Melinda Ligeti, composer/singer/multi-instrumentalist/producer,
was born on January 2, 1978, in Pančevo, Serbia. She gets her first violin
lessons at the age of 6, s
haring an early passion for piano, singing, guitar
and composing. At the age of 16 she passes the entry exams for composition and
orchestration department at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. She graduated
with highest grade in 2002, under Professor Vlastimir Trajković (ex
student of Olivier Messiaen) and Isidora Žebeljan.
Besides the above mentioned instruments she plays flute, bass, glockenspiel...
haring an early passion for piano, singing, guitar
and composing. At the age of 16 she passes the entry exams for composition and
orchestration department at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. She graduated
with highest grade in 2002, under Professor Vlastimir Trajković (ex
student of Olivier Messiaen) and Isidora Žebeljan.
Besides the above mentioned instruments she plays flute, bass, glockenspiel...
Melinda's music interests expand in lots of
directions (classical, jazz, ambient, experimental, avant-garde, pop,
electronic...), working on solo projects as well as different collaborations.
Her first band was Cartoon Sky, formed in the 90’s (together with Nenad Simić, Marija
Ligeti Balint, Petar Uzunović / Dušan Došen and Bojan Dimitrov). It was
heavily influenced by Cocteau Twins, with jazzy pop flavor, and simple
structures. They performed several concerts, and had their appearance on the
Serbian National TV.
She formed and took active part in few bands
that had been performing her nu-jazz compositions (with Borivoj Nikolić,
Milan Đorđijevski, Vladan Stojanov, Milan Despotovski, Ljuba
Milošević, Rodoljub Katić, Milan Gašpar, Nikola Inić, Željko
Jevtović and Nenad Živanov).
