Grgur Savic is an experimental composer, performer and musical improviser based in Berlin. >> Download Vita : Curriculum Vitae, >> Download_BIO
Bio Short [Eng|
Grgur Savić (b. 1983) works at the intersection of sound, visual art, and technology. His practice investigates interactivity in experimental acoustic and electro-acoustic settings, combining performance, graphic-score composition and improvisation. He engages with contemporary repertoire through nontraditional playing techniques- prepared saxophone- acoustic studies on resonance and vibration, and MAX/MSP- based electronic processes in his project [air>coded]. Alongside his performative work, he engages material-based inquiry, transforming found objects and discarded texts- [graphic score Book Project], into combined new sound and visual works.
Bio Kurz [DE]
Grgur Savić (b. 1983) arbeitet an der Schnittstelle von Klang, bildender Kunst und Technologie. Seine Praxis untersucht Interaktivität in experimentellen akustischen und elektroakustischen Kontexten und verbindet Performance, Komposition mit grafischen Partituren und Improvisation. Im Rahmen seines Projekts [air>coded] setzt er sich mit zeitgenössischem Repertoire durch unkonventionelle Spieltechniken auseinander- vorbereiteter Saxophon, akustische Studien zu Resonanz und Schwingung sowie elektronische Prozesse auf Basis von MAX/MSP. Neben seiner performativen Arbeit verwandelt er gefundene Objekte und verworfene Texte – [graphic score Book Project], in neue kombinierte Klang- und Bildwerke.
EDUCATION:
2022–2024 – Master’s Degree in Music Composition (Graphic Notations in Experimental Music) at CATALYST – Institute for Creative Arts and Technology, Berlin, Germany
2009–2011 – Saxophone Improvisation Studies at KONSE – Conservatory for Music and Performing Arts, Klagenfurt, Austria
2005–2009 – Bachelor’s Degree in Classical Saxophone at KUG Graz – University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz, Austria
1997–2002 – Classical Saxophone – Diploma at Pavao Markovac Music High School, Zagreb, Croatia
AFFILIATIONS & CONTRIBUTIONS
2024–2025 – Founding Board Member, RICHTEN 25: Art Space for Experimental Music and Art, Berlin, Germany
2023–2024 – Co-Curator, das ENDE Series for Experimental Music and AV Performances, Berlin, Germany
(R) RESIDENCIES, (C) CURATION, (E) EXHIBITIONS:
2025 – Night of the Graphic Scores – Book Project in six chapters by Grgur Savić, Berlin, Germany (C, E)
Night of the Graphic Scores #1 – presenting composers in loop: works of Ignaz Schick, Berlin, Germany (C)
2024 – ECHOS OF THE OTHER TRIES, Night of the Graphic Scores – Debut Exhibition, Berlin, Germany (E)
STOPover 02 – “WHERE THE FLUX AM’I” Concert Curation at Radialsystem (Supported by Deutsche Jazzunion und IG Jazz), Berlin, Germany (C)
2023/24 – STOPover 01 – Improvisieren im Zentrum, Art Residency in Alte Münze (Supported by Deutsche Jazzunion und IG Jazz), Berlin, Germany (R)
2023 – CONTAINERKLANG Art Residency with Pitch Shifting, Kölner Gesellschaft für Neue Musik, Köln, Essen, Germany (R)
GRANTS AND AWARDS:
2023 – INITIATIVE MUSIK – Export und internationale Tourförderung
2022/2023 – MUSIKFONDS Stipendienprogramm im Rahmen von Neuestart Kultur STIP III
2022 – SONIC MATTER Festival, selected electro-acoustic works
2022 – DMR – Stipendienprogramm im Rahmen von NEUSTART KULTUR
2021 – INITIAL Sonderstipendium der Akademie der Künste
SELECTED FESTIVALS:
2024 – Sound Art Festival – Ispod Bine, Split, Croatia
100-Year Celebration of The RSB – with Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Germany
Solo at Cultural Center Rojc, Performance/Exhibition of Graphic Scores #2, Pula, Croatia
2023 – CONTAINERKLANG, Köln, Germany
Solo at Kino URANIA – Performance/Exhibition of Graphic Scores #1, Zagreb, Croatia
2022 – Pitch Shifting & The Society For Nontrivial Pursuits – Universität der Künste, Medienhaus, Berlin, Germany
10 Years of Multiversal at Villa Kuriosum, Berlin, Germany
Audioart 13 – Experimental & Improvised Music Festival, Pula, Croatia
Sonic Matter – Festival For Experimental Music, Zurich, Switzerland
Get in the van Klangforschung 3 – AV-Performance im öffentlichen Raum, Dresden, Germany
2021 – LPM – Live Performers Meeting, Puglia, Italy
MBZ – Music Biennale Zagreb – 60th Anniversary, Zagreb, Croatia
2020 – CTM Transmediale, Berlin, Germany
2019 – 6th – Silk Road International Art Festival, Xian, China
2018 – Berliner Festspiele – Taylor Mac, Berlin, Germany
2017 – The 33rd Belgrade Jazz Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
2015 – OCT – LOFT Jazz Festival, Shenzhen, China, among others…
GUEST LECTURING:
2024 – Workshop: Introduction to performance strategies, foundations of experimental music, and improvisation through both theory and hands-on practice, CATALYST Institute for Creative Arts and Technology, Berlin, Germany
2022 – Workshop: Introduction to audiovisual performance strategies and techniques, including the concepts behind the audiovisual experience, immersion, and the methods for achieving them- with Pitch Shifting, CATALYST Institute for Creative Arts and Technology, Berlin, Germany