Two saxophones in close, unscored dialogue – probing the edges of timbre, gesture, and shared listening.

This new project marks the first collaboration between composer and saxophonist Jasna Jovićević and fellow saxophonist, improviser, Predrag Okiljević, both of whom bring decades of experience in free jazz, contemporary music, and extended technique.

Emerging as a spontaneous improvisation, the duo navigates a space where sound arises from minor gestures – subtle shifts in breath, tension, and timing, constantly shaped by the presence of the other, by the resonance of the space, and by the contingencies of the moment.

Rather than seeking linear form or thematic development, the performers attend to what unfolds in real time: a processual interplay of proximity and distance, silence and rupture, intimacy, intuition and restraint. What results is not a composition, but a situated sonic encounter:ephemeral, embodied, and open.

Predrag Okiljević is a saxophonist and improviser based in Novi Sad. For more than a decade, he has been an active presence on the music scene – first as a member of the Novi Sad Big Band and various local ensembles, and later as a solo artist and collaborator with numerous regional musicians. As a saxophonist, improviser, and performer, he has played at major festivals and recorded 16 albums, eight of which feature his own compositions and arrangements, and has helped shape the contemporary jazz and avant-garde scene in the region. Together with fellow musicians, he founded the ensembles PALM, Dragon’s Fuel, Deep Steady, and The Howlite. He is also a co-founder of the music collective and record label HORZ, which has released more than 20 albums, organized concerts and festivals, and supported diverse artistic initiatives. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Novi Sad and practices as an attorney. He combines his legal career with his artistic path as a saxophonist and improviser.