"Water", an Audiovisual Work by Vladimir Korać – Nomen est omen

Ksenija Stevanović

doi:10.5937/newso2464091S

Ksenija Stevanović Radio Television of Serbia, Radio Belgrade 3

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/newso2464091S

Keywords: Vladimir Korać, water, Mokranjac award, electroacoustic composition, “live” electronics, accordion

Abstract

The composer Vladimir Korać (b. 1986) creates works for solo instruments, various chamber ensembles, symphony orchestras, electronics, and electro-acoustic works, which constitute the main part of his oeuvre thus far. In this area, his works are recognizable in terms of his preferred tools, which include reduced textures, stemming from spectral sound analysis; using prepared electronic structures and controlled “live” processing, as well as working with the temporal dimension of the piece. The high point of Korać’s oeuvre so far is the audiovisual composition Water, which won the 2023 Stevan Mokranjac award for best work of Serbian art music. This paper addresses the main analytic aspects of the work and attempts to sketch an initial possible reading of the metaphor of water as it figures in the piece.

Author Biography

Ksenija Stevanović, Radio Television of Serbia, Radio Belgrade 3

(b. 1976, Belgrade) completed her studies in musicology at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. She has been working as a Music Editor at the Third Programme of Radio Belgrade since 2004, where she realizes numerous projects, especially those related to the activities of the Electronic Studio of Radio Belgrade. Her articles have been published in national and international professional publications. She co-authored a chapter in the book Distributed Creativity: Collaboration and Improvisation in Contemporary Music, published by Oxford University Press in 2017. Her primary areas of interest are electroacoustic and experimental music, musical performance, opera, and the philosophy of music.