Ivan Božičević

Ivan Božičević (born 27 May 1961 in Belgrade, Serbia) is a Croatian composer, organist, pianist, and jazz musician. Biography Božičević was born in Belgrade. After initial piano studies, he joined the composition class of A. Obradović at the Belgrade Faculty of Music. He graduated in 1984, earning a master’s degree in 1989. Until 2001 he occupied a teaching post for Harmony, Counterpoint and Analysis there and at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. In December 2001 he moved to Split, Croatia, where he started working as a freelance artist. As of 2018, he leads the composition class at the Split Academy of Arts. From 1984 to 1988 he studied organ at the Hochschule für Musik in Frankfurt with the renowned professor Edgar Krapp. His work encompasses a broad repertoire, with 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 five symphonic works, orchestral, chamber, choir and soloistic works, as well as electronic compositions and jazz music. He received numerou