Marko Nikodijevic
• Born in 1980 in Subotica, Serbia, Marko Nikodijevic studied composition in Belgrade and later in Stuttgart with Marco Stroppa, among others, and attended lectures in nonlinear mathematics and physics.
• His music uses geometric-fractal structures and electronics, but also draws inspiration from 20th/21st-century avant-garde techniques such as spectral music and computer-generated sound transformation.
• Researches Serbian and Balkan folklore.
• He has a close relationship with the music of Claude Vivier, to whom he dedicated the opera Vivier. Ein Nachtprotokoll.
• often chooses complex, enigmatic work titles such as da ispravitsja / prayer room with night watch
• joint projects with the performance artist Marina Abramovic 7 Deaths of Maria Callas and Balkan Erotic Epic
• works for smaller ensembles dominate his catalogue
• conductors such as Reinbert de Leeuw, Johannes Kalitzke, Peter Michael Hamel, Jonathan Stockhammer, Matthias Pintscher, Vladimir Jurowski and Teodor Currentzis have performed his works
• In 2018 he was one of the guest composers at the ManiFeste Festival (IRCAM Academy)
• Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Munich, German Music Authors' Prize of GEMA, UNESCO Rostrum of Composers
• lives in Hamburg
Works by Marko Nikodijevic include:
da ispravitsja / gebetsraum mit nachtwache (2019) für Orchester
Quartetto d’archi n° 1. Tiefenrausch (2016) für Streichquartett
music box / selbstportrait mit ligeti und strawinsky (und messiaen ist auch dabei) (2006)
Balkan Erotic Epic (2025) für Ensemble
Works by Marko Nikodijevic are published by Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski.
Looking Ahead: performances of Balkan Erotic Epic by Marina Abramovic with Marko Nikodijevic as composer and Luka Kozlovacki as sound designer (electronic music) at Ruhrtriennale Duisburg (from 3 Sep), the Haus der Berliner Festspiele (Oct) and in the New York Park Avenue Armory (Dec); world premiere of Salve Regina in Belgrade (29 Oct)
"Electronics play a central role in my work and the composition processes." — Marko Nikodijevic
