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About the Composer
The musical works
of Nikola Resanovic have been performed
at hundreds of music festivals and concerts throughout the United
States,
Europe, Asia, South America, Australia and Africa including the 2005
International Clarinet Festival in Tokyo, Japan, the 2005 International
Festival of Music in Xian, China, the 2006 International Double Reed
Society Conference in Muncie, Indiana, the 2007 International Society
of Bassists Conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the 2010
International Double Reed Society Conference in Norman, Oklahoma, the
2012 National Flute Association Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, the
2014 International Clarinet Festival in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the
2016 International Clarimania festival in Wroclaw, Poland.
His
compositions have been performed by the Cleveland
Orchestra,
Jacksonville Symphony, Cairo (Egypt) National Symphony, Odessa
(Ukraine) Symphony, Hastings Symphony, Southwest Washington Symphony,
Toledo Symphony, Greater-Palm Beach Symphony, Akron
Symphony, Mansfield Symphony, Lima Symphony, Tuscarawas Philharmonic,
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, Akron Youth Symphony, The
Contemporary Youth Orchestra, Ludwig Symphony (Atlanta) Cleveland
Orchestra Trio, Coryton Ensemble, Solaris wind quintet, Paragon Brass
Quintet, Chicago Brass Choir, Etesian wind quintet, the Prairie Winds,
the Burle Marx Trio, the Australian Ensemble Liaison, the Crescent Duo,
the Cleveland Duo,
the grammy nominated Imani Winds
and numerous ensembles and individual performing artists around the
world.
His
commissioned works include a Concerto for Violin, Piano and Wind
Ensemble (2013), commissioned by the Case Western Reserve University
Circle Wind Ensemble; Sonata for Bb Clarinet and Piano (2010),
commissioned by Cynthia Doggett and funded by an Iowa Arts Council
Grant; a Quartet for Oboe, Bassoon, Violin and Cello (2010),
commissioned by George Ryon & Alain and Anne De Gourdon of Lorée
Oboes; a Duo for Violin and Piano (2008), written for the
Cleveland Duo and commissioned by the Fortnightly Musical Club of
Cleveland; “Four Sketches for Flute and Clarinet” 2006, commissioned by
and written for The Crescent Duo of Central Michigan University.
Born in Derby,
England in 1955, Nikola Resanovic is of Serbian heritage and has
lived in the United States since 1966. He is a graduate of the University of
Akron, School of
Music (BM 77, MM 79) where he studied Composition with David S.
Bernstein, and the Cleveland
Institute of Music (DMA 81) where he
studied Composition with Donald Erb.
Dr.
Resanovic retired from his tenured position as Professor of
Music at the University of Akron in 2018, where he had taught music
Composition and Theory since 1983. During his tenure he also
supervised the school’s Electronic Music Facility which he
designed and implemented.
A
recipient of the Cleveland Arts Prize (2003) and The Order of St. Sava
Medal (2011), Nikola
Resanovic is Professor Emeritus and Senior Lecturer at the University
of Akron.
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