Professor of Creative Music Technology and Co-head of Electronic Studio Basel – Hochschule für Musik, Klassik FHNW
Svetlana Maraš (1985) is composer and sound artist active in the field of experimental music. Her work encompasses a variety of formats such as live performance, electro-acoustic composition, sound installations and works for the radio.
She is the winner of the most prestigious Serbian composition prize "Mokranjac", awarded by the Serbian Composers' Association.
From 2016-2021, she was composer in residence and artistic director at Radio Belgrade’s Electronic studio, where she established numerous programs such as artistic residencies, educational courses and most notably, restoration of EMS Synthi 100.
Maraš has presented her work internationally, at venues, festivals and events such as Wien Modern, Kunstmuseum (Basel), Haus der Kunst (Munich), Ruhr Triennial, CTM (Berlin), Ars Electronica (Linz), House of Electronic Arts (Basel), Espace Multimedia Gantner (Bourogne), Musikprotokoll (Graz), Heroines of Sound (Berlin), Onassis Cultural Centre (Athens), Stadttheater (Bern), Museum of Contemporary Art (Belgrade), Izlog Suvremenog Zvuka (Zagreb), Blurred edges (Hamburg), ICMC (New York), International Rostrum of Composers (Wroclaw), ISEA (Dubai), International Music Institute (Darmstadt), Orpheus Institute (Ghent) and numerous other places. Her music was used in theatre plays, experimental and documentary films and presented at places like Aubagne International Film Festival, Bitef theatre (Belgrade) and MOMA (New York).
Since 2022, she is part of the Zürich Stadt - Music Commission. Maraš is Professor of Creative Music Technology and Co-head of Electronic Studio at Hochschule für Musik FHNW, Basel since 2021.
www.svetlanamaras.com