Milica Djordjević (1984, Belgrade, Serbia) graduated composition from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, where she also finished studies of Sound and Music Recording and Production as well as specialized training in electronic music. She finished postgraduate specialist studies in composition at Conservatoire National de Region de Strasbourg in the class of Ivan Fedele (2007-2009) and graduated with honors. She continued her professional accomplishments in Paris, where she was enrolled in composition and computer music Cursus1 at IRCAM (2009-2010). She finished 3rd cycle studies at HfM Hanns Eisler in Berlin, in the class of Prof. Hanspeter Kyburz.
Lives and works in Cologne.
She has been awarded numerous prizes and scholarships (Claudio Abbado Composition Prize of the Berliner Philharmoniker 2020, Ernst von Siemens Composers' Prize 2016, Belmont Prize for Contemporary Music of the Forberg-Schneider Foundation 2015, Staubach Fellowship 2016, 8th Berlin-Rheinsberger Kompositionspreis 2013, The Winner of the Musica Femina München / Münchener Kammerorchester competition 2013/14, The Winner of the Lucerne Festival composition competition 2013, The Winner of the 8th TICF 2012, the Nikola Tesla Award 2012, First Prize at the ISA05, the Third Prize at the 12th YCM Apeldoorn, Prize of the City of Strasbourg 2008, Finalist of the StaubachPreis competition in Darmstadt 2008, The Alfred Toepfer Scholarship, Scholarship for talents of the Serbian Government 2008, selected for the ISCM World New Music Days 2011, nominated for the April Prize of the City of Belgrade etc.)
... and worked with ensembles and performers such as Berlin Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, the Arditti Quartet, Ensemble Musikfabrik, ensemble modern, BR Symphony Orchestra, WDR Orchestra, Münchener Kammerochester, J.A.C.K. Quartet, ensemble recherche, Neue Vocalsolisten, ensemble Alternance, ensemble l'arsenale, Tamara Stefanovich, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Marco Blaauw, Teodoro Anzellotti, Carl Rosman, Dirk Rothbrust, Marin Alsop, Enno Poppe, Peter Rundel, Bas Wiegers, Luca Pfaff, Jean Deroyer, Sylvio Gualda, Orchestre National de Lorraine…
Her first monographic CD was published by WERGO in the Edition Contemporary Music (Edition Zeitgenössische Musik) of German Music Council (Deutscher Musikrat) and it won the Prize of the German record critics - Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2017!
Djordjević's music has been performed and broadcasted in Europe, USA and Asia.
Lives and works in Cologne.
She has been awarded numerous prizes and scholarships (Claudio Abbado Composition Prize of the Berliner Philharmoniker 2020, Ernst von Siemens Composers' Prize 2016, Belmont Prize for Contemporary Music of the Forberg-Schneider Foundation 2015, Staubach Fellowship 2016, 8th Berlin-Rheinsberger Kompositionspreis 2013, The Winner of the Musica Femina München / Münchener Kammerorchester competition 2013/14, The Winner of the Lucerne Festival composition competition 2013, The Winner of the 8th TICF 2012, the Nikola Tesla Award 2012, First Prize at the ISA05, the Third Prize at the 12th YCM Apeldoorn, Prize of the City of Strasbourg 2008, Finalist of the StaubachPreis competition in Darmstadt 2008, The Alfred Toepfer Scholarship, Scholarship for talents of the Serbian Government 2008, selected for the ISCM World New Music Days 2011, nominated for the April Prize of the City of Belgrade etc.)
... and worked with ensembles and performers such as Berlin Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, the Arditti Quartet, Ensemble Musikfabrik, ensemble modern, BR Symphony Orchestra, WDR Orchestra, Münchener Kammerochester, J.A.C.K. Quartet, ensemble recherche, Neue Vocalsolisten, ensemble Alternance, ensemble l'arsenale, Tamara Stefanovich, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Marco Blaauw, Teodoro Anzellotti, Carl Rosman, Dirk Rothbrust, Marin Alsop, Enno Poppe, Peter Rundel, Bas Wiegers, Luca Pfaff, Jean Deroyer, Sylvio Gualda, Orchestre National de Lorraine…
Her first monographic CD was published by WERGO in the Edition Contemporary Music (Edition Zeitgenössische Musik) of German Music Council (Deutscher Musikrat) and it won the Prize of the German record critics - Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2017!
Djordjević's music has been performed and broadcasted in Europe, USA and Asia.