Svetlana Maraš (1985) is composer and sound artist. She works at the intersection of experimental music, sound art and new media. Her musical work finds adequate form of expression in different media, genres and representational contexts and encompasses live electronic music performance, electro-acoustic composition, radiophonic art, sound and media installations.
Maraš presented her work internationally, at venues, festivals and events such as CTM (Berlin), Ars Electronica (Linz), House of Electronic Arts - HEK (Basel), Ruhr Triennale, Espace Multimedia Gantner (Bourogne), Onassis Cultural Centre (Athens), Museum of Contemporary Art (Belgrade), Ausland (Berlin), Izlog Suvremenog Zvuka (Zagreb), ICMC (New York), International Rostrum of Composers (Wroclaw), ISEA (Dubai), International Music Institute (Darmstadt), Orpheus Institute (Ghent) and many other places.
As composer in residence and artistic director of Radio Belgrade’s Electronic Studio since 2016, she has initiated various projects and activities such as EMS Synthi 100 restoration, artist residencies and educational programs.
She is the winner of the Serbian most prestigious prize for composition “Mokranjac”, awarded by the Composers` Association of Serbia, for her radiophonic piece Post-excavation activities.
Maraš works and lives in Basel. She is Professor of Creative Music Technology and Co-head of Basel Electronic studio at Hochschule für Musik, FHNW.
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