Miroslav Bako

Miroslav Bako (Serbian: Мирослав Бако) (born 1982 in Belgrade, Serbia) is a Serbian American ballet and film composer, sound designer and music producer based in New York City. He is known for his works with National Theatre Belgrade, Opera and Theater Madlenianum, Theater St.Gallen, Sergei Polunin, Kemal Gekić and the Ravenna Festival. 
==Education==
Bako achieved his Master of Arts degree in Sound Design from University of Novi Sad, and Bachelor Of Arts degree in music production.
==Notable works==
Miroslav Bako wrote music for three theatrical plays based on movement theater in Stara Pazova: "Vices Of Humanity", "Babylon" and "Ad Infinitum" from 2012 to 2016. Bako wrote the 60-minute piece in 2017 for the Caligula ballet based on Albert Camus' novel. The ballet was produced by Konzert Und Theater St. Gallen in Switzerland, choreographed by Ronald Savković, costume designer Aleksandar Noshpal. The ballet premiered in October 2017 at Locremise in St.Gallen.
Dictionary of the Khazars ballet adaptation - Madlenianum Opera and Theatre
Dictionary Of the Khazars - The Dreamhunters was the first ballet which Bako wrote for National Theatre Belgrade. The play was co-produced by Opera and Theatre Madlenianum and premiered on May 19th, 2018, at National Theatre Belgrade and May 24th, 2018, at Opera and Theater Madlenianum. The ballet was based on Milorad Pavić's novel Dictionary Of The Khazars and was initiated as jubilee performance for 150 years of National Theatre in Belgrade and as that was approved by Legacy of Milorad Pavic . The ballet was directed by Livia Pandur, with choreography by Ronald Savkovic, set design by Sven Jonke and costume design by Angelina Atlagić. After premiere ballet was performed in Serbian National Theatre|Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad, and also as a part of South American tour ballet was performed in Columbia and Ecuador. His second ballet in the National Theater Belgrade was Seven Deadly Sins, which premiered on February 9, 2021, at National Theatre Belgrade. The ballet was choreographed by Igor Pastor and the 45-minute music score was written by Bako in 2020.
Dante Metànoia by and with Sergei Polunin, was a jubilee piece for the 700 year anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri. Commissioned by the Ravenna Festival and Cristina Mazzavillani Muti, the ballet was based on Alighieri's poem The Divine Comedy and, like the poem, included three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, with solo dance performance by Sergei Polunin in all three parts. Bako was the lead composer on the Inferno piece for which he wrote 50 minutes score based on the original Dante's Inferno and, accompanied by piano performances by Croatian American virtuoso Kemal Gekić.
2019. Bako composed score for short movie 19 Schaffarik Street (2019), directed by Lana Pavkov. Film was commissioned by Film Center Serbia and premiered at 47. International Film Festival - FEST in 2019. Bako was also lead sound designer, 5.1 mixer and foley recorder on the film.
==Awards==
Best Music Score for theatre season 2017/2018, Belgrade EDT Culture 2018
Golden Mask for the best music score - 59th Festival OF Festivals 2016
Best Music Score - Ad Infinitum - RFAPS- Kula - Review of the best Theater plays from Serbia – 2016
Best Music Score – Ad Infinitum - SAPDV- Stara Pazova - Review of the best Theater plays from Vojvodina – 2016
Golden Mask for the best music score - 56th Festival Of Festivals, Trebinje, Bosnia And Herzegovina 2013
Best Music score - FEDAS Irig - Serbia 2013
Category:1982 births
Category:People from Belgrade
Category:American people of Serbian descent
Category:Film score composers
Category:Sound designers
Category:Music producers