BALKAN
2000 - SANJA & BALKANIKA
BALKAN
2000 is a piece composed as a modern expression inspired by the
sacral and profane music of the Balkans, or more precisely with
Byzantine Commonwealth, with an accent on Serbia and regions inhabited
by Serbs, through the folklore, harmonies and musical instruments
of our region including the flute, kaval, clarinet, ud, shaz, gusle,
goch, bagpipes and djumbus combined with the piano and the author
Sanja Ilic as soloist. The idea of composer Sanja Ilic was to show
that our profane heritage is abidingly linked to the sacral but
also to indicate the fact that we are not alone and that there are
considerable differences among us occupying the relatively small
region of the Balkans.
 Could
we direct the differences, which present our inevitable reality,
towards a common idea for the new millennium. Let us listen to the
music of others in order for us to be heard. The project BALKAN
2000 gathered talented musicians playing various and very interesting
ethnic instruments. As this is composed music, these instruments
with specific interpretation of the performers got a special sound
and treatment attached to them.
The
music is inspired by the sacral heritage of the Balkans, by the
optimism and frivolity of the folklore. Although treated as a modern
project, the author tried to produce the atmosphere of times far
behind us and that each number, and there are 12, create for the
listener the atmosphere and images of events. The harmony of the
musicianship gave the composer the idea to name this group of musicians
Balkanika and, fronted with his own instrument - the piano, lead
the band to play in various concert halls in the country and abroad.
In
Yugoslavia the project BALKAN 2000 - SANJA & Balkanika has been
released by PGP
RTS - RTS Records as a CD
412790 and MC 514784 and consists of 12 numbers:
SPECIAL:
SANJA & Balkanika in concerts
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