MARGARETA JERIC

After finishing her studies in piano and a degree in music theory at the University of Montreal, Margareta Jeric emerged from a Master’s degree in composition under Alan Belkin and Michel Longtin winning the First Prize of the OUM Competition with her piano concerto. She was also commissioned to compose Upload, a piece for orchestra that was performed, during the 2007-2008 MNM homage to Vivier series, under the direction of Maestro Jean-François Rivest.

During the summer of 2008, she obtained a composition residency at the Banff Center for the Arts where she had the opportunity to work with masters such as Jonathan Berger and Giorgio Magnanensi.

In November 2008 the Donne in Musica Foundation invited Margareta to the premiere of her piece Bailo performed by the Trio Fibonacci in Rome. She received various prizes, including the first prize for the composition for alphorn and brass instruments by the Swiss Embassy in Canada (competition 2009-2010) and the composition prize to create a chamber opera by the University of Montreal (competition 2010-2011). Over time, she also received several bursaries for graduate studies from the University of Montreal.

In 2009 Margareta participated in contemporary music events organized by Domaine Forget and Quatuor Bozzini’s Composers Kitchen in Canada, which allowed her to work with excellent groups and orchestras including the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM), the Bozzini Quartet and music professors Paul Frehner, Rodney Sherman, Denis Bouliane, John Rea, Jean Lesage and Martin Matalon.

Her music has been played in North America and Europe including Montreal and Thunder Bay (Canada), Trpanj (Croatia), Munich (Germany) and Rome and Venice (Italy).

Margareta Jeric is currently working on her Doctorate under the guidance of Professors Ana Sokolovic and Robert Normandeau, at the University of Montreal.