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Olja Jelaska <\/strong>(b. 1967) graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Music in music theory, and then studied composition in the class of prof. Marko Ru\u017edjak. She graduated with the opera Chamber trio <\/em>(according to the text of Slavko Batu\u0161i\u0107), which was premiered in 1997. in cooperation with the Croatian National Theater Split and the Zagreb Music Biennale. After finishing her studies, she improved her skills at seminars for contemporary composition in Poland (Bialystok, 1995) and Germany (Darmstadt, 1997). She participated in the work of Mediterranean academies in the Syrian capital – Damascus, organized by Echanges<\/em>culturels en Mediterranee<\/em>, an association from Marseille. She was awarded several times for her compositions by the Ministry of Culture under the Public Invitation to Encourage Croatian Music Creativity.<\/p>\n From 1997 to 2016 she was employed at the Music Department of the Academy of Arts in Split, where she taught music theory. Since 2016 she has been a Full Professor at the Department for Composition and Theory of Music at the Academy of Music in Zagreb.<\/p>\n She collaborated with numerous Croatian ensembles, orchestras and artists.<\/p>\n She is the winner of many awards, including the HGZ<\/em> Award<\/em> in 1994; the Award Josip \u0160tolcer Slavenski<\/em> (2006); Vladimir Nazor<\/em> annual award (2014); the annual Award of Slobodna Dalmacija for the art of Jure Ka\u0161telan<\/em> (2015); HAZU award<\/em> in the field of musical art (2018);\u00a0Porin Award<\/em> in the category for Best Classical Music Composition for Rodin’s Meditation<\/em> for marimba, clarinet and piano (2018).<\/p>\n In the period between 2013 and 2015, she collaborated with the Ivan Me\u0161trovi\u0107 Museums<\/em> on the projects and compositions named Me\u0161trovi\u0107’s Dream<\/em> and Rodin’s<\/em> Meditation<\/em>.<\/p>\n Olja Jelaska was twice on a study trip to China through an agreement between the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China. She went on her first study trip in 2016, and the second one in 2018. On both times she joined a group of composers from 14 countries of Eastern and Southeastern Europe.<\/p>\n Following the study trips in China, Olja Jelaska wrote three compositions for Chinese traditional instruments. On the December 6, 2017, one of the compositions for chamber ensemble of Chinese traditional instruments (Painted Metamorphosis) <\/em>was premiered in Shanghai by the Shanghai Chamber Orchestra<\/em>.<\/p>\n As part of the 44th Osor musical evenings<\/em>, the chamber opera In the search of the blue bird<\/em>\u00a0 (libretto written by Mrs Sanja Ivi\u0107 based on the model of M. Maeterlinck’s Blue Bird<\/em>) was premiered by the Cantus<\/em> ensemble and it was conducted by Mr Berislav \u0160ipu\u0161.<\/p>\n A selection of significant compositions:<\/p>\n SPHINXS<\/em> three movemenst for symphony wind orchestra (1997.)<\/p>\n Music compositions of Olja Jelaska have been performed as part of the program of well-known events in Croatia and abroad, for example, the Zagreb Music Biennale, Musical tribunes in Opatija, Pula, Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Osor Music Evening, and many other music festivals in Slovenia, Portugal, USA, Sweden, Italy, China and elsewhere.<\/p>\n In 2021, Olja Jelaska collaborated with Mrs Ivona Vladovi\u0107 who directed three movies based on her musical compositions of the same name (At the Bottom of the Sea<\/em>, Rodin’s Meditation<\/em> and Duo)<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":56326,"template":"","vrste_clanova":[97],"razredi":[85],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/clanovi\/42973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/clanovi"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/clanovi"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/clanovi\/42973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43039,"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/clanovi\/42973\/revisions\/43039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vrste_clanova","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vrste_clanova?post=42973"},{"taxonomy":"razredi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.info.hazu.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/razredi?post=42973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n