*Miodrag Karadžić: ''You Just Go and We Will Croak and Howl''; production of the Belgrade Dramatic Theatre, 1999 – for violin, accordion, clarinet, piano and double bass
*Ivo Andrić / Nebojša Bradić: ''The Damned Yard''; production of the National Theatre in Kruševac, 1999 – for female voice, mixed choir, flute, clarinet, violin, piano and double bass
*Mirjana Bobić Mojsilović: ''Tears Are O.K.''; production of the National Theatre in Belgrade, 1999 – for female voice, alto saxophone, violin, piano and double bass (CD 'Illuminations')
*Ljubivoje Ršumović: ''Emperor Trayan Had Goat's Ears''; production of the "Boško Buha" Theatre in Belgrade, 1999 – for female voice, female and mixed choir, pipes, violin, flute, piano, double bass and percussion (CD 'Illuminations')
*Maksim Gorky: ''The Philistines''; production of the Belgrade Drama Theatre, 1998 – for string quartet
*Molière: ''The School for Women''; production of the Montenegro National Theatre, Pogrorica (Montenegro), 1998 – for male voice, violin, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano and double bass (CD 'Illuminations')
*Georg Büchner: ''Leonce and Lena''; co production of the City Theatre Budva Festival (Montenegro) and the Yugoslav Drama Theatre, 1998 – for soprano voice, flute, oboe, viola, piano, double bass, tubular bells and tom-toms (CD 'Illuminations')
*Jeremy Brack: ''Oliver Twist''; production of the "Boško Buha" Theatre in Belgrade, 1998 – for violin, clarinet, E flat clarinet, bass clarinet, piano and double bass
*Arthur Miller: ''All My Sons''; production of the Belgrade Drama Theatre, 1998 – for piano and string quartet
*Goran Marković: ''Speech Impediment''; production of the National Theatre in Belgrade, 1997 – for trumpet, piano, double bass and drums
*Richard Brinsley Sheridan: ''The Rivals''; production of the Belgrade Drama Theatre, 1997 – for violin, piano, bassoon and double bass
*Berthold Brecht: ''A Man Is A Man''; production of the Belgrade Drama Theatre, 1996 – for violin, alto saxophone, guitar, accordion, piano, drums and double bass
*Agatha Christie: ''The Mousetrap''; production of the Belgrade Drama Theatre, 1995 – for violin, alto saxophone and piano (CD 'Illuminations')
*Frank Wedekind: ''Spring's Awakening''; production of the National Theatre in Kragujevac, 1990 – for electronic
*Dušan Kovačević: ''Hilarious Tragedy''; production of the National Theatre in Šabac, 1989 – for electronic
*Dušan Kovačević: ''The Professional''; production of the National Theatre in Šabac, 1989 – for electronic
*Dubravka Ugrešić: ''Life is a Fairy Tale''; production of the Student Cultural Centre, Belgrade, 1987 – for electronic
Film scores
*''How I was stolen by the Germans'', directed by Miloš Radivojević, 2010 – for cello and piano
*''Don't Know When or How or Where'', documentary directed by Želimir Gvardiol, 1993 – for violin, alto saxophone, piano and double bass
*''Big Small Graduation'', directed by Mina Stanojević, 1990 – for female and male voices, electric guitar, piano and drums
*''Maria Like You'', directed by Mina Stojanović, 1986 – for female voice, electric guitar, piano and drums
Discography
*CPO, Germany, 777994-2 (2015); Brodsky Quartet plays Isidora Žebeljan; 'Song of a Traveller in the Night', Chamber Music
*DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON, 481 107-3 (2015); Isidora Žebeljan; The Horses of Saint Mark, illumination for orchestra
*COMPOSERS ASSOCIATION OF SERBIA (2015); Fieriness, Serbian music for piano trio; Isidora Žebeljan
*MASCOM Records, Serbia, LC 29730, CD 290 (2014); Isidora Žebeljan; Zora D, opera in one act (seven scenes)
*OBOE CLASSICS, UK, CC 2028 (2013); Balkan Bolero; Chamber music by Isidora Žebeljan
*MASCOM Records, Serbia, LC 29730, CD 217 (2013); Isidora Žebeljan; Illuminations, Music for Theatre
*B92, Serbia, CD 116 (2008); Isidora Žebeljan; Illuminations, Music for Theatre
*SANU, Serbia (2011); Muzika kompozitora – akademika SANU
*COMPOSERS ASSOCIATION OF SERBIA (2013); Women's Stories, Serbian piano music
*Muzika klasika, Music Magazine for Classical Music, No. 3 (2011)
*Belgrade Strings; Anthology of 20th Century Serbian Music for Strings (noncommercial edition, 2006) (CD No. 2)
*Teatro Comunale di Monfalcone, Italy (2005); Sentieri selvaggi dal vivo; Isidora Žebeljan: A Yawl on the Danube, scene for soprano, piano, percussion and string quartet
*Genesis Foundation, London, UK (noncommercial edition, 2002); The Genesis Prizes for Opera; Work in Progress Presentations 2002; Isidora Žebeljan: an extract from the opera Zora D.
