History

Svetlana Maraš

Projects (History)

ŠALTER
place for artistic interaction

This is the program that I have conceptualized and organized together with Ana Gnjatovic and the assistance of many friends, in Student Cultural Center in Belgrade during the few months in 2008/ 2009. The event was taking place once or twice a month. The idea was to create a gathering spot for artists of different kind, who could collaborate through a collective improvisation or in interaction with audience. We were oriented mainly towards the live experimental music which we performed in a form of collective improvisation using all kinds of electronics, prepared instruments, voice etc. Some of the things which were performed in this program are: Steve Reich’s “Pendulum music”, presentation of the work of Henry Chopin (documentary video), exhibition of some of the Fluxus works, installations made of scores and audio examples of Kurt Shwitters, William Burroughs, etc. With the special permission of the author, we have also performed Hans Koch’s piece “More and more” for laptop orchestra.

Improvisation by S.Kovačević, M. Srdić, N. Vukelić, S. Maraš, I. Štanglicki,

Serbian Sound Youth
Organization of Young Composers from Serbia

- founded by Maja Leković, Svetlana Maraš and Teodora Stepančić
- official partners at Electronic Music Laboratory - Process 5 (part of European School of Arts, Vilnius European Capital of Culture 2009 Vilnius, Lithuania)
- concert at Vilnius Planetarium
- participants in a electro-acoustic music workshop by Luis Naon (CNSMDP - Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, France), Diego Losa (INA GRM - L'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, Groupe de Recherches Musicales, France), and specialists from CRFMW (Centre de Recherches et de Formation Musicales de Wallonie, Belgium)

Swiss-Balkan Creative Music

Prepared piano / inside piano

Project „Swiss-Balkan Creative Music“ was started in 2007, and it’s aim was to establish a communication between Swiss artist and musicians from the Balkan region, through the serries of improvised music workshops, concerts and tours where these musicians would perform together. In the year of 2009, the project was realized as the two week tour in Switzerland, where three of the musicians from Serbia performed with ensemble „Rue du Nord“ at different venues for contemporary music. I was a pianist, playing prepared piano and objects.

More photos from the 2009 Switzerland tour here.

Szilard Mezei ensemble (2005 - 2008)
Piano

As a pianist, I have been a part of Szilard Mezei ensemble for few years, during which we made many public performances as well as recordings. Music of Mezei is often characterized as a free jazz with the influences of Charles Mingus big band, improvisation of Anthony Braxton and in compositional terms inspired by aleatorics of Lutoslawski.

Szilard Mezei Quintet - from the album "Fabulak" (excerpt)
Rec. 22,23 October 2005, Radio Novi Sad, Studio "M"

Szilard Mezei Quintet - Vadludak, from the album Fabulak
Rec. 22,23 October 2005, Radio Novi Sad, Studio "M"