Sara Glojnarić has been played on NTS shows including Westward Ho! w/ Ashley Wales, with Pure Bliss first played on 29 February 2024.

Sara Glojnarić is a Croatian composer based in Leipzig, Germany. Her artistic practice explores pop culture, including its aesthetics, socio-political impact, collective memory, nostalgia and the intricate web of pop cultural data and their interactions.

Sara’s extensive body of work spans across various mediums, encompassing opera, orchestral compositions, chamber music pieces, video, as well as immersive multimedia and multi-sensory installations. Her pieces have been premiered by renowned contemporary music ensembles, such as Ensemble Musikfabrik, Klangforum Wien, Münchener Kammerorchester, RSO Wien & Marin Alsop, Trio Catch, Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble Mosaik, Ensemble Modern, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Sarah Maria Sun, collective lovemusic, and ensemble handwerk, among many others. Her music has been performed at festivals including the ECLAT Festival Stuttgart, Wien Modern, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Ultraschall Festival Berlin, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Warsaw Autumn, and Music Biennale Zagreb.

She studied composition at the Academy of Music in Zagreb, under Dr. Davorin Kempf, and later earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in composition at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, studying in the class of Martin Schüttler.

Throughout her career, Sara has garnered a multitude of international accolades, prizes, and artistic residencies. These include the prestigious Ernst von Siemens Förderpreis 2023, alongside the Erste Bank Kompositionspreis Wien, the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse 2018, the Ivo Vuljević Prize 2019 awarded by Jeunesse Musicales Croatie, the Deutsche Oper Berlin’s NEUE SZENEN V composition competition, and an artistic residency with Ensemble Mosaik through the Progetto Positano project.

Her video-opera “Im Stein” (based on a book by Clemens Meyer and directed by Michael von zür Mühlen), earned a nomination for the FAUST Preis in the “Ton und Medien” category.

She has been a fellow of the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg since 2019. Her works are published by Edition Juliane Klein.