AUTHORS

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) je rodjen 1921. u Mar del Plati, Argentina. Zahvaljujuci boravku u Njujorku od 1924-36, dzez je imao dosta uticaja na mladog Pjacolu. Najveci majstor tanga Argentinac Karlos Gardel ga je, kao petnaestogodisnjaka pozvao da svira bandoneon u filmu "El dia que me quieras" jer je bio zadivljen njegovim izvodjenjem. Pjacola svira sa nekima od velikih imena tog vremena i stice ugled virtuoza na bandoneonu i aranzera u tipicnom orkestru Anibala Troila. Komponuje, aranzira i svira tango u svom sopstvenom prepoznatljivom stilu, zbog kojeg je u to vreme bio mnogo kritikovan. Komponovao je kamernu muziku, simfonije i muziku za balet, ali uvek ostajuci veran svom osobenom stilu. 1954. mu jedan od njegovih simfonijskih radova obezbedjuje stipendiju za studije u Parizu gde mu profesorka Nadja Bulanze daje presudne savete da nastavi sa komponovanjem tango muzike. Pjacola pocinje da upotpunjuje svoje tango iskustvo klasicnim dzez uticajima, pa iz te mesavine nastaje pravi zvuk Pjacole. Po povratku u Argentinu, Pjacola je izveo revoluciju u svetu tanga, dodeljujuci mu nove sadrzaje i izvlaceci ga iz krize u koju je zapao. Zadrzao je romantizam, strast i zestinu tradicionalnog tanga, odbacujuci njegove sklonosti ka nostalgiji i morbidnom samosazaljevanju. Izvrsio je reviziju harmonijskog jezika da bi ubacio Ravela, Mesijana, Senberga i Bartoka. Sjedinio je trodelne fuge i dzez improvizacije i osnazio ih neocekivanim spojem tradicionalnog tango pulsa i ritma Stravinskog. Pjacolina muzika je postajala prava avangarda, radikalni zvuk u savremenoj muzici. I pored toga sto njegova muzika nije uvek nailazila na dopadanje, bila je puna izazova, pobudjivala je strasti, a na vreme je prepoznat kao jedan od inspirativnih glasova tanga, isto toliko inspirativna licnost u muzici koliko je to bio njegov sunarodnik Horhe Luis Borhes u knjizevnosti. 1960. je oformio kvintet Tango Nuevo i uveo u tango savremene i improvizovane dzez elemente na koje su klasicni tango zaljubljenici gledali sa sumnjom i prezirom. Oziveo je tango i obnovio ga kao popularni zanr, prosirio se izvan Buenos Ajresa i poceo da se slusa u auditorijumima sirom sveta. Svetu je pokazao nov muzicki oblik i postao reformator tanga, muzike koju je iz burdelja uveo u koncertne dvorane. Sa pesnikom Horasom Fererom sacinio je prvu tango-operu "Maria de Buenos Aires". Zahvaljujuci Pjacoli, 1980. je uveden novi zvuk u svetski leksikon muzike. Krajem osamdesetih Pjacola je vec bio veoma poznat muzicar u celom svetu, konacno je prihvacen njegov novi tango stil koji postaje veoma popularan. Pjacoline koncerte za bandoneon izvode sirom sveta orkestri velikih imena. Umro je 1992. i ostavio za sobom mnoga nezaboravna dela.

