Sanja Markovic

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About Sanja Markovic

BIOSanja Markovic is a Serbian born composer, vocalist, instrumentalist and producer residing in Belgrade. She's spend a great part of her life on the East Coast of the United States where she studied piano. She gained a Master's degree in music at Faculty of Music in Belgrade. with a Distinction" at the 5th International Jazz Composition Contest in Katowice, Poland, 2018, for the composition "Sovereign State of Mind", featured on this album.DEBUT ALBUM "ASCENSION"(released April 24th 2020 for A.MA Records in Italy)written in a contemporary jazz language, It consists of seven songs (two instrumentals) that speak of love and humanity. Sanja Markovic is featured as a composer, arranger, lyricist, vocalist, instrumentalist (soprano and tenor saxophone) and producer.This music has gained attention and radio time to a great extent (Patrick Forge, Kev Beadle, Dr. Bob Jones, Finland National Radio YLE1, etc.), being played two-three times a day on various radios.PRESS:“Sanja Markovic. is also an excellent saxophonist and composer, but her real power, to me, is in her voice - deep and exciting, with that emotion which makes you want to listen to her over and over again.”Tim Dickeson, Jazzwise“The debut album “Ascension” by singer Sanja Markovic ruins virtually everything you thought you knew about the Serbian jazz scene, except the fact that incredible music is being born here despite everything.”- Viktor Cikes“We had to wait until the last day of the festival to hear more Serbian artists, where, among others appeared phenomenal Sanja Marković - composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist. Her concert was a great surprise, because the artist's brand is beyond the borders of this country and is not known yet. She is endowed with an extremely deep, low and beautiful voice reminiscent of Cassandra Wilson herself. She was accompanied by a sensational band in which Max Kochetov on saxophone stood out, as well as an intriguing group of jazz vocals, unfortunately rare.”Marcin Puławski, LMF Poland“Of the album's seven tracks, there isn't a wasted moment - the music is brimming with excitement and a tantalizing energy that begs repeated listens.this album is Markovic's literal ascension to her rightful place as a respected and revered musical luminary in her own right.”Imran Mirza of Blue-in-Green RADIO