To NARAS voters and Recording Academy members: my composition Unraveling the Linear for wind quintet and electronic sound appears on the ballot for the 69th GRAMMY Awards® in the Best Contemporary Classical Composition category. Performed by the extraordinary Sylvan Winds on Resonant Worlds (Albany Records) andmixed andmastered by Louis Brown, this work represents a personal artistic breakthrough. Its realization was made possible through the support of the New York State Council on the Arts, Chamber Music America, and the talent and dedication of remarkable collaborators. We would be honored to earn your consideration and vote. I invite you to experience the piece through a newly released video below.
"the score for a quantum mechanics mystery, with its kinetic energy, contrasting moods and carefully etched backgrounds energised by an electronic tape. Eventually, however, it enters a serenely beautiful world”
Laurence Vittes, Gramophone (UK)
New Music USA Creator Fund
I’m thrilledto share that I've been awarded a 2026New Music USACreator Fund grant in collaboration with the inimitable Carl Stone. This funding will make possible Ximer Naklab, an electroacoustic work that connects Sarajevo, New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo through sampling. Drawing on these materials not as static artifacts but as living, unstable sources, we will transform them through memory, algorithms and composition. I can’t wait to bring this project to life.
Next fall, I will embark on a composer retreat as part of a multidisciplinary residency program set on a historic property in Vermont’s Green Mountains. I very much look forward to the exchange of ideas with fellow artists and to becoming part of the residency’s renowned farm-to-table culture.
Svjetlana Bukvich: Building Human Connection Through Sound|Us Creative Types
I had an excellent time this summer as a guest on the Us Creative Types podcast. Created and hosted by Scott Litroff, the show explores creativity, process, and the strange magic that keeps us making things. If you're into big ideas, artistic rabbit holes, and behind-the-scenes stories, this episode is for you. Also available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 79 min.