Osvaldo Golijov Born in 1960, Osvaldo Golijov was raised in an Eastern European Jewish household in La Plata, Argentina, a provincial capital of half a million people about fifty kilometers from Buenos Aires. Born to a piano teacher mother and physician father, Golijov was raised surrounded in chamber classical music, Jewish liturgical and klezmer music, and the new tango of Astor Piazzolla. He studied piano at the local conservatory and studied composition privately with Gerardo Gandini, subsequently moving in 1983 to Israel, where he studied with Mark Kopytman at the Rubin Academy of Jerusalem and immersed himself in the colliding musical traditions of that city. Upon moving in the United States in 1986, Golijov earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied with George Crumb. In 1990, as a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, Golijov received Tanglewood's Fromm Commission, resulting in "Yiddishbbuk," which was premiered by the St. Lawrence String Quartet during Tanglewood's Festival of Contemporary Music in July 1992. Working together with the St. Lawrence String Quartet was a turning point in Golijov's musical life, as the SLSQ was the first group of players to dive into Golijov's volatile and label-defying musical world and project it in its true, full form. In June 2002, EMI released "Yiddishbbuk," a CD of Golijov's chamber music, celebrating 10 years of collaboration with the SLSQ, featuring Todd Palmer, Mark Dresser, Tara O'Connor, and the Ying Quartet. While at Tanglewood, Golijov became personally acquainted with the Kronos Quartet. This relationship, now a decade old, has become a central one to Golijov. One of his works, "K'vakarat," was recorded later for Kronos and cantor Misha Alexandrovich. In 1997, Kronos and clarinetist David Krakauer recorded Golijov's Klezmer-accented "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind." Although "Dreams and Prayers" was commissioned by the Cleveland Quartet, who premiered and toured it with clarinetist Giora Feidman, that ensemble disbanded before they had a chance to record it. The Kronos CD of "Dreams and Prayers" became what constitutes a bestseller in the classical world. Golijov has collaborated on about 30 works with the Kronos Quartet, including a series of arrangements of music from all over the world. Eight of them appear in the CD "Caravan" and seven arrangements and one composition appear in "Nuevo," both on the Nonesuch label. The collaborations with the Kronos Quartet also allowed Golijov to work with artists such as the gypsy band Taraf de Haidouks, who participated in the recording of Golijov's soundtrack for Sally Potter's film "The Man Who Cried" (starring Johnny Depp and Cate Blanchett), as well as the Mexican Rock Band Cafe Tacuba, tablas virtuoso Zakir Husssain, and legendary Argentine musician and producer Gustavo Santaolalla. In 2000, the premiere of Golijov's "St. Mark Passion" took the music world by storm. It was commissioned by Helmuth Rilling for the European Music festival to commemorate the 250th anniversary of J. S. Bach's death. The piece featured the Schola Cantorum of Caracas, with the Orquesta La Pasion (especially assembled for this work by Golijov), together with percussionist Mikael Ringquist, all conducted by Maria Guinand. The Passion integrated the multiple manifestations of the Christian faith in Latin America (and Golijov's own Jewish roots) in a musical universe, which critics and audiences in Europe and America alike praised for encompassing popular and classical idioms, acknowledging the past, and opening the door to a fruitful and communicative musical future. The CD of the premiere of this work, on the Hanssler Classic label, received a Grammy nomination in 2002. Golijov has received numerous commissions, including those from the composer Hans Werner Henze on behalf of the city of Munich; the Spoleto USA Festival; New York's Lincoln Center; the Schleswig Holstein Music and Oregon Bach festivals, and the Boston Symphony. In addition, Golijov has been composer-in-residence at Merkin Hall in New York, the Spoleto USA Festival (1998 and 2002) and the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Music Alive series (2001-02). He is currently an Associate Professor at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he has taught since 1991; is on the faculties of the Boston Conservatory and the Tanglewood Music Center; and this summer is Composer-in-Residence for Marlboro Music, Ravinia, and the Cape and Islands festivals. Golijov is also the recipient of many awards, including those given by New York's Lincoln Center, Washington's Kennedy Center, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. His compositions have been performed by ensembles such as the Boston Symphony, LA Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, New World Symphony, London Sinfonietta, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; conductors Robert Spano, Seiji Ozawa, Esa Pekka Salonen, Oliver Knussen, Miguel Harth Bedoya, and Maria Guinand; singers Dawn Upshaw, Luciana Souza and Courtenay Budd; and instrumentalists such as Todd Palmer and Gil Kalish. 2002 completed works by Golijov include the following: "Songs for Soprano and Orchestra," a centennial commission by the Minnesota Orchestra featuring Dawn Upshaw as soloist, which premiered in March; Tenebrae, a new work commissioned by the Spoleto USA festival, which premiered there in June featuring soprano Courtenay Budd, clarinetist Todd Palmer and the St Lawrence String Quartet; and a soundtrack, in collaboration with Gustavo Santaolalla, for a short film on September 11 by Alejandro Iñárritu (director of "Amores Perros"), performed by Santaolalla, L. Warner, and the Kronos Quartet (to be premiered in Paris on September 11, 2002). Upcoming projects include works for the Kronos Quartet and a chamber opera to be premiered at Tanglewood in the summer of 2003. His works are published by Ytalianna Music Publishing and recorded on Nonesuch, Sony Classical, Hanssler Classics, and EMI.

