Ljiljana Jovanović was born in Serbia where she studied piano and music theory from the age of seven. Her principal teachers include Prof. Željko Brkanović, (BM in music composition], Prof. Urlich Süße [Kontaktstudium in musique concrète], Mauricio Kagel (Aufbaustudium in New Music Theatre/Composition] and Dr. William Kleinsasser. [electronic sound]. In 2002 Ljiljana completed graduate studies in interdisciplinary theatre at Towson University in Maryland (MFA in Theatre) where she was the recipient of the College of Graduate Education and Research Fellowship for 2001/2002. She participated at the 2. Tonkünstlerfest Baden-Würtemberg, Rheinisches Musikfest, Documenta IX and MusikTriennale Köln festivals, and was part of The Creator "pro-active, mentoring and cross cultural" TV production in Vancouver, the GEDOK Music Series in Cologne and Women Between Worlds and New Roots, multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural documentaries directed by Exsul van Helden. Ljiljana was awarded two residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada, and is the recipient of the Meet the Composer Grant. Her projects have been performed in Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Germany, Holland, England, Portugal, Canada and the United States. She is a member of the Baltimore Composers Forum since 2002, and has served as an officer from 2008 until 2015. Ms. Jovanović is listed in Adkins Chiti Foundation: Donne in Musica. Official Ljiljana Jovanović Website.