Dino Reà ¡idbegovià(born 14 December 1975) is a Bosnian contemporary and electronic/electroacoustic music composer, recognized for his work in both composition and performance.
Born and raised in Sarajevo, Reà ¡idbegoviàreceived his initial training in piano at local music schools. In 1994 he moved to Vienna, where he pursued advanced studies in composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts and the Music and Arts University. He graduated from the University of Music and Performing Arts, studying composition under HK Gruber, and Rainer Bischof, and piano under Kim Oak Hyun.
He continued with postgraduate studies in composition at the same institution, focusing on contemporary techniques, and also undertook training in conducting. In 2016 he earned a DMA in composition at the Sarajevo Music Academy, where he studied with Igor KaraÃÂa from Oklahoma State University and then-dean Ivan ÃÂavloviÃÂ.
Reà ¡idbegoviàhas established himself as a versatile composer and performer whose music has been presented by leading ensembles, among them the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Proton Bern, and the Austrian Art Ensemble. His works have been featured in concert programmes across a broad geographical spectrum â beginning in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina, and extending throughout Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy, as well as in Japan and the United States, including a performance at Carnegie Hall.
His artistic collaborations encompass a number of internationally active musicians, including Omer BlentiÃÂ, Hanan Hadà ¾ajliÃÂ, Davor Maraus, Gilles Grimaître, Katharina Bleier and Elena Gabrielli. Reà ¡idbegoviÃÂâÂÂs orchestral scores have attracted the attention of several conductors, among them , Josip Nalis and Obrad NedeljkoviÃÂ. Particularly noteworthy is his association with the Austrian conductor , who has repeatedly included Reà ¡idbegoviÃÂâÂÂs cycle Three Orchestral Miniatures in his concert repertoire.
The third movement of Reà ¡idbegoviÃÂâÂÂs Piano Concerto No. 1 was used in the feature documentary Cameraperson, directed by Kirsten Johnson.
Beyond composition, Reà ¡idbegoviàhas contributed to the institutional landscape of contemporary music. He is a permanent member of the , and co-founded the INSAM Institute for Contemporary Artistic Music, where he remains active as a writer, researcher, and organiser of international projects.
Reà ¡idbegoviàis also a full-time professor at the Department of Composition and Electronic Music at Sarajevo Music Academy, teaching courses in composition, electronic/electroacoustic music, and polyphony.
In 2003, Reà ¡idbegoviàintroduced the concept of Reductional music complexity, a compositional approach that categorizes and reorders musical parameters according to a new structural logic. His music is often described as âÂÂrhythmical,â reflecting his focus on rhythm as the core element, or âÂÂcorpus,â of musical expression.
Drawing inspiration from composers such as John Cage, Mauricio Kagel, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Hans-Joachim Hespos and his teachers Rainer Bischof and , Reà ¡idbegoviàmoved away from pitch-centered composition, developing techniques that emphasize rhythm, dynamics, extended instrumental techniques, and individual expression marks. Much of his work employs graphic notation to convey these ideas.
Reà ¡idbegoviàhas developed a number of extended piano techniques, experimenting with the instrument's strings and resonator, and integrating elements of electronic sound production and synthesizers within contemporary classical contexts.
In his doctoral dissertation Subtractive Synthesis in Composition, Reà ¡idbegoviàintroduced Approximate Reductionist Graphical Notation (ARGN), a notational system designed for both electronic and acoustic instruments. This method extends his principles of reductional complexity and provides a visual framework for representing new sound structures.
He has received numerous awards in the field of music composition: