Aleksandra Vrebalov, D.A., is a Full Professor of Composition at the Academy of Arts, University of Novi Sad. She has written more than 90 works commissioned by Carnegie Hall, Harvard/Fromm Foundation, Cleveland Museum of Arts, Serbian National Theatre, and The Forbidden City Orchestra in Beijing and described as “refreshingly unneurotic” (NY Times), “ a strange and sober beauty” (The Times, UK), “chilling and beautifully structured” (The Guardian). In 2018 Vrebalov joined festival Muzikhane in towns on Turkish/Syrian border making music with young refugees from Syria and Iraq. Vrebalov holds a MM from the San Francisco Conservatory and a DMA from the University of Michigan.