Ališer Sijarić

ALIŠER SIJARIĆ, born in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), studied composition and musicology at the Sarajevo Music Academy (class of Prof. Josip Magdić), and philosophy and sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo. In 1994, he received a scholarship of the Austrian Ministry for Science and Art and continued his study of composition at the Music University in Vienna in the class of Prof. Michael Jarrell, where he also completed his post-graduate studies. He also attended a composition course with Prof. Beat Furrer and Prof. Hans-Peter Kyburz in Graz, Austria. Sijarić’s compositions have been performed at a number of international festivals such as: Copenhagen - Europe’s Culture Capital, Wien Modern, Salzburger Festspiele, Music Bienale Zagreb, Culturscapes Basel, Steierischer Herbst Graz, etc. The success of  his compositions is also demonstrated by numerous comissions  from internationally renowned  music   institutions such as Konzerthaus Geselschaft Wien, Konzerthaus Berlin, Ensemble Collegium Novum Zürich, Kammarensemblen Stockholm, PreArt Ensemble Zurich, Cantus Ensemble Zagreb, Manhatten String Quartet, Zeitfluss Ensemble Graz, etc. His compositions have been performed in: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Denmark, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Ireland, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and USA. His music has been published on several CDs under different labels.

 In 2001 A.S. founded and has been successfully running the SOciety of NEw MUsic Sarajevo – SONEMUS ever since.

In 2000 he began working as a teaching assistant at the Sarajevo Music Academy. Since 2007 A.S. is teaching composition at the Sarajevo Music Academy.

In 2020 he is elected dean of the Sarajevo Music Academy.