ANA SOKOLOVIC

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An important figure in contemporary music, Quebec-based composer Ana Sokolović has distinguished herself internationally through her imaginative, rhythm-driven music, with repertoire that ranges from critically acclaimed operas and orchestra works to powerful solo and chamber pieces. 

Originally from Serbia, Sokolović writes music infused with Balkan rhythms and influenced by multiple artistic disciplines. She was awarded two back-to-back JUNO Awards for “Classical Composition of the Year”: in 2019 for Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes for countertenor, chorus, and orchestra; and in 2020 for her violin concerto Evta. Her four operas have been performed internationally, including at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence; and her 2010 opera Svadba won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for “Outstanding New Opera.” 

This season, Sokolović’s new work for soprano and orchestra, You Can Die Properly Now, receives its world premiere with soprano Emma Pennel and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, where she served as composer-in-residence from 2020-2023. In addition to her activities as a composer, she was appointed as the first Chair of Opera Research and Creation at the University of Montreal.  

Photo: André Parmentier