EVELYN STROOBACH - CANADA
BORN 29 JANUARY
Evelyn Stroobach is a professional musician and an award winning, published composer with a Master of Music degree from Indiana University. She has won regional, national and international awards for her works. Recently, Stroobach was honoured in the Senate and the House of Commons at the Houses of Parliament in Ottawa, Canada for her participation as composer on the newly released Aboriginal Inspirations CD
Stroobach has had her compositions performed at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, National Gallery of Canada, in the Senate and in the Peace Tower at the Houses of Parliament in Ottawa, Canada, at the Wabano Centre in Ottawa, Canada, at the Shenkman Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada, at the Saint John Arts Centre in New Brunswick, Canada, Ars Universalis: Culture Days and the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria as well as many other concerts halls around the world. Her compositions have also been performed in concerts held at the University of Literature & Philosophy, in Rome, Italy, Indiana University, the University of Ottawa, Lakehead University and Saint Thomas University.
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Aurora Borealis by Evelyn Stroobach
ANA MIHAILOVIC - KUWAIT
BORN 29 JANUARY
Ana Mihajlović studied composition with Zoran Erić (the Faculty of Music) in Belgrade and Louis Andriessen (the Royal Conservatory) in The Hague. She also attended classes of Ton de Leeuw, Nigel Osborne, Srđan Hofman.
Selected three times for the International Gaudeamus Week, Amsterdam (1991 – Story II, 1998 – Full Auto Shut Off, 2004 – Imploro Grazia). In 1998, she was a guest composer in Tokyo, as a winner of the International Composers Competition (the 19th IRINO Prize for Orchestra, for her piano concerto Mundus Sensibilis). Her music was commissioned and performed by the Belgrade Strings, the Combustion Chamber ensemble, de Stichting Barka, pianist Marcel Worms, Gamelan ensemble, Axyz Ensemble, Cobla la principal d’Amsterdam, VPRO TV, Malle Symen Quartet, Ensemble Multifoon, Doelen Ensemble, percussionist Tatian Koleva etc.
Since 1995 she has been living in the Netherlands. Ana Mihajlović is also active as a performer (conductor, DJ) and she is a member of the electronic band Cloud Society.
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