Javier Gonzales has been an exponent of the current renewal of the tango song since 1990's, composing tangos together with poets such as Hector Negro, Belisario Roldan, Maria del Mar Estrella, Alejandro Szwarcman, amongst others, as well as composing instrumental works. He was born in 1960 in Moron in the province of Buenos Aires. He studied with more than a dozen distinguished teachers, amongst them Juan Carlos Cirigliano, Luis Borda, Carlos Campos, and Francisco Rivero. Since 1980 he has been active as a teacher of guitar, harmony and composition. In 1985 he also graduated in Psychology and practised music therapy with psychiatric patients. In the 1980's he performed more than 200 live concerts with various fusion, jazz, rock and tango bands as a guitarist. During this period he composed the incidental music for two films: "Cuadros" and "Equipaje", both produced by "Cine Troupe". Since the end of 1989 his activity has concentrated exclusively on the tango. Together with Patricia Barone he founded the group "Patricia Barone y la Yapa", in which he takes part as musical director, composer, arranger and guitarist. Leading this group he performed more than 250 shows, the most important of which took place at the "Teatro Presidente Aivear", "Teatro San Martin" in Buenos Aires city and the "Tercera Cumbre Mundial del Tango" (1966) in Montevideo city. He also took on the production and direction for the recording of the following CDs by the group: "Si el mundo fue...ya no sera una porqueria" (1990); "Amasando otra historia" (1944) and "Despertango" (1988). These CDs assemble his own compositions along with others of several authors. Moreover he participated as arranger and guitarist in CDs by Guillermo Yantorno (1992) and Saul Cosentino (1994). In 1997 he founded the instrumental trio which bears his name and together with the singer Patricia Barone performed at several stages in the world, such as the "Teatro Nacional Cervants" (Buenos Aires, 1999), "Kalkscheune" (Berlin, 1997), "Teatro Quintanilla" (Mendoza, 1997), "Fabrik" (Hamburg, 1998), "Sala Zitarrosa" (Montevideo, 2000) and "Club del vino" (Buenos Aires, 1997 with Hector Stamponi and Horacio Ferrer). With the "Javier Gonzales Trio" and the singer Patricia Barone he realized two CDs: "Tango Vivo" (1998) and "Pompeya no olvida" (1999). Besides he performed with the singer Raul Lavie and the Quinteto Buenos Aires in the "San Pablo Memorial" (Brazil, 1997). He also conceived the arrangement and took on the musical direction of the play "Mano a mano con Caledonio" (1998) as well as for the CD entitled "De amores" by the singer Graciela Chaine (2001). In his quality as a guitar player he accompanied in shows and recording singers and musicians such as Alba Solis, Lito Vitale, Daniel Binelli, Osvaldo Montes, Silvia Gaudin, Rafael Gintoli, Juan Raffo, Walter Yonski and Jose Ogivieki. Currently his work consists of more than 40 compositions, between tango songs and instrumental tangos, ten of which won him different prizes at several international competitions. His compositions and arrangements have been interpreted by Patricia Barone in "Avenida Bandoneon" (Theatre of the opera in Chemnitz, Germany, 1997), "Teatro Solis" (Montevideo, 1997); "Tangoteca" (Bs.As., 1999), "El Viejo Almacen" (Bs.As., 1997) and "El Tango del Rio de La Plata" (Kapunginteatteri, Seinajoki, Finnland, 2001). She also recorded some of them at the "SADAIC Festival Tango" accompanied by the Orquesta del tango de Bs.As., directed by Raul Garello. The singers Carlos Varela and Graciela Chaine used his themes for their last CD recordings. JAVIER GONZALES currently lives and works in Buenos Aires.

