Studio Vukosavljević
Studio Vukosavljević is a production platform dedicated to the realization of musical
projects conceived by composer Ivan Vukosavljević.
Its artistic ambition is to look beyond existing musical infrastructures and to advance a
broader vision of the contemporary composer: one that unites the diversity of today’s cultural
landscape into an artistic practice characterized by the integration of the knowledge,
traditions, and sensibilities of musical worlds that rarely, if ever, cross paths.
Its long-term objectives are:
1. Innovation and diversification within contemporary and classical music culture
Through high quality co-productions with partners from different spheres of the musical
landscape, the studio seeks to expand the possibilities of contemporary music making. Its
artistic foundation originates in Vukosavljević's existing body of work in which diverse
musical worlds, historic and contemporary, intersect and are brought into meaningful
dialogue. A baroque harpsichord specialist may appear alongside a synthesizer player; an
underground experimental guitarist alongside an organist; a sarod player alongside a classical
string ensemble.
These encounters are not approached as stylistic collage or crossover. Rather than preserving
their boundaries or dissolving them into fusion, the studio embraces a multi-polar artistic
practice in which these musical worlds converge within a single compositional imagination.
2. Cultivation of a collaborative ecosystem
At the heart of the platform lies an expanding ecosystem of musicians, ensembles, sound
engineers, producers, labels, and other cultural workers. Through this ecosystem, the studio
aims to cultivate a more sustainable and mutually supportive collaborative model between the
composer, performers, and cultural institutions such as ensembles, festivals, and venues.
Responding to the increasingly fragmented position of independent composers and musicians,
it seeks to reinforce artistic continuity by enabling long-term collaborations with selected
musicians and ensembles, while allowing each production to develop with a high degree of
artistic independence.
Through these projects, the organization seeks not only to bring together different musical
traditions, but also the audiences that accompany them, and thus create a meeting point
between the musical communities that have formed around these traditions.
A musical instrument does not merely produce music; it expands the horizon of what music
can become. The studio seeks to become such an instrument: to create the conditions in which
different musical idioms, each with their own inflection, may be heard in relation to one
another, and where that relation itself becomes the source of new works and ways of engaging
with contemporary musical culture.
Organization
Address:
StudioVukosavljevic
Bilthovenselaan 51, 2574TG Den Haag
Ingeschreven bij de Kamer van Koophandel onder nummer [42162880]
Board members
Peter Adriaansz
chairman
Peter Adriaansz was born in Seattle in 1966 and studied composition at the conservatories of The Hague and Rotterdam, where his teachers included Louis Andriessen, Brian Ferneyhough and Peter-Jan Wagemans. Adriaansz’ work can be characterized by a systematic, research-oriented approach towards music. An approach in which sound, structure and audible mathematics constitute the main ingredients.
His compositions have received significant recognition, including nominations for the International Gaudeamus Composers Competition (1994) and the Dutch Toonzetters Award (2009, 2010, 2011). In 2015, his work Scala II won the prestigious Matthijs Vermeulen Prize.
His recordings have also received international acclaim. The CD Waves, recorded by Ensemble Klang and released in 2010, was followed by releases on Unsounds and Ergodos. In 2021, his large-scale work Environments was released on the Klang label. Alongside his international composing career, Adriaansz teaches composition at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
Vesna Dragojević is a social designer, cultural producer and arts and culture educator working at the intersection of art, culture and social engagement. She initiates and produces festivals, participatory art projects, educational programmes and cultural interventions that connect artists, institutions, social organisations and communities.
Her work ranges from intimate artistic interventions such as the outdoor listening experience Buitenmis and sound-based projects like Mixed Scapes, to exhibitions, educational programmes and community initiatives. She is the founder and artistic director of the Ouder & Kind Festival in Almere, which centres on relationships between parents and children while bringing together artists, cultural institutions, welfare organisations and local communities.
Alongside her professional practice, Vesna has extensive experience in civic organisations, boards and neighbourhood initiatives in the Netherlands and Serbia. She serves on the board of Casa Casla in Almere and is actively involved with Contra Margum in Kovin, Serbia. Her work also includes international European cultural and community collaborations.
Vesna Dragojević
secretary
Alejandro Acuña studied Dutch Law at Leiden University and earned an LL.M. in Public International Law from Utrecht University, specializing in international environmental and climate law. During his studies, he spent a semester at the University of Granada and founded Sophia, an association for international law students at Leiden University, where he also served on the board.
Professionally, Acuña specializes in financial crime prevention, compliance and risk management. Since 2021, he has worked as a Customer Due Diligence Analyst at BNG Bank, assessing complex customer relationships, supporting junior analysts and contributing to projects that strengthen risk management frameworks. Previously, he held roles at Rabobank and ING, focusing on customer due diligence, sanctions compliance and integrity risk assessments.
Acuña is currently involved in an AI project to enhance Customer Due Diligence processes. He has also helped develop internal ESG guidance and contributes to an ESG engagement initiative addressing risks identified in customer assessments.
Alejandro Acuna
treasurer
Management
Ivan Vukosavljević
artistic director
Ivan Vukosavljević is a Serbian composer based in The Hague, Netherlands. Born in Serbia in 1986, he studied composition at the University of Arts in Belgrade before continuing at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.
His recent works include The Burning (2019), created with Ensemble Klang for deconstructed electric guitars and electronics; Slow Roads (2023), a cycle for quarter-comma meantone organ performed on historic Dutch instruments; a mind in the heart (2026), a piano cycle inspired by Serbian Orthodox chant; and Dead in Love (2026), a large-scale work combining Indian classical instruments, Baroque keyboards, strings and electronics.
Together, these projects reflect his ongoing interest in tuning systems, historical instruments and encounters between musical traditions. In the Netherlands, his work has been presented at major festivals and venues including Rewire, Le Guess Who?, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ and Amare, as well as in smaller venues and local communities.
Lise Morrison
financial director
Lise Morrison is the Managing Director of Ensemble Modelo62, one of the Netherlands’ leading ensembles for contemporary and experimental music. Based in The Hague, she combines her leadership role with an active practice as a South African composer, sound artist, curator and educator.
Her own instrumental and electroacoustic compositions explore repetition, extended form, and the effects of material and pacing changes within fragile, carefully exposed sound environments.
Her music has been performed internationally by ensembles including Ensemble Modelo62, Ensemble Asko Schönberg, Ives Ensemble, Slagwerk Den Haag, New European Ensemble, Ensemble Mise-En, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble and the Bozzini Quartet. She also curates In Bloom, a concert series at Korzo Theater in The Hague, and teaches part-time.
Lise holds degrees from Stellenbosch University and the Royal Conservatory The Hague, and further studied at the Institute of Sonology.