Biography
Nina Perović completed her BA and specialist studies in composition at the Academy of Music in Cetinje, in the class of Professor Žarko Mirković. She simultaniously acquired a BA and specialist degree in piano in the class of Professors Aleksandar Serdar and Vladimir Bochkariov. Thanks to the Basileus scholarship, she continued her studies of composition at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, in the class of Professor Uroš Rojko, where she obtained her MA degree. She recieved a PhD Degree at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade in the class of Professor Srđan Hofman. She also participated in the Postgraduate study program of Composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, with Professor Klaus Lang as her supervisor.
Nina Perović is a composer of acoustic and electronic music. Her ouvre includes compositions for symphony orchestra, vocal and chamber ensembles and solo instruments as well as music for theatre, films, and music for children. Her compositions have been performed in prestigious concert halls in the region, at numerous music festivals accross Europe. She has also attended various composition master classes and workshops (Donaueschingen, Impulse, Darmstadt).
She is currently completing training to become a certified Socio-Psychodrama Trainer in order to utilise a wide array of possibilities to incorporate psychodrama and its techniques into the process of creating a composition through communication with performers.
She works as a Music Analysis, Counterpoint and Arranging Teaching Assistant at the Music Academy in Cetinje, as well as a professor of Music Analysis. She is a member of the Department of Music at the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts.
LIST OF WORKS
Piano Suite
Cetinje, Montenegro, 2004.
Trio for flute, clarinet and piano
Cetinje, Montenegro, 2005.
Night at Cetinje
for wind and brass septet
Cetinje, Montenegro, 2008.
Gusle
for string quartet
Murrzushlag, Austria, 2011.
Gusle
for string orchestra
Podgorica, Montenegro, 2012.
Majka Jova u ruzi rodila
for female choir
Podgorica, Montenegro, 2012.
performances:
Collegium Musicum, Montengrin National Theater, Podgorica 2012.
Some people
for 17 instruments
inspired by eponymous poem of Charles Bukowski
Belgrade, Serbia, 2012.
Ritus
for small symphony orchestra, female choir and electronics
Belgrade, Serbia, 2012-2015.
Klanjalica
for Mezzo-Soprano, Cello, Piano and Electronics
Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014.
Vecernja molitva
for vocal ensemble
Podgorica, 2015.
Ornament I
for solo violin
Podgorica, 2015.
Tanatos
for string quartet
Podgorica, 2016.
Presence
for brass instruments and percussion
Podgorica, 2017.
Reflections
for solo soprano, string orchestra and electronics
Podgorica, 2016.
Fragments of Reflection
for solo soprano, string quartet and piano or electronics
Podgorica, 2017.
Kosara
for solo soprano and chamber orchestra
Podgorica, 2018.
Witnesses
for solo soprano, tape electronics and piano
Podgorica, 2018.
Kosara
for solo soprano and chamber ensemble
Podgorica, 2018.
Blur
for solo soprano, live electronics and piano
Podgorica 2020.-2021.
Penetrations I
for Extended Endings (bass clarinet, accordion and electric guitar)
Podgorica, 2021.
Penetrations II
for voice, trumpet and piano
Berlin, 2021.-
THEATER MUSIC
Music for theatre show “As far as the eye can see”
director: Arpad Schilling
production: The Royal Theatre Zetski dom, Cetinje, 2016.
Music for theatre show “A little bit about the soul”
lyrics: Vislava Simborska
director: Varja Djukic
production: Cultural Center Tivat
Podgorica, Tivat, 2017.
Music for theatre show “Bitch”
director: Arpad Schilling
production: The Royal Theatre Zetski Dom, Cetinje
Music for theatre show for children “Surogat”
dedicated to Dusan Vukotic
director: Mirko Radonjic
production: Montenegrin Ministry of Culture, Kotor, 2018.
Music for theatre show “Pansion Eden”
director: Arpad Schilling
production: Zagreb Youth Theatre, Zagreb, 2018.
Music for theatre show “Slavuj”
dedicated to Ksenija Cicvaric
director: Varja Djukic
production: Cultural Informativ Center “Budo Tomovic”, Podgorica, 2019.
Music for theatre show for children “Another side of the wind”
lyrics: Miroslav Mika Antic
director: Branko Ilic
production: Cultural Center, Tivat, 2020.
Music for “Poetic Theatre” – TV serial
production: Montenegrin National Theatre, 2020.
Music for theatre show “The Visit”
lyrics: Friedrich Durrenmatt
director: Aleksandar Morfov
production: Montenegrin National Theatre, 2020.
Music for theatre show “President”
text: Werner Schwab
director: Radmila Vojvodic
production: The Royal Theatre Zetski Dom, Cetinje, 2022.
Music for theatre show “Under both Suns”
text: Ognjen Spahic
director: Boris Lijesevic
production: The Royal Theatre Zetski Dom, Cetinje, 2022.