Balkanika
Balkanika is the essence of Balkan people collected in songs
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From the Press
... Carmina Slovenica full of Balkan cordiality ...
... the richness of female vocal technique magically presented ...
... a magnificent evening that the audience rewarded with a big round of applause ...
... Balkanika presented Carmina Slovenica as a choir of well-tuned and precise singers under safe guidance who mastered the special Balkan singing techniques convincingly ...
... an outstanding performance, attractive enough to be put on the leading world stages ...
Delo
... powerful emotive vocal expression outburst … fullness of expression and power of authenticity ...
Bosiljka Kempf, Večer
… the musical journey through the countries and folk traditions of the Balkan area captivated the audience with its intensive experience, the sequence of colourful compositions, lively dance rhythms, passionate melodies…
…the programme is a fascinating example of work based on folk music which spontaneously, on a common improvisational path, offers links to jazz but touches in the end also on dance music with its arrangement and choreography, which record even more explicitly the ability to create, to conquer and deliver the original and non-museum-like approach to the folk treasure. In the project Balkanika this treasure remains faithful to its roots and is at the same time fresh, originally of the author, updated …
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