od strane Marija Vitas | 01.05.2023.
Udruženje Ring Ring je u 2023. godini bilo partner u projektu saradnje, koja je kroz Fond evropskih festivala za mlade umetnike – EFFEA podrazumevala seriju nastupa Ivara Robana Križića i njegovog sastava. Drugi u nizu koncerata održan je na 27. festivalu Ring Ring, u Jevrejskom kulturnom centru u Beogradu, 18. maja 2023. godine.
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Fond evropskih festivala za mlade umetnike – EFFEA (European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists) predstavlja inicijativu Udruženja evropskih festivala (European Festivals Association) čiji je cilj pružanje podrške mladim umetnicima u pravcu razvoja njihove međunarodne karijere i to kroz nastupe na festivalima. Time ovaj Fond ujedno promoviše i međunarodnu međufestivalsku saradnju.
Prvi javni poziv fonda EFFEA bio je otvoren 2022. godine. Već tada je dogovorena saradnja tri evropska festivala nove muzike na planu pružanja podrške umetničkom projektu/konceptu/sastavu IRK Performing Reflection mladog hrvatskog umetnika Ivara Robana Križića (Zagreb, 1990).
Zahvaljujući dobijenoj podršci, Ivar Roban Križić je sa svojim sastavom (različito koncipiranim u zavisnosti od prilike) ostvario seriju od tri koncerta, nastupivši najpre 17. aprila 2023. na Zagrebačkom muzičkom bijenalu, zatim 18. maja na 27. Ring Ring-u u Beogradu, a potom i na festivalu 180° – Laboratory for Innovative Art u Sofiji, Bugarska, 24. jula.
U Beogradu, IRK Performing Reflection je nastupio kao kvartet muzičara iz Hrvatske, Srbije, Slovenije i Austrije: Ivar Roban Križić (kontrabas), Nikola Vuković (truba), Bojan Krhlanko (bubnjevi, udaraljke, elektronika) i Tomas Gril (Thomas Grill; elektronika).
Ivan Roban Križić / IRK Performing Reflection, Beograd, Ring Ring Festival, 2023 (foto: Duško Vukić)
od strane Marija Vitas | 21.12.2021.
Povodom 25 godina postojanja festivala Ring Ring, izdavačka kuća Multimedia Music je 21. decembra 2021. godine, u saradnji sa Udruženjem Ring Ring, objavila kompilacijsko audio-izdanje Ring Ring, 25 godina – domaći autori.
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(liner notes by Bojan Đorđević)
1. Marina Džukljev & Áron Porteleki – Wonder Marks (excerpt)
(Marina Džukljev & Áron Porteleki)
Marina Džukljev – piano
Áron Porteleki – drums, viola
This duo performed together for the first time at the Ring Ring festival in May 2018, at the Students Cultural Center. Both Džukljev from Serbia and Porteleki from Hungary performed several times at the festival with different projects and will be on the festival stage again. They are the future of European improvised music. Marina is a pianist, educator and active performer in the fields of free improvisation, contemporary classical and applied music. She collaborates with a wide range of multimedia artists across Europe. On the other side, bright young face of Hungarian new and improvised music scene Áron is member of half a dozen bands. How many musicians do you know that play drums as well as viola?
We are gratefull to Založba Klopotec and Iztok Zupan for the right to use this excerpt from the CD Wonder Marks on our compilation.
2. Király Ernő / Chris Cutler/ Stevan Kovač Tickmayer – Trigonom
(Király / Cutler / Tickmayer)
Király Ernő – zitherphone
Chris Cutler – drums
Stevan Kovač Tickmayer – piano
This was recorded in May 1996 at the opening concert of the first Ring Ring festival. Király, an outstanding composer and performer, was a unique artist in contemporary music circles in Yugoslavia, but not discovered elsewhere. Tickmayer, on the other hand, already started his international career a decade before as a performer and composer. He introduced Király’s music to Cutler, great drummer and the founder of the Recommended Records. Cutler than asked for more music and ReR released an album of the great composer. Knowing that the festival is the place for old and young artists from Serbia, but also with desire to give respect to all three, the offer was made – Would you meet in Belgrade for the first time as a trio and perform at the festival? No wonder, it was immediate: YES.
