User talk:Mystique10

Maya (Maja) Lekovic is composer, singer, producer and lyrics writer that lives in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

She has completed her Masters degree in Advanced Composition at the Conservatorium Van Amsterdam, The Netherlands with Richard Ayres.

She has participated in many festivals as a singer and pianist and had performances in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Serbia and Lithuania.

Some of the festivals she's participated in are:“Gaudeamus Music Week 2008.“ (NL), IV Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterran 2008.(IT.) ; Music Laboratory Network The Process 2009.(Vilnius Lithuania) ;Berlinale Talent Campus 2010.(Berlin, Germany).

At the festival “Young Composers Meeting 2008.” in Apeldoorn (NL), she won the prize for the piece “Pepper Store”; the award of Dartington International Summer School,(UK) to attend ”Creating Music Theatre” course, with Paul Barker CSSD University of London; the award of  Dartington International Summer School (UK) to attend “Film Composition” course 2007., with Miguel Mera (Royal Academy, London); In 2011., she was nominated for the Heriette Bosmans en de Tera de Marez Oyens Prize for her composition "The Doll With no Face".

Since she was eight years old, she was writing poetry and lyrics for the songs she has composed. In 2001. when Maya was 15 years old, the most famous record label in Southeastern Europe "City Records" has published her song "Ja nemam veze s'tim". Since then, Maya was involved in Serbian Pop Music Scene as a composer, arranger and lyric writer, writing for many popular singers as Aleksandra Perovic, Goca Trzan, Mogul Band, Creative Band.

She's also spent a lot of time behind the curtains as an author and wrote the music for many movies and theater shows including the Theatre play "Pa" by Olivier Diepenhorst 2011; Film “Danube River's Demons", directed by Milorad Lakic (The first prize on the festival of underwater film 2007.) SC, BG; TV show "Kes na noge" aired on TV Pink in 2010., Documentary film about wild life and nature by Aidnature.org from Portugal in 2011, Film "Mosquito" by Marko Korac in 2012.

In 2008., she decided to produce her own short movie "Play with me!", directed by Pavle Vuckovic, which was presenting Serbia on the IV Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterran (Puglia,IT.)

In 2009., she became a partner of Music Laboratory Network The Process Lithuania, with her non-governmental organization "Association of Young Composers from Serbia”. She is also the member of SOKOJ- Serbian music Authors' Organization.

Published CD- Procesas –Music Laboratory Network the Process, Vilnius 2009.(Supported by EU).

Since 2009. she was writing for De Ereprijs, Loos Ensemble, Rosa sub Rosa Ensemble, Nieuw Ensemble, Trio Vitebsk.