ABOUT

BIOGRAPHY

Grgur Savic is a Croatian-German, Berlin based experimental composer, saxophonist, and curator. 

Bio Short:

Grgur Savic works with interactivity in music and visual art – particularly in experimental electroacoustic settings – both in live performance and his compositional work – graphic scoring. His creative research focuses on developing contemporary and experimental repertoire based on the basics of extended instrumental techniques and graphic compositions centered on new music technologies and experimental electronics. He leads his main projects – PITCH SHIFTING, Ensemble The FOR: M, Grgur Savic – VORTEX, and SPACE TIGERS BERLIN. He is a curator for “das Ende” experimental music and AV series in Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg, and a board member of the “Richten 25” association for experimental music and art in Berlin, Wedding. Collaborators include Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Music Biennale Zagreb, LPM – Live Performers Meeting, SONIC MATTER PLATFORM, and many others.

Bio Long:

Predominantly experimental, intuitive, and non-linear, creating through numerous mediums and technologies such as graphic scoring, feedback in electronics, field recordings, and live performance – working largely in different electro-acoustic environments. Aside from leading his main projects – PITCH SHIFTING, Ensemble The F O R: M and G.S – VORTEX, he is dedicating much of his activities to collaborative and solo set performances exploring the combination of amplified acoustic instruments and objects (prepared saxophones, flutes, objects, pipes), with main interest to closely blend or to recreate the sounds from different types of human-made machines, surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal or plant lives or operates. Since moving to Berlin in 2015, he has been actively performing and recording his main projects.

Grgur Savic graduated in music academic studies – (BA) in classical Saxophone at the University Of Performing Arts in Graz, Austria (class of Peter Straub and Gerald Preinfalk). Studied jazz improvisation at “KONSE” Kärntner State Conservatory of Music and Theatre in Klagenfurt (class of Michael Erian). Holds a master’s degree (MA) in music composition (research on experimental music and graphic scoring) at the Institute for Creative Arts and Technology in Berlin – CATALYST. He mainly performs and collaborates with other artists, mostly musicians, and new media creatives with a contemporary approach such as Sanja Star, Rieko Okuda, Richard Scott, Emilio Gordoa, Brad Henkel, Daniel Craig, Samuel Hall, JD Zazie, Ignaz Schick to name a few. Since 2023 curates “das Ende” experimental music and AV series in Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg together with Richard Scott and Sanja Star, and has been a board member of the “Richten 25” association for experimental music and art in Berlin, Wedding since July 2024.

PITCH SHIFTING,  THE FOR:M,  G.S – VORTEX, SPACE TIGERS BERLIN.

PITCH SHIFTING  (with Sanja Star), an audio-visual duo, collaborating with other contemporary musician artists. GRGUR SAVIC – VORTEX  (with Brad Henkel, Matheus Jardim, and Ivar Roban Krizic), experimental acoustic quartet. ENSEMBLE THE F O R: M (with Berlin’s established local and international artists), performing his originally composed nonconventional notations and musical graphics. SPACE TIGERS BERLIN  (with Vanja Kevresan), electro-acoustic crossover trio. Notable past collaborations include Free Willys – a conceptual free music trio, The Unleashed Bop Force – a post-bop fusion quintet, and Mangrove – an experimental fusion band. In between composing, recording, and performing, Grgur is dedicated to music production, filming, and video editing, actively contributing to the creation of most of his music videos. His musical works are accessible through both physical and digital releases.