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Ivan BožiÄević (born 1961) is a Croatian composer, pianist, organist and jazz musician.
BožiÄević was born in Belgrade. After initial piano studies, joins the composition class of A. Obradović at the Belgrade Faculty of Music. Graduates in 1984, earns a Master's degree in 1989. Until 2001 occupies a teaching post for Harmony, Counterpoint and Analysis there and at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. Since December 2001 lives and works in Split, Croatia, as a free-lance artist.
From 1984 to 1988 studies organ at the Hochschule für Musik in Frankfurt with the renowned professor Edgar Krapp. Acquires a broad repertoire, with a special emphasis on baroque and modern music. Specializes early organ music in Salamanca (with Guy Bovet and Montserrat Torrent). Gives many successful concerts in Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.
His creative output encompasses three symphonies, orchestral, chamber, choir and soloistic works, as well as electronic compositions and jazz music. He received numerous composition awards, and his works are frequently played on radio, TV and concerts (performances in Croatia, Germany, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States).
After moving to Split, he widens his music activity to include organ and piano playing, composing, arranging and theatre music. His collaborations include top Croatian jazz and pop musicians (Dražen Bogdanović, Tedi Spalato, Hari RonÄević) as well as Dalmatian klapa ensembles («Cambi»). BožiÄević runs a jazz-band called SplitMinders, whose repertoire is based on originals and arrangements of dalmatian folk songs. He also works with Partet, (jazz standards, blues and bossa-nova) and a fusion band "Waveform". BožiÄević is a founding member of the Split society for contemporary music ("Splithesis", 2008).
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