After completing elementary and high school for popular jazz music in Zagreb, Bruna Matić continued her studies in jazz drums at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. She obtained her bachelor’s degree and then moved to Rotterdam. In 2020, she completed her master’s studies at Codarts Academy. In her career so far, she has had the opportunity to collaborate with many bands and artists such as HGM A Band, Irena Žilić, The Frajle, Matija Cvek, HRT Jazz Orchestra, Miro Kadoić/David Gazarov Quartet, Davor Križić Experiment, and many others. She also leads her own band, Bruna Matić Quartet, with whom she released the debut album ‘Two Weeks After Midnight’ in 2019. In May 2021, she presented a new audiovisual project titled N O I S E with the HRT Jazz Orchestra. She is coming to the second edition of SHIP in Šibenik this year with this project! It is a 75-minute suite that, through the combination of music and video, as well as jazz and electronic music, addresses the noise that surrounds us, but also the noise within ourselves. Bruna Matić is also the recipient of the ‘Status’ award, presented by the Croatian Musicians’ Union, in 2015 for young jazz talent, and in 2020 and 2022 in the category of jazz drums.