Konstantin Babic (Autor o sebi ) Rodjen sam u cetvrtak, 10-tog februara 1927. godine u beogradskom sanatorijumu "Vracar", pod zodijackim znakom VODOLIJA. Moj otac Caslav, po profesiji hirurg umeo je vrlo strastveno svira na violini, naravno amaterski, dok me je majka Vuka pasionirano ucila patriotskim i nekim drugim popularnim pesmama u kojima je bio - moram priznati - mnogo pogresnih nota i naglasaka, sto njoj nije ni malo smetalo, a ni meni tada. Medjutim, ujak Svetozar bio je veliki poznavalac "satrovackih pesama" tako da je moja muzicka edukacija jos od malih nogu posla nekim cudnim tokovima. Inace, jos kao decak sam svirao "napamet", na tetka - Marinom klaviru neke lakse komadice i pesmice, ali vec kao gimnazijalac sluzio sam se notama i uspesno svirao po "zurkama". Nagli preokret u mom odnosu prema muzici nastao je onda kada sam prvi put slusao "Seviljskog berberina". To je bio verovatno prelomni trenutak, uz ne mali uticaj mojih novih kolega sa Filozofskog fakulteta ("Gise", Pavla,Gostuskog) koji su vec imali neka ozbiljna muzicka iskustva. Moje muzicke ambicije se naglo probudise i ja se te sudbonosne 1948. (informbirovske) godine pojavih kao kandidat na prijemnom ispitu za odsek Kompozicija i dirigovanja na Muzickoj akademiji. Komisija preda mnom stroga i ozbiljna: predsednik Stevan Hristic, a clanovi Marko Tajcevic i Stanojlo Rajicic. Pitanja (za mene) teska i nerazumljiva. Za komisiju moji odgovori jos nerazumljiviji. Ali, Bog je dobar, a komisija bese blagonaklona - i ja polozih. Odmah posle ispita otrcah kuci da saopstim radosnu vest, ali me tamo doceka hladan i razocaran komentar jednog ocevog prijatelja "Eh sinko mislio sam da ce od tebe biti gospodin !"...

Aleksandra Anja Djordjevic rodjena je 28. juna 1970. u Beogradu. Diplomirala je na Fakultetu muzicke umetnosti u klasi redovnog profesora Vlastimira Trajkovica. Postdiplomske studije pohadja u klasi profesora Zorana Erica. Kompozicije su joj izvodjene na mnogim domacim festivalima (Medjunarodna tribina kompozitora, Belef, Bemus, "Jazz: improvizovana muzika"- Kanjiza, Ring-Ring...), SAD i Italiji. Neke od kompozcija snimane su za Radio i Televiziju Beograd. Sa ansamblom "Marsija" snimila je CD za izdavacku kucu PGP-RTS. Sa kontrabasistom Vojinom Draskocijem nastupala je u projektima "Muzicke sinteze". Saradjivala je sa Goranom Bregovicem kao aranzer i pevac. Osnivac je i clan tria "Ravno nebo". Trio izvodi sopstvenu, pisanu muziku uz minimum improvizacije. Clan je (pevac i aranzer) ansambla za balkansku muziku "Marsija". Komponovala je muziku za instalacije, krace audio-video forme, za trupe savremenog plesnog izraza i pozoriste. Dobitnik je nagrade "Stevan Mokranjac" za 2003. godinu. Dela (izbor): "Paradise Lost" za dve violine i cembalo "Divertimento" za klarinet in A, fagot, violinu, violu, violoncelo i kontrabas "Brass Quintet" "Jara" za zenski glas, klavir, bas gitaru i traku "Cedna Dobrodoslica" za gudacki kvartet i traku "Flat Sky" za zenski glas, klavir, bas gitaru i traku "Otmica Evrope" za simfonijski orkestar "Narcis i Eho" kamerna opera Neke od kompozicija inspirisane su starom srpskom muzikom: "Rondo" za zenski glas, kontrabas i violu "Zar da umrem kad mi vreme nije" za zenski glas, kontrabas, violu, zurlu i tapan "Sta se ono tamo sija" za zenski glas, kontrabas, violu, kaval, klavir and tapan

Matías D. Cepeda was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1973. He began his studies at the Juan Jose Castro Conservatory and he graduated in 1999. He also made studies in bandoneon with the well-known Argentinean bandoneonist Esteban Zulueta. At present he is making his master studies at Composition Department of the Faculty of Music Arts of Belgrade in the class of the professor Vlastimir Trajkovic. In the tango field he composed and also performed in Buenos Aires many of his own compositions with his quintet "Armenonville". In his classical compositions it is also noticeable his Argentinean background by the applying of Buenos Aires' and Montevideo' traditional music elements such tango, candombe and milonga. His more highlighted compositions are "Tango Flair" for string orquestra, "Tango fugue" for clarinet and piano and the compositions for orquestra "Armenonville" and "Mnemica". "La Chuchi" was composed specially for Beltango in July 2003.

