Pavle Cajic

Pavle Cajic is an Australian-Serbian pianist and composer of contemporary classical music. Their instrumental music celebrates the beauty of nature and human experience, in works infused with narrative and story-telling.

Pavle’s works have been performed in Australia, Norway, and the United States.
Pavle's music has been described as ‘passionate’ and ‘colourful and dramatic’ by acclaimed Pulitzer-Prize winning composers John Corigliano and Melinda Wagner, and as having an ‘impressive range of expression… and power of invention’ by renowned American composer David Conte. Their musical language draws eclectic influences from sources including Western Baroque and Classical-period music, Late Romantic forms and harmony, contemporary experimental harmony, Jazz and Latin American music, and traditional Chinese music.

As a freelance artist in Sydney, Australia, Pavle has been involved in multiple initiatives that use music as a vehicle for social change or justice, including the Sydney-based musical charity Voces Caelestium, with whom they’ve premiered many original orchestral works (2013-2020), and the musician-artist group Dreambox Collective (2020-2022). Pavle has performed extensively over the past seven years with flautist Chloe Chung as the Sidere Duo.

Pavle undertook their musical studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (Bachelor of Music, piano) and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (Master of Music, composition). Their mentors have included David Conte, Daniel Rojas, Richard Gill, and Brad Gill (composition) and Natalia Sheludiakova (piano).