We are grateful to Fond B92 for the right to use this excerpt on this compilation. It has been originally released by Radio B92 on the live album Ring Ring 96.
3. Šalter ensemble – The Šalter
(Robert Rozsa)
Robert Rozsa – electronics
Irena Tomažin – voice
Marina Džukljev – piano
Tena Novak Vincek – violin
Srđan Muc – guitar
Jonas Kocher – accordion
Nenad Kovačić – percussion
Tomaž Grom – double bass
Bertrand Denzler – saxophone
Julien Megroz – percussion
Roko Crnić – electric bass
Samo Kutin – hurdy-gurdy
Initiative of Swiss accordion player & composer Jonas Kocher to bring together artists from the Balkans and Switzerland has resulted in many workshops, festivals, collaborations in the period of last 15 years. This one – Šalter ensemble was a joint venture of four associations and festivals in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and Switzerland and of 12 artists from five countries. All of them took part in the preparation, performances and the recording. Good news: they are preparing the new program!
We are gratefull to Zavod Sploh for the right to use this composition from an album Štiri dela.
4. Dragon’s Fuel – Turbo Fuelk
(M. Čurčić & L. Kovač)
Vojislav Savkov – tenor & soprano sax
Predrag Okiljević – tenor sax
Marko Čurčić – bass
Lav Kovač – drums
The Novi Sad based quartet (since 2020 they are quintet) was a new name on the local jazz scene when they performed at the festival for the first time, 2018 and most of them were in their twenties at the time. But, their dedication to creative music and live performances brought them to many stages. They released three albums so far, all for their independent label Horz. The song on this CD was taken from their second album Oranges (2019) and we are grateful to Horz for the right to use the song here.
5. Fish in Oil – Odakle ti pravo?
(Bratislav Radovanović)
Bratislav Radovanović – guitar
Branislav Radojković – bass guitar
Dušan Petrović – saxophone
Tom Feđa Franklin – drums
Veljko Nikolić (Papa Nik) – percussion
The only fully Belgrade band on this album, Fish in Oil is the story of creativity, patience and friendship. The band created by painter, composer and guitar player Braca Radovanović has existed for 28 years. The story started in Priština with different line-up, but over the last 10+ years the band has not changed members and the results are evident. They have released 4 albums during that period and played many festivals and club show in the region. THe new album is coming out in March 2022. Is it jazz or rock or downtown NY in Belgrade?
The song Odakle ti pravo? has not been released before.
6. Ana Kravanja & Tijana Stanković – 11-7-12
(Tijana Stanković / Ana Kravanja)
Ana Kravanja – violin, voice
Tijana Stanković – violin, voice, kazoo
These two ladies are the example of many fruitful collaborations between musicians from Slovenia and Serbia. As creative musicians they are individually involved in many separate projects like the band Širom and Kačis (Ana) or Svetlana Spajić Group and Lenhart Tapes (Tijana), but here they stand next to each other, using the same instrument(s) and creating magic, like they did on the festival’s 25th edition in November 2021. They met for the first time at the workshop in Budapest, started to work together, using every opportunity to improvise together. The song is taken from their self-released debut trkam kličem odganjam / kucam dozivam teram with their permission.
7. Mezei Szilárd trio – Elég
(Mezei Szilárd)
Szilárd Mezei – viola
Róbert Benkő – double bass
Tamás Geröly – drums
This recording is from the trio’s performance at the Ring Ring festival in May 2002 and has never been released before. It was the first time that Szilárd performed at the festival and we had great opportunity to host his concerts in different line-ups on several further festival editions. Szilárd Mezei (living in Senta, Serbia) is by far the most fruitful composer and improviser from Serbia. As a leader he has 54 albums released on labels such as FMR, Leo, Klopotec, Odradek, Slam… But, this is not overproduction! To make sure – just check out his music. On this recording he is with the two great improvisers from Hungary who are both very busy playing in many different groups.
