After finishing her studies in piano and a degree in music theory at the Université de Montréal, Margareta Jeric emerged from a Master’s degree in composition under Alan Belkin and Michel Longtin winning the First Prize of the OUM Competition with her piano concerto. She was also commissioned to compose Upload, a piece for orchestra that was performed, during the 2007-08 Tribute to Vivier series, under the direction of Maestro Jean-François Rivest.
During the summer of 2008, she obtained a composition residency at the Banff Center for the Arts where she had the opportunity to work with masters such as Jonathan Berger and Giorgio Magnanensi. Her music has been played in Trpanj, Montréal, Rome, Venice, Thunder Bay and Munich.
Margareta Jeric is currently writing a Doctorate under the guidance of Professors Ana Sokolović and Robert Normandeau.
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