this is a selection of music i created for several theatric ocassions. feel free to pm for questions, critical thoughts and possible collaborations :)

Music for Contemporary Dance

this is a selection of music i created. the performing musicians and instrumentations are mentioned in the description of each upload.

Concert Pieces

GEST (new instrument)

Music for Theatre and Film

Excerpt of music for dance theatre performance "Yes yes yes yes yes" by HOMESICK.

ps. Listen to it loudly!

Y1.2

A playlist for my sweetheart that is going away for 19 days. Every day she'll receive another brief piece that builds upon the previous. 

This full playlist is composed and produced in two days.

Day13

Day10

Day09

Day07

Day06

An excerpt from my current studio album 'Unfold Yourself', to be released in the future.

Unfold Yourself: Illuminate (v2.12_pre-master)

This recording of my duet for alto flute and live electronics is an excerpt of my graduation piece, performed by Albert Manders.

The light that blinds you (excerpt)

Demo of new work for voice and GEST, to be premiered at Rewire 2022

Vox Populi 1 - Caged Flight (demo)

performance of Zid (2013) for choir (SATB), 
on a poem by Vasko Popa (1922-1991).

dedicated to, and performed by Haarlem Voices,
composition by me.

Zid (The Wall)

Oči u oči sa zidom (Eye in eye with the wall)

Nisam ni lep ni ružan (I am neither beautiful nor ugly) 
Lica nemam (I have no face)

Prsa u prsa sa zidom (Chest to chest with the wall)

Nisam ni jak ni slab (I am neither strong nor weak) 
Iskustva nemam (I have no experience)

Lice u lice sa zidom (Face to face with the wall)

Nisam ni dobar ni rđav (I am neither good nor awful)
Sam sam (I am alone)



I ti (And you)
Sa kosom kiše i jabučicama vetra (With rainy hair and piercing wind)
I ti se vrati (And you turn back)

Zašto mi se javljaš (Why do you appear to me)
U letovima leptira od kreča (In the flight of butterflies of chalk)

Ovde sam bez srca (Here I am without a heart)

Pred zidom (Against the wall)
I ja postajem zid (And I become a wall)

music for contemporary dance "Café Noir" by 
Lynn Meijer and Cherish Menzo, an excerpt.

material (a.o.) extracted from my jam session with a broken amplifier with no input.

video: https://vimeo.com/78567981

Dateq4|09 [excerpt]

Unfold Yourself 1 - Disrupt (pre-master)

2013

performed by 
Sandrine Chatron (harp), Stephanie Pan (voice) and Tijs Ham (electronics);

composed for the Soundlings project "Coalescence";

recorded during 
finals of Dutch Harp Composition Contest 2014 (winner of Third Prize; all ages and nationalities).

This piece is my response to Dick Raaijmaker's book (1999) that he wrote in a response to Walter Benjamin's essay "The Destructive Character" (1931). 

stRrrct

Showreel for SHAPE+ application.

For full albums, see: https://gagi-petrovic.bandcamp.com/

Conservative Evasion + Depressant Inhibition

july 2015

composed for ‘De Golfbrekers’,
an open air theatre show; see the image for an impression of the live decor :)

this is an excerpt

DGbs4_v1.3

Live recording of the fifth and final piece of Ob-literate.  
Performance at the Orgelpark - Amsterdam on 18-03-2016.

concept & composition: Zeno van den Broek, Gagi Petrovic
soprano: Stephanie Pan, Anat Spiegel
baritone: Florian de Backere, Kevin Walton, Arnout Lems
organ: Jacob Lekkerkerker
cubes: Zeno van den Broek, Gagi Petrovic

Ob-literate was commissioned by Gaudeamus Muziekweek.
Supported by Fonds Podiumkunsten and Fonds21.

Ob-literate

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Zeno van den Broek & Gagi Petrovic: Ob-literate at the Orgelpark - Part V

Wir hatten zeit (2013)
(one-day-piece no. 1)

Composition by me
Lyrics distilled by me, from a poem by Heinz Czechowski (1935-2009)
 
Voice - Enikö Gösi
Piano – Rutger de Ronde

recorded during the best of Eendagsliederen


//// lyrics /////

Wir hatten zeit

So kam dieser Winter Saß in den Scheiben, der Schnee 
		 
Die Stille 
Setzte sich fest und wir hatten 
Zeit, 
		
Er ging. 

////// english //////

We had time

And so came this winter
It sat in the sills, the snow

The silence
Sat down firmly and we had
Time,

It went.

Wir Hatten Zeit

music for contemporary dance piece AYAH by Danshuis Haarlem (2017).

composed and produced by Gagi Petrovic,
listening through headphones or massive speakers is recommended.

remixing Pärt - Silentium and making new compositions out of it, featuring my new sample-based instrument GEST.

AYAH1-14_v1.35 (excerpt)

This is an excerpt of my live re-interpretation of a prior piece of mine: Imaginary Conversations. With my new instrument GEST. 

Recorded during Connector I at STEIM, Amsterdam (NL).

GEST x IC

one-take jam with a casual piano recording, with only minor post-edits (mastering)

GEST - Procrastination turns into Casual Piano Jam

This composition is a reinterpretation of material from my project Maya & Gagi (with cellist Maya Fridman). Recorded in one take and almost no post-edits.

Performed by myself on GEST (image).

Reminders Reinterpreted

music for opening of contemporary dance performance "Gekkenhuis"

ghuis1b

ghuis3a

Composed for Dodecavember 2018, organised by Hinse Mutter. 

The (unpaid) commission involved:
- write a piece doing something with the concept of dodecaphony (12-tone music)
- carte blanche for other stylistic/aesthetic choices

Premiered on a YouTube stream.

Another Encounter (November 15, 2018)

music for contemporary dance by jolien van haaster's performance "carnival".

circ5.0

Excerpt of music for documentary by Eline Hesse & Robin Vogel: Petrol Dollars For A Different Engine.

Petrol Hope

Excerpt of music and sound for theatre, by Aileen Pfauth. About her grandfather Frits Ekkel, a dementing poet. He passed away shortly after.

Singing by Aileen P, melody of Ich Bin Wie Du by Marianne Rosenberg

Bloei C3 - Toen het uiteenviel

Music for theatre, composed for The Sound of Freedom (by Paul Feld), during Vrede van Utrecht at Vliegbasis Soesterberg.

The Sound of Freedom - Epilogue

Teaser Music for an event by Amsterdam Open Air 2013.

Open Air

music for documentary 'Petrol Dollars for a Different Engine, by Robin Vogel & Eline Hesse.

Petrol Dollars - Manifest

Piece of album 'Recalcitrance', released in 2021 at Moving Furniture Records (MFR090).

Recalcitrance: Depressant

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