Ilir Bajri

Creative mediator of Përpara exhibition

Ilir Bajri is a composer and a pianist born in 1969 Peja. He finished studies at Academy of Arts in the University of Pristina in the Music Arts Department. Mostly known for his Jazz compositions he also worked and experimented with different genres such as Pop, Classical and Contemporary Classical Music, and also wrote music for many theatres plays and feature and documentary film. Besides his work as a composer, he is also known for his visual work and his performances that introduce his new works in a multimedia domains. A cofounder of Center for NewMusic in 2001, A founder and leader of Quasi Fusion Orchestra youth ensemble and the founder and organizer of Prishtina Jazz Festival (2005 -2014). In recent years he is also involved in producing open sourced and free virtual music instruments for computer platforms and preparation of programs and materials for selfeducation in music.

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This exhibition is supported by Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and Municipality of Prishtina.This activity is also supported also by Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (KCSF) program ‘EJA Kosovo’, co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Sweden, and Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.In cooperation with forumZFD Kosovo in the context of the project Landscapes of Repair, this exhibition is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)