BELMA BESLIC-GAL
Born 1978 in Tuzla (BiH).
Slovenian/Bosnian composer, artist and pianist, living in Vienna and Salzburg (Austria).
Piano studies at the Liszt School of Music Weimar (1996-2001, a. o. with Gerlinde Otto and Lazar Berman),
studies of composition, music theory and composition for music theatre at the University of Arts in Graz (2003-
present, a. o. with Bernhard Lang, and Klaus Lang). During the last years, her artistic concepts revolved
around issues such as cultural challenges of postwar/transitional societies, nihilism, futurism, space
exploration/science, manipulations of temporal perception in (intermedia) music constellations.
Comissions, Performances, Festivals (selection):
Ensemble Reconsil (Wien, AT), Archiv Frau und Musik (Frankfurt/Main, DEU), die andere saite (Graz, AT),
Hessischer Rundfunk/Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (Frankfurt/Main, DEU); Festival Sláturtíð
(Reykjavík, ISL), Neue Musik in St. Ruprecht (Wien); Ensemble für Neue Musik (Graz, AT); Sarajevo War Theatre
(Sarajevo, BiH); National Theatre Sarajevo (Sarajevo, BiH); Encuentro de Arte Sonoro Tsonami (Buenos Aires,
ARG)...
Grants, Scholarships, Prizes (selection):
Composition Grant, City of Vienna (Vienna, AUT); Composition Grant, Land Salzburg (Salzburg, AUT);
I z S Kunst & Kulturpreis, Ingrid zu Solms Stiftung (Frankfurt am Main, DEU); Startstipendium für Musik und
darstellende Kunst, BMUKK (Vienna, AUT); Composition Grant „Plains of Triton“, SKE Fonds (Vienna, AUT);
“Female composers to Frankfurt international scholarship”, Archiv Frau und Musik (Frankfurt am Main, DEU)...
NEWS DATES BIOGRAPHY COMPOSITION PROJECTS AUDIO/VIDEO GALLERY CONTACT
studies of composition, music theory and composition for music theatre at the University of Arts in Graz (2003-
present, a. o. with Bernhard Lang, and Klaus Lang). During the last years, her artistic concepts revolved
around issues such as cultural challenges of postwar/transitional societies, nihilism, futurism, space
exploration/science, manipulations of temporal perception in (intermedia) music constellations.
Comissions, Performances, Festivals (selection):
Ensemble Reconsil (Wien, AT), Archiv Frau und Musik (Frankfurt/Main, DEU), die andere saite (Graz, AT),
Hessischer Rundfunk/Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (Frankfurt/Main, DEU); Festival Sláturtíð
(Reykjavík, ISL), Neue Musik in St. Ruprecht (Wien); Ensemble für Neue Musik (Graz, AT); Sarajevo War Theatre
(Sarajevo, BiH); National Theatre Sarajevo (Sarajevo, BiH); Encuentro de Arte Sonoro Tsonami (Buenos Aires,
ARG)...
Grants, Scholarships, Prizes (selection):
Composition Grant, City of Vienna (Vienna, AUT); Composition Grant, Land Salzburg (Salzburg, AUT);
I z S Kunst & Kulturpreis, Ingrid zu Solms Stiftung (Frankfurt am Main, DEU); Startstipendium für Musik und
darstellende Kunst, BMUKK (Vienna, AUT); Composition Grant „Plains of Triton“, SKE Fonds (Vienna, AUT);
“Female composers to Frankfurt international scholarship”, Archiv Frau und Musik (Frankfurt am Main, DEU)...
NEWS DATES BIOGRAPHY COMPOSITION PROJECTS AUDIO/VIDEO GALLERY CONTACT