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Marina Džukljev

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Marina Džukljev is a pianist, educator and active performer in the fields of free improvisation, classical, contemporary and applied music based in Serbia.

She collaborates with a wide range of musicians and multimedia artists such as: dieb13, Jonas Kocher, Joel Grip, Michael Thieke, Vasco Trilla, John Dikeman, Noid, Matija Schellander, Biliana Voutchkova, Christian Weber, Michael Griener, Christof Kurzmann, Ute Wassermann, Richard Barrett and many others.

In each project, Marina is fully dedicated to the quest for new sonoric capabilities of piano playing and a non-traditional approach, by using the extended techniques of instrument playing in a genuine and inventive way. The unity of a wide spectrum of expressive elements can be heard in her music: abstract, experimental, free jazz - all are embraced by the heritage of the history of pianism.

Džukljev performs solo and with a variety of ensembles at the prominent festivals and concert venues all over Europe and further.
She released music for prominent labels such as: Leo records (UK), FMR records (UK), Klopotec (SI), Interstellar records (AT), Scatter Archive (UK), Slam Production (UK), Inexhaustible Editions (SI/HU), Klaggalerie (AT), Trouble in the East (Ger)...