Vojislav Ivanovic (Sarajevo, 1959) He finished primary and secondary music education at the department of classical guitar (M.Rakanovic) and secondary education in the native city. He starts his studies at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo then continues at the Music Academy (Sarajevo) at the department of composition with V.Komadina. He graduates in 1986 and receives his master degree in 1991 with a composition which was graded the best work since the foundation of the Academy. In 1986 he graduates at the department for classical guitar at the Athens conservatorium in the class of the well-known prof. K.Kocilis. As a composer and guitarist he received a number of awards and recognitions. His composing opus contains works for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, orchestra music, theatre and film music. Lately he works on jazz and ethno music especially promoting the Balkan music heritage in cooperation with a number of Greek musicians and his bend Levantina. As a promoter of the domestic music heritage he gives lectures in Greece and England. Since 1990 he has lived and worked in Athens, and since 2002 he has been a visiting professor of guitar at the FMA in Skopje.

Paolo Russo Born in Pescara, Italy, in 1969 and based in Copenhagen, Denmark since 1996. He started to play the piano at the age of 9. After leaving the University, where he studied Architecture for 5 years, Paolo dedicated himself completely to music. He is educated both in classical music (Conservatorio L. D'Annunzio, Pescara, diploma year: 1993) and in rhythmic music ("Rhythmic Music Conservatory", Copenhagen, diploma year: 2002). He has performed professionally in Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Greenland, Germany, Belgium, England, Scotland, N. Ireland, Ireland and Russia. He has also studied music in New York and Buenos Aires. At the moment, Paolo Russo is leading the band "ALCHEMY", an acoustic trio - with Bo Stief on bass and Andrea Marcelli on drums - which is occasionally extended into a sextet. In ALCHEMY, Paolo expresses himself as a composer and an arranger. He is also playing with the American gospel singer Etta Cameron and with the Danish bassist Bo Stief in the band ONE SONG III. Paolo toured Europe with EJYO (European Youth Jazz Orchestra) in July 2001. Since moving to Denmark, he has collaborated, live and in the studio, with many local and international artists, including Trine-Lise Væring, Mads Vinding, Jon Balke, Lelo Nika, Bob Rockwell, Thomas Blachman, Peter Danemo, Paolo Vinaccia, Fabrizio Mandolini, Gianluigi Trovesi, Hawk, Monique, Millfield, Søs Fenger, Arild Andersen, Palle Danielsson and Andrea Marcelli. Paolo has also composed music for theatre plays in Copenhagen: "Rejsen til i morgen" (with Kristoffer Rosing-Schow) - Anemone Teatret - 2000, "Frimærkeballet" - Bådteatret - 2001/2002 and "Pan" - Anemone Teatret, 2002. In the fall 2001 Paolo discovered the bandoneón, which he started including more and more in his productions and live performances. During the summer and fall of 2002 he was the main subject for the documentary film "The illogical instrument" (a journey through the mysteries of the bandoneón), directed by British movie director Arun Sharma, broadcast by national Danish channel DR2 in May, 2003. 1969. Born in Pescara, Italy. 1979. Starts studying classical piano (private lessons). 1985. First interest for jazz music and composition. He starts performing live. 1986. He begins to study with Italian pianist Rachele Marchegiani, whose teachings will have big influence on his playing. 1989. He forms the Paolo Russo Trio (with Luca Bulgarelli, bass; Marcello Di Leonardo, drums), where he plays his own original compositions and arrangements. With this band he plays many concerts in the local area. 1992. Together with saxophone player Fabrizio Mandolini, he forms the band Antinomie, which plays only original music and performs more than 60 concerts in 4 years. 1993 (July). Graduates at the "Conservatorio L. D'Annunzio" in Pescara. 1993 (September). After 5 years he decides to leave the University (Architecture) to dedicate himself to music full-time. 1993 (December). First trip to Copenhagen. Studying with Butch Lacy and Tom Kirkpatrick. 1994. Together with saxophone player Fabrizio Mandolini, he forms the acid-jazz band Möbius, a septet that plays instrumental original dance music. The band performs more then 50 concerts in 2 summers ('94 & '95) and records a demo CD with 11 original tracks. 1995. Tour all over Italy and Switzerland with Italian pop singer Mimmo Locasciulli. He collaborates live and in studio with several artists in the Italian pop and jazz environment (Goran Kuzminacz, Irene Grandi, Rosario Jermano, Mauro Di Domenico, Stefano Di Battista, Emanuele Cisi and Marco Tamburini). 1995 (December). Trip to New York, where he studies with Richie Beirach and Tom Kirkpatrick. 1996 (February). First demo CD recording with Paolo Russo Trio, with 9 tunes composed and arranged by himself. 1996 (May). Releasing of CD with band Antinomie for local label Step Musique.

