Alexandra Petkovski
{{short description|Canadian composer}}
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Alexandra Petkovski, also known professionally as her artist project, FJØRA, is a Canadian composer, producer, artist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/linda-perry-whats-up-remix-trailer-fjora-welcome-blumhouse-1234756313/|title=Linda Perry on Taking 4 Non Blondes' 'What's Up' Darker With FJØRA for a 'Welcome to Blumhouse' Trailer Remix|website=variety.com|date=2 September 2020 |access-date=2022-09-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/linda-perry-fjora-whats-up-cover-blumhouse-trailer-1053973/|title=Linda Perry, Fjøra on Reimagining 4 Non Blondes' 'What's Up?' for 'Welcome to Blumhouse' Teaser|website=rollingstone.com|date=2 September 2020 |access-date=2022-04-21}}
Life and career
Petkovski was born in Toronto, Ontario. She received a Bachelor of Music degree from Queen's University, and applied for a Master of Music in Composition from Belmont University, but decided not to take it. Instead she entered the music industry, taking a sabbatical from New York University's Steinhardt School of Music, where she was pursuing postgraduate studies for film scoring.{{Cite web|url=https://theawfc.com/spotlight/alexandra-petkovski/|title=A Q&A with Film/TV/Multimedia Composer, Producer, Artist and Songwriter Alexandra Petkovski|website=theawfc.com|access-date=2022-04-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/awards/wsacademy-members/academy-voting-members|title=Academy voting members|website=worldsoundtrackawards.com|access-date=2022-04-21}}
Petkovski serves on the Board of Directors for the Alliance for Women Film Composers, Screen Composers Guild of Canada, is a voting member at the World Soundtrack Academy, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and was invited to join the Recording Academy's voting member class of 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://screencomposers.ca/composer-profile/?abpetkovski|title=ALEXANDRA PETKOVSKI|website=screencomposers.ca|access-date=2022-04-21}} She was selected for the Grammy's #NEXT Class of 2023 ambassadors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.recordingacademy.com/news/la-fire-relief-musicares-recording-academy|title=The Recording Academy's Los Angeles Chapter Celebrates The NEXT Class Of 2023: Building Community For Future Leaders|website=recordingacademy.com|access-date=2025-05-25}} She is an alumnus of the Slaight Family Music Lab at the Canadian Film Centre and of the Los Angeles Film Conducting Intensive, where she studied under the direction of William Ross, Angel Velez, Conrad Pope and Emilie Bernstein, composing for and recording with the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra.{{Cite web|url=https://cfccreates.com/alumni-spotlight-alexandra-petkovski-fjora/|title=Alumni Spotlight: Alexandra Petkovski (FJØRA)|website=cfccreates.com|access-date=2025-05-25}}
Filmography
=As composer=
- 2024 : A Family Affair (additional vocal score; feature film)
- 2024 : Masks (short film)
- 2023 : The Routine (short film)
- 2023 : Happily Undead After (pilot - short film)
- 2023 : Kids Help Phone: Feel Out Loud (short film - PSA)
- 2023 : I Was Here (short film - documentary)
- 2023 : Laced (additional score composer - Feature film)
- 2022 : White Ribbon: I Knew All Along (short film - PSA)
- 2022 : This Place (additional vocal score; feature film)
- 2022 : Adidas Women: Support is Everything Campaign (Campaign series)
- 2022 : More Than Robots (additional music; documentary)
- 2021 : Better at Texting (short film)
- 2021 : Scotiabank Canada #SaidBefore Campaign (TV special)
- 2021 : Deathloop : "Déjà Vu" (video game)
- 2020 : Welcome to the Blumhouse (feature film campaign)
Discography
- 2022 : tiger’s eye (EP)
- 2022 : Sondheim Series
- 2021 : Onyx
- 2021 : Jade(d)
- 2019 : Cruel World
Awards and nominations
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!Result !Award !Category !Work !Ref. |
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| rowspan="4"|2022
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |rowspan="3"|Hollywood Music in Media Awards |Original Song/Score — Trailer (Video Game) |"Get Down" from Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 4 Battle Pass trailer |rowspan="3"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.hmmawards.com/2022-hmma-nominations/|title=2022 HMMA Nominations |website=hmmawards.com|access-date=2022-11-14}} |
| style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|Original Song/Score — Commercial Advertisement |"Support is Everything" (Adidas Women) |
| style="background: #ddffdd"| Won
|Original Song — Short Film |"Call Me By Any Name" from Better at Texting |
| style="background: #ddffdd"| Won
|Game Audio Network Guild Awards |Best Original Song |rowspan="3"|"Déjà Vu" from Deathloop |
| rowspan="3"|2021
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |rowspan="2"|Hollywood Music in Media Awards |Best Original Song - Video Game |
| style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|Best Original Song/Score - Trailer |
| style="background: #ddffdd"| Won
|Bronze Clio - Television Trailer/Teaser |
| rowspan="2"|2023
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |Best Original Song |"Deathloop: Déja Vu Remix" — Deathloop |
| style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|rowspan="4"|Hollywood Music in Media Awards |Best Original Song - Short Film |The Routine |
| rowspan="4"|2024
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |Best Original Song - Short Film (Live Action) |Masks |
| style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|Best Song/Score - Commercial advertisement |Donna Karan - In Women We Trust |
| style="background: #ddffdd"| Won
|Best Music Design - Trailer |
| style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|Best Original Song |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|11107552|Alexandra Petkovski}}
- {{Official website|http://alexandrapetkovski.com}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian composers
Category:Canadian film score composers
Category:Canadian Film Centre alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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