SUAD BUSHNAQ - JORDAN
BORN 27 FEBRUARY
Hailed as an 'incredible artist' by the legendary film composer Hans Zimmer, Suad Bushnaq is a musically multilingual Arab-Canadian film and concert composer whose music has been described as 'reflective and touching' (BBC The Arts Hour), 'rich and accessible' (Klarafestival, Belgium), ‘seriously beautiful’ (John Welsman, award-winning Canadian composer), 'sublime' (CJAD Montréal), and 'attractively tonal…..with the right amount of spice to keep it fascinating' (The Rutland Herald following a performance by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra).. Her piece, 'The Road to Jenin' from her film score for a feature entitled 'The Curve' by director Rifqi Assaf has recently been nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award in the World Music category, and won a Silver Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Original Score at the Global Music Awards. It was described by Arab music legend Marcel Khalifé as 'beautiful as the sadness of the night and the joy of the daybreak'.
In 2018, she was selected as one of six composers from across Canada for the prestigious Slaight Music Residency at the Canadian Film Centre. She was also elected as a member of the Board of Directors at the Screen Composers Guild of Canada, and won a grant from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture to produce her new music album entitled 'Original Soundtracks from Independent Arab Cinema'.
Suad composed short and feature length film scores that earned critical acclaim for a number of award-winning filmmakers. Her music has been heard during screenings at prestigious festivals including the Dubai, Seattle, Beverly Hills, Hot Docs, and Edinburgh International Film Festivals to name a few.
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The Borrowed Dress by Suad Bushnaq
ALEKSANDRA BAJDE - SLOVENIA
BORN 27 FEBRUARY
Aleksandra Bajde is a Slovenian singer and composer currently residing in Vienna. In her native country she studied the violin, the piano, and classical singing at the Maribor Music and Ballet Conservatory. In 2011, she graduated in Jazz Singing from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam under the tutelage of Sylvi Lane and Annett Andriesen. During her music studies, she was selected for an Erasmus Program at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. In 2013, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts (with a focus on International Relations and Sociology) from Amsterdam University College. In 2014, she completed a trilingual Master’s program in Advanced European and International Studies at the European Institute in France. In June 2018, she completed her Master’s degree in Composition with distinction at the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz, where she studied under the guidance of Christoph Cech and Carola Bauckholt. Here she also pursued a Master’s degree in Jazz Singing under Elfi Aichinger.
Throughout the years, she has taken part as a singer and music composer in various projects in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, and Slovenia. She initiated several projects, among them are: Nostalgy.com, Luminosity, Self-Portraits in Imagined Places and duo clearobscure in collaboration with Emre Sihan Kaleli.
Her music has been performed in several European countries, including Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and the Netherlands, as well as in prominent venues and festivals, i.e. Porgy & Bess in Vienna, impuls MinuteConcerts in Graz, Leicht über Linz, international festival for contemporary music CROSSROADS Salzburg in Austria; November Music in the Netherlands and Cologne Opera in Germany and many more.
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Elevation by Aleksandra Bajde
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