VEJNOVIC, Dorotea

Dorotea Vejnovic, Ph.D., is a composer who completed her doctoral studies in Music Composition at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade. Her focus spans acoustic, electro-acoustic, and incidental music, encompassing symphony orchestra, vocal and chamber ensembles, electro-acoustic compositions, and solo instruments.

Having participated in masterclasses with esteemed figures like Markus Stockhausen (Germany), Johannes Schollhorn (Germany), and Hollywood composer Christopher Young (LA, USA), Vejnovic has cultivated a diverse skill set, including proficiency in film and media music.

In 2015, Mrs. Vejnovic contributed her expertise as a resident at San Juan University in Argentina, where she taught composition and music analysis. Additionally, she was invited as a guest lecturer at the University of Bari (Italy).

A notable highlight in her career was the performance of her composition “Euphony” by symphony orchestras, first with the Arad Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (Romania), conducted by Dorin Frandes, and later at the opening of the 2017-2018 concert season with the Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tigran Hakhnazaryan (Armenia) in Novi Sad. Her works have garnered commissions and recognition both nationally and internationally, reaching audiences in Japan, the Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, Belgium, Argentina, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy and Mexico.

Vejnovic's compositions have been featured at festivals such as KoMA (Belgrade), Bartok Festival (Hungary), Festival Neue Musik Luneburg (Hamburg/Germany), Piano City (Novi Sad/Serbia), Ruidalsud Festival (Argentina), Festival of Contemporary Music Arad (Romania), Bunt Festival (Belgrade/Serbia) as well as concerts in Drammen (Norway), Musical Conversations Project in Wroclaw (Poland), International Composition and Percussion courses in Trstenice (Czech Republic) and Aires Festival of Contemporary Music (Mexico City), Resonante (Baja California), Festival Ella es musica (Mexico City), International Forum of New Music (FIMNME - Manuel Enriquez) - Mexico City, International Saxophone Festival of Mexico (Mexico City), Festival Expresiones Contemporaneas (Puebla/Mexico) and Festival Nuntempa (Xalapa/Mexico).

She is a multiple award-winning composer of the Awards of the University of Novi Sad. Notably, she was nominated as a Laureate of the Eurobank EFG Fellowship in 2010, and Dorotea earned the title of Laureate at the prestigious Composition Competition for voice and piano, “Obzorja na Tisi” in 2019.

Collaborating with respected national ensembles, including TAJJ String Quartet, Novosadski duvacki kvintet, Studio 6 ensemble, Res Miranda, Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra, and international orchestras such as Arad Symphony Orchestra (Romania) and San Juan Symphony Orchestra (Argentina), Vejnovic has also recorded with the Varna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bulgaria). Her most recent collaboration with UK pianist, Julius Drake, resulted in recording of the entire score of Beepiphany - a multimedia project consisted of songs for voice and piano.