Vrebalov, Aleksandra
Vrebalov, Aleksandra
Vrebalov, Aleksandra, promising Yugoslav composer; b. Novi Sad, Sept. 22, 1970. She studied composition with Miroslav Slatkic at the Novi Sad Univ. (B.M., 1992), with Zoran Erich at Belgrade Univ. (1993-94), with Elinor Armer at the San Francisco cons. (M.M., 1996), and with Ivana Loudova at the Prague Academy of Music (1997). She held residencies at the MacDowell Colony (1998) and at Tanglewood (1999), and in 2000 was a fellow at the Rockefeller Bellagio Center in Italy. Her works have been widely performed throughout the U.S., her Timesfor Orch. (1995) winning both the Highsmith Composition Competition of the SFCM (1996) and the Vienna Modern Masters Recording Award (1997).
Works
ORCH: Times (1995); Piano Concerto (1999). CHAMBER: Duo Uranfor Clarinet and Viola (1996); 2 string quartets: No. 1 (1995), and No. 2, Sketches on pendulums, autism, loss, nine places (1997); Air and Fuguefor Harpsichord, Percussion, and Harp (1996); Vladimir Triofor Flute, Violin, and Viola (1997); Pannonia Boundlessfor String Quartet (1998); Transparent Wallsfor 11 Winds, Percussion, and Piano (2000). VOCAL: Elegy for NNfor Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (1996); Op. 29for Soprano and String Quartet (2000).
—Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire