ABOUT

BIOGRAPHY

Grgur Savic is a Croatian-German, Berlin based experimental composer, soundist and improviser. 

Predominantly experimental, intuitive and non-linear, creating through numerous different 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 dedicate much of his activities in collaborative and solo set performances exploring the combination of amplified acoustic instruments and objects (prepared saxophones, clarinets, 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 actively performs and records his main projects.

Grgur Savic graduated music academic studies – classical Saxophone at the University Of Performing Arts in Graz, Austria (class of Peter Straub and Gerald Preinfalk) and studied jazz improvisation at “KONSE” Kärntner State Conservatory of Music and Theatre in Klagenfurt. 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, Daniel Craig, Ute Wassermann, Samuel Hall, Emilio Gordoa, Ignaz Schick to name a few. Starting from April 2023 he is the curator of the concert series “das Ende” (for acoustic, electroacoustic and diverse experimental works) located in the city of Berlin in Prenzlauer Berg together with Richard Scott and Sanja Star. 

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

PITCH SHIFTING  (together with Sanja Star), audiovisual 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 (feat. Berlin local and international artists), performing unconventional notated compositions and musical graphics. SPACE TIGERS BERLIN  (with Vanja Kevresan), electro-acoustic crossover trio. Notable past collaborations include Free Willys – conceptual free music trio, The Unleashed Bop Force – post bop fusion quintet, Mangroove – experimental fusion band. In between scoring, recording and playing shows, Grgur is dedicated in music production, filming and video editing which are involved in major of his music videos. His music is available through the physical and digital releases.