(b. 4 January 1980, Subotica).
Serbian composer, now resident in Germany, of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in Europe and elsewhere.
Mr. Nikodijević studied composition with Srđan Hofman at the Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu – University of Arts in Belgrade from 1995–2002, where he then studied composition with Zoran Erić in 2002–03. He then studied composition with Marco Stroppa at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Stuttgart from 2003–05 and later studied music theory privately with Bernd Asmus in Stuttgart in 2008–09.
Among his honours are three prizes in the competition of the Internationale Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Amsterdam (honourable mention, 2003; honourable mention, 2007; First Prize, 2010, for cvetić, kućica ... / la lugubre gondola [trauermusik nach franz liszt]), a prize in the competition Brandenburger Biennale (2008, for cvetić, kućica ... / la lugubre gondola [trauermusik nach franz liszt]), a recommended work at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers (2009, for cvetić, kućica ... / la lugubre gondola [trauermusik nach franz liszt]), Second Prize in the competition for orchestral music Tansman (2010), a residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris (2012–13), the Förderpreis der Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung in Munich (2013), the Deutscher Musikautor*innenpreis der GEMA in the category Nachwuchsförderung (2014), and a residency at the Deutsche Akademie at the Villa Massimo in Rome (2023–24).
He has lived in Germany since 2003.
His publisher is Sikorski/Boosey & Hawkes.
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
vivier. ein nachtprotokoll (chamber opera in 6 scenes, libretto by Gunther Geltinger), countertenor, tenor, high baritone, bass, mixed chorus (+ bottles), small orchestra (E-flat clarinet [+ bass clarinet], clarinet [+ bass clarinet], French horn [+ bottle], trumpet [+ piccolo trumpet], 2 trombones [2nd + bass trombone, both + bottle], harp, piano [+ celesta], electronic organ, 2 percussion, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 2 double basses), live electronics, 2012–14
7 deaths of maria callas (opera project by Marina Abramović, Petter Skavlan), 12 or more female voices, large orchestra (12 winds, 11 brass, harp, piano [+ celesta], MIDI-keyboard, timpani, 4 percussion, 41 strings), fixed media (music by Luka Kozlovacki), 2020 (also reduced version for 12 or more female voices, orchestra [11 winds, 7 brass, harp, piano (+ celesta), MIDI-keyboard, timpani, 2 percussion, 24 strings], fixed media [music by Luka Kozlovacki], 2020)
balkan erotic epic (installation by Marina Abramović), female voice, female folk voice, countertenor, performance artist, 3 trumpets, 3 tubas, accordion, violin, 2 percussion, fixed media (music by Luka Kozlovacki), 2025
ORCHESTRAL:
cvetić, kućica ... / la lugubre gondola (trauermusik nach franz liszt), orchestra (9 winds, 7 brass, harp, piano [+ amplified pianino], 3 percussion, 25 strings), 2002–09
GHB / tanzaggregat, large orchestra (11 winds, 11 brass, harp, piano, timpani, 3 percussion, 50 strings), 2009–11
gesualdo dub / raum mit gelöschter figur, piano, small orchestra (flute [+ piccolo], E-flat clarinet [+ bass clarinet], clarinet [+ bass clarinet], bassoon [+ contrabassoon], French horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, electronic organ, 3 percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass), 2012
k-hole / schwarzer horizont (drone [with song]), small orchestra (flute [+ piccolo, alto flute, bottle], oboe [+ English horn, bottle], clarinet [+ bass clarinet, bottle], bassoon [+ contrabassoon], French horn, trumpet [+ piccolo trumpet, bottle], trombone, tuba, harp, piano, electronic organ, 2 percussion, 2 violins, viola [with scordatura], cello [with scordatura], double bass [with scordatura]), live electronics, 2012–14
nestajanje / raum mit klagelied (aria concertante), clarinet, small orchestra (alto flute, 2 oboes [2nd + English horn], 2 bassoons [both + triangle], 2 trumpets [both + triangle], 20 strings), live electronics, 2015
absolutio. postludio per orchestra, large orchestra (12 winds, 11 brass, 2 harps, piano [+ pianino], celesta, timpani, 5 percussion, 60 strings), 2016
dies secundus, small orchestra (2 flutes [1st + piccolo, 2nd + bass flute], 2 trumpets, harp, piano, 3 percussion, 3 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass), 2017 (section of Genesis, a collaboration with Chaya Czernowin, Franck Bedrossian, Anna Þorvaldsdóttir, Joan Magrané Figuera, Stefano Gervasoni, Mark Andre; may be performed separately)
from within..., small orchestra (7 winds, 2 French horns, trumpet, 2 trombones, harp, 2 pianos, 3 percussion, 3 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass), LED sculpture (with music by Robert Henke), lights, live electronics, 2017
da ispravitsja / gebetsraum mit nachtwache, large orchestra (13 winds, 11 brass, 2 harps, organ, timpani, 4 percussion, 60 strings), 2019
parting of waters into heavens and seas / secundus dies. toccata per orchestra, large orchestra (12 winds, 10 brass, 2 harps, piano [+ celesta], timpani, 4 percussion, strings), 2021
konzert für bratsche und orchester, viola, large orchestra (12 winds, 11 brass, harp, guitar, piano, celesta, timpani, 3 percussion, 50 strings), 2022
gospodi vozvah (psalmody), viola, large orchestra (10 winds, 9 brass, harp, piano [+ pianino], celesta, timpani, 3 percussion, 50 strings), 2023
poslednji zapis – last inscription, 27 strings, 2024
CHAMBER MUSIC:
music box / selbstportrait mit ligeti und strawinsky (und messiaen ist auch dabei), flute (+ piccolo), E-flat clarinet (+ bass clarinet), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), piano (+ harpsichord), celesta, accordion, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 2000–01, revised 2003, 2006
chambres de ténèbres / tombeau de claude vivier, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), oboe (+ English horn), E-flat clarinet (+ bass clarinet), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, piano (+ celesta), percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 2005–07, revised 2009–12
grid / index [II], flute (+ piccolo), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), saxophone, trombone, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, live electronics, 2014
grid / index [III], flute, bass clarinet, cello, piano, marimba, live electronics, 2015
quartetto d'archi n. 1, 'tiefenrausch', string quartet, 2016
quartetto d'archi n. 2, string quartet, 2019
prelazak preko noćnog plavetnila / schattenraum (mit gesualdo), piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, 2020
grid / index [I], amplified piano, percussion, live electronics, 2011–21
VOCAL:
exaudi / bruckner abglanz (motet, text from Psalm 55), boy soprano, mezzo-soprano, orchestra (8 winds, 6 brass, piano, 3 percussion, strings), 2000, revised 2007
prituri sa planinata / plač, tmina, odjek (text from a folksong from Bulgaria), alto, alto flute, bass clarinet, guitar, vibraphone, viola, cello, live electronics, 2013
abgesang (Lied, text by Mátyás Molcer), soprano, orchestra (8 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, tuba, harp, piano, celesta [+ piano], 3 percussion, 31 or more strings), 2015–17
hymne, mit hölderlinfragment per soprano e quartetto di violoncelli (text by Friedrich Hölderlin), soprano, 4 cellos, 2025
PIANO:
sadness / untitled, 2000