Igor Andrić
Igor Andrić (1996) began his composition studies in 2014 at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade with Prof. Isidora Žebeljan. He is currently pursuing PhD studies at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade under Prof. Draško Adžić, as well as the Konzertexamen in composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg with Prof. Fredrik Schwenk. His works have been performed at festivals and concerts across Serbia, France, Russia, United States, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Hong Kong, and Cyprus. His scores are published by the Viennese publishing house Universal Edition.
With his chamber work Fragments, Andrić won the Composer Slam competition in Hannover, organized by the ensemble Orchester im Treppenhaus. His Piano Trio No. 2 was awarded at the “Alfred Schnittke and Svyatoslav Richter” Composers’ Competition in Sochi, Russia. In August 2023, his Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra was performed at the Festival of Young Artists Bayreuth by the VooDoo Piano Duo and the National Orchestra of Turkmenistan under the direction of Rasul Klychev. That same month, his orchestral piece Triple Goddess – Three Pictures for Symphony Orchestra was premiered by the Ljubljana International Orchestra conducted by Živa Ploj Peršuh. In May 2024, his project Spiritual Journey was presented at the NOWA MUZYKA Festival in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Looking ahead, Andrić has been commissioned to compose a new orchestral work for the Kiel Theater Orchestra as part of the project Hafenstädte – Tore zur Welt, to be premiered in the 2025/26 season. He is also writing a new chamber work for the academists of the Essen Philharmonic Orchestra, scheduled to premiere on May 31, 2026. The world premiere of his Violin Concerto is set for January 29, 2026, to be performed by the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Ulrich Windfuhr.