Petersburski Jerzy (1897-1979) wlasciwie Jerzy Melodysta (1897-1979), polski kompozytor piosenek, pianista, kierownik grup muzycznych. Studia w konserwatoriach Warszawy i Wiednia. Debiut kompozytorski 1920 w Wiedniu, od 1921 staly wspólpracownik warszawskich kabaretów, rewii i teatrzyków (m.in. Czarny Kot, Miraz, Qui pro Quo, Morskie Oko). W 1926 wraz z A. Goldem stworzyl orkiestre specjalizujaca sie m.in. w muzyce jazzowej. W okresie miedzywojennym jeden z najpopularniejszych twórców piosenek (m.in.: Ja sie boje sama spac, Sam mi mówiles, Tango Milonga - utwór, który pod nazwa Oh! Donna Clara zyskal popularnosc swiatowa), spiewanych m.in. przez Z. Pogorzelska, H. Ordonówne, T. Mankiewiczówne, E. Bodo. Do 1939 takze wziety kompozytor muzyki filmowej (np. Co mój maz robi w nocy, 1934, rezyseria M. Waszynski, Królowa przedmiescia, 1938, rezyseria E. Bodo). Kompozytor operetek. Po 1939 wspólpracowal z orkiestrami estradowymi w ZSRR (m.in. L. Utiosowa, I. Dunajewskiego), nastepnie przeszedl szlak bojowy z armia generala W. Andersa, pracujac w teatrzykach i radiostacjach frontowych. W latach 40. w Brazylii, pózniej w Argentynie i Wenezueli - pracowal jako pianista, kompozytor, prowadzil teatry i grupy muzyczne. W 1968 powrócil do Polski. Jeden z niewielu polskich twórców muzyki rozrywkowej, którzy osiagneli rozglos swiatowy.

Aleksandar Simic - Rodjen 1973. u Beogradu. Veci deo zivota proveo na razlicitim adresama od Singapura do zapadne obale Sjedinjenih drzava. Muzikom pocinje da se bavi prilicno kasno, kada se u dvadeset drugoj godini sa studija medicine prebacuje na Fakultet muzicke umetnosti, gde studira kompoziciju u klasi Zorana Erica. Kada ga pitaju sta u stvari radi jedan kompozitor, on odgovara: "…pise muziku… od dzingla za zvakacu gumu do otvaranja Sueckog kanala, kao moj mladi kolega Djuzepe Verdi." - I zaista bilo je u opusu ovog autora i reklama i uspavanki, i navijackih himni i liturgijskih pripeva, i muzike za ples i muzika za ispracaje. Od znacajnijih dela prigodne namene, izdvajamo: Portret marsala Zukova, porucen od strane Ruske Federacije za proslavu 50 godina pobede nad fasizmom, Molitvu za izbavljenje od neprijatelja nasih za memorijal zrtvama holokausta, Remember za godisnjicu napada na WTC (fondacija Telethon), Crucified (himnu distroficara sveta - fondacija Telethon), Kratimu (Uspavanku za malog Isusa) kojom je zvanicno obelezeno 2000 godina hriscanstva u dvadesetak zemalja sveta, zatim Malu Boziju misu i ciklus solo pesama na stihove Jovana Pavla II, povodom 25 godina pontifikature Svetog oca, Operu "Faust" za solo violoncello, premijerno izvedenu povodom 250 godina od rodjenja Getea, Ciklus solo pesama za glas i klavir na stihove Jesenjina, uz odgovarajuci ciklus slika Olje Ivanjicki (po ugledu na projekat Hartman-Musorgski) povodom 100 godina od rodjenja i 70 od smrti pesnika, kao i multimedijalni projekat "Aleksandar Simic - Kompozitor sa velikim K", kojim je obelezeno 30 godina umetnickog pregalastva naseg proslavljenog autora, tacno na dan njegovog tridesetog rodjendana pod geslom: Aleksandar Simic - 30 godina sa Vama! U godini jubileja ovog kompozitora, premijeru ocekuje jos nekoliko novih dela. Medju njima je i "Tango za nju…".