Significant works
*Operas: ''Zora D''; ''The Marathon''; ''Simon, the Chosen''; ''Two Heads and a Girl''; ''Simon the Foundling''
*Orchestral music: ''The Horses of Saint Mark''; ''Hum away, hum away strings''; ''Escenas picaras''; ''Deserted Village''
*Orchestral music with soloists: ''Rukoveti'', five songs for soprano and orchestra; ''New Songs of Lada'', for soprano and string orchestra (or string quartet); ''Dance of the Wooden Sticks'', for French horn (or cor anglais) and *String orchestra (or string quintet); ''Pipe and Flamingos'', concerto for clarinet and orchestra
*Chamber music: ''Song of a Traveller in the Night'', for clarinet and string quartet; ''Polomka quartet'', for string quartet; ''Simon and Anne'', suite for cello (or cor anglais) and piano; ''Needle Soup'', for octet
*Vocal music: ''Latum lalo'', for mixed choir; ''Pep it up'', fantasy for soprano and chamber ensemble; ''When God created Dubrovnik'', song for Mezzo-soprano and string quartet
*Piano music: ''Umbra'', ''Il Circo''
Awards
*Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean Award, in acknowledgement of her artistic achievements in the musical field in the Mediterranean region, 2014.
*Musica Classica Magazine Award for the best composer of the year 2013 (for the opera Two Heads and a Girl), 2014.
*Full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts., 2012.
*Award for the best original score at the 40th Film Festival in Sopot (Serbia), for the movie ''How I was Stolen'' by the Germans, directed by Miloš Radivojevic, 2011.
*Belgrade's daily newspapers Danas has pronounced Isidora Žebeljan The person of the decade in music, 2010.
*Berlin's weekly magazine Der Freitag has listed Isidora Žebeljan for the ten most promising public figures in the world for the year 2009.
*Sterija's award at the 51st 'Sterija' Theatre Festival (Sterijino pozorje), Novi Sad, for the original score for the play Skakavci by Biljana Srbljanovic, production of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre, Belgrade, 2007.
*Elected the youngest member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2006.
*Gorki list Creativity Award for creativity in culture and arts, 2005.
*The fellowship of the Civitella Ranineri Foundation, New York, 2005.
*'Stevan Mokranjac' Award – the Serbian Government Music Award, for the opera ''Zora D'', 2004.
*Grand Prix YUSTAT-The Fourth Biennale of Theatre Design for the original score for the play ''The Miracle in Schargan'' by Ljubomir Simovic, production of the "Atelje 212" Theatre, Belgrade, 2002.
*Vasilije Mokranjac's Foundation Award, Belgrade, for the composition ''Rukoveti'', five songs for soprano and orchestra, 2001..
*Sterija's award at the 45th 'Sterija' Theatre Festival (Sterijino pozorje), Novi Sad for the original score for the play ''Jegor's Road'' by Vida Ognjenovic, production of the Budva City Theatre Festival, Montenegro, 2001.
*Grand Prix for the original score for the play The ''Three Musketeers'' by Alexander Dumas/Stevan Koprivica, at the Children Theatre Festival, Kotor, Montenegro, production of the "Boško Buha" Theatre, Belgrade, 2000.
*Grand Prix YUSTAT-The Third Biennale of Theatre Design for the original score for the play ''Leonce and Lena'' by Georg Büchner, production of the Budva City Theatre Festival and the Yugoslav Drama Theatre, Belgrade, 2000..
*Sterija's award at the 42nd 'Sterija' Theatre Festival (Sterijino pozorje), Novi Sad, for the original score for the play ''Speech Impediment'' by Goran Markovic, production of the National Theatre, Belgrade, 1998.
*Grand Prix YUSTAT, the Second Biennale of Theatre Design for the original score, 1998.
*Grand Prix YUSTAT, the First Biennale of Theatre Design for the original score for the play ''A Man Is A Man'' by Berthold Brecht, production of the Belgrade Drama Theatre, 1996.