8. Svetlana Spajić / Dragana Tomić / Obrad Milić & zeitkratzer – King Peter Song
(music: trad / text: S. Spajić / arr: zeitkratzer & S. Spajić)
Svetlana Spajić – vocal
Dragana Tomić – vocal
Obrad Milić – diple, gusle
Frank Gratkowski – bass clarinet, clarinet
Hild Sofje Tafjord – french horn
Hilary Jeffery – trombone
Reinhold Friedl – piano
Maurice de Martin – drums, percussion
Lisa Marie Landgraf – violin
Burkhard Schlothauer – violin
Nora Krahl – violoncello
Ulrich Phillipp – double bass
When Svetlana Spajić, a traditional artist from Serbia, came up with the idea to perform Serbian songs about the Great War with zeitkratzer, one of the leading ensembles that are performing modern compositions, at the festival, I said: Yes, without hearing a single tune before. The idea to bring together traditional singers and players from Serbia with avant-garde performing group was a challenge for the artists. This carefully arranged / improvised work was a brilliant opening of the festival in 2015. That concert was supported by Goethe-Institut Belgrad. The year later concert in Berlin was recorded and released in 2017 by zeitkratezer records to whom we are grateful for the right to include this song from the album Serbian War Songs.
9. Neuroleptic trio – Furious as the May Wind, boring as the April’s rain
(Neuroleptic trio)
Pásztor Csaba – violin
Levay István – flute
Aleksandar Petrović Mechka – bass, programming
Neuroleptic trio is the band from Subotica, town on the border with Hungary, with more than 20 releases over the period of 15 years. The trio lead by Aleksandar Petrović Mechka had many different line-ups. They have constantly been developing a concept of improvisation by three musicians playing different instruments and using different techniques. Neuroleptic trio performed on the final evening of the festival in 2011.
The song is taken from their self-released EP Desperate Waiting For Spring with their permission. The same song has been released on several compilations.
10. Blank Disc – Good morning spontaneus simplicity
(Srđan Muc / Robert Rozsa)
Srđan Muc – electric guitar, objects
Robert Rozsa – electronics
This duo was formed 1997 in Zrenjanin and since then they have released more than 15 albums, as a duo or in collaboration with other improvisers, from Serbia or Europe. Both of the musicians have been longtime members of alternative rock group Rascep. Srđan and Robert played many times at the festival and as Blank Disc duo, with Rascep or with some foreign artists. Their music and artistic concept have been way ahead of time in Serbia, but for years they were praised by European improvisers. With well known guitarist / improviser Keith Rowe, they played together at the festival’s 14th edition in 2009. Srđan and Robert are also on this compilation as part of the Šalter ensemble (3).
11. Svetlana Maraš – Kamerna muzika: harmonika s elektronikom i violončelom
(Svetlana Maraš)
Performed by: Branko Džinović – accordion / Aleksandar Latković – cello
Svetlana Maraš is surely the most successful new music author from the new generation. She is playing concerts, writing compositions and creating installations. She was an artistic director at Radio Belgrade’s Electronic studio, where she established numerous programs such as artistic residencies, educational courses and most notably, restoration of EMS Synthi 100. She is now the Professor of Creative Music Technology and Co-head of Electronic Studio at Hochschule für Musik FHNW, Basel. This composition written especially for this duo was recorded at Belgrade Philharmonic Concert Hall just before pandemia fully broke out.
12. Metamorphic Orchestra – Through Hills and Valleys
(traditional / arr: Svetlana Spajić)
Svetlana Spajić – vocal
Tijana Stanković – violin, vocal
Isabelle Duthoit – clarinet, vocal
Marina Džukljev – piano
Franz Hautzinger – trumpet
Bogdan Ranković – bass clarinet, saxophone
Ervin Malina – double bass
Lav Kovač – drums
This creation has quite a story: Project Metamorphic Songs, built by Goethe-Institute Belgrad (who also supported this concert at the festival), included a network of artists and researchers and one of the outcomes was a Collection of Metamorphic Songs, presenting different instances of songs, migration through cultures, the history of their travel, the changes in their features and functions… For the festival in 2019 Svetlana Spajić, the singer and traditional artist, formed the international Metamorphic Orchestra in an attempt to add local examples