She has received numerous awards and her works have been featured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Kennedy Center,[1] and by the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.

[2] Svjetlana Bukvich's music has been described as acoustic and performer-driven to electronic and theatrical, and often includes visual arts and microtonality, with tunings of her own design.

She is one the few female composers from Bosnia and Herzegovina working and performing in the U.S. and incorporates musical and cultural influences of both.

[5] Bukvich performed her breakthrough piece Before and After the Tekke for electronics, keyboard, voice, and amplified violin at the Congress of the International Alliance for Women in Music in Beijing in 2008.

Her trademarks are sonority, color, texture, and a feeling for the metaphysical, and her collaboration with Carolyn Dorfman has earned raves" - The Brooklyn Rail.