Aleksandra Ivanovic - Levante Guitar Duo

Serbia

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Aleksandra Ivanovic accomplished her graduate and master degree in guitar with the highest marks at the Belgrade Music Academy with Vera Ogrizovic, She started playing piano at the age of six and after graduating she studied jazz singing for a while, but eventually turned to classical guitar. She won prizes at several national and international competitions amongst which are Niksic International Guitar Festival 2007, Guitar-Art summer fest, Herceg Novi 2008. Also she participated in master classes with famous guitarists Anielo Desiderio, Scot Tennant and Dusan Bogdanovic. She has been noted by audiences and critics alike, for her delicate and emotional performing, specially for the performances of new works by Vojislav Ivanovic which led to foundation of Levante Guitar Duo.

Levante Guitar Duo performs unique repertoire of Vojislav's original music and arrangements – impressions of jazz, traditional and classical “standards” specially written for the duo. It is all-trough composed but at times improvised. Within the tonal world of classical guitar and its heritage this music exploits influences of diverse musical styles, both from the east and the west, creating new “Levantine” entity.

The duo’s journey started in 2008, and on their way they played in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Croatia, Greece, France and Germany. They have released an album "Levantine Journey" (GAF 2011) which scored exceptional praise from both audiences and critics.