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About the Composer
Within the past
seven years the chambers works
of Nikola Resanovic have been performed
at over 300 music festivals and concerts throughout the United States,
Europe, Asia, South America and Australia, 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, and the 2010
International Double Reed Society Conference in Norman, Oklahoma.
His
compositions have been performed by the Cleveland Orchestra,
Jacksonville Symphony, Cairo (Egypt) National Symphony, Odessa
(Ukraine) 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 grammy nominated Imani Winds
and numerous individual performing artists.
His recent
commissions include a Sonata for Bb Clarinet and Piano
(2010) commissioned by Cynthia Doggett (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, “Duo
for Violin and Piano” (2008), written for the Cleveland Duo and
commissioned by the Fortnightly Musical Club of Cleveland, and “Four
Sketches for Flute and Clarinet” 2006, commissioned by and written for
The Crescent Duo of Central Michigan University.
He was awarded
the 2003 Cleveland
Arts Prize in Music for his achievements in music
composition.
His critically
acclaimed Clarinet
Concerto received its world premiere by the
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra in
2005. More recently this work has been performed by the Odessa
(Ukraine) Symphony (2009) and the Cairo (Egypt) National Symphony
(2010).
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 and the Cleveland Institute of Music where he
studied Composition with Donald Erb and received his Doctor of Musical
Arts degree in 1981.
Presently
Nikola Resanovic is Professor of Music at the University of Akron, School of
Music where he has taught music Composition and Theory since
1983. In addition, he supervises the school’s new Electronic
Music Facility which he designed and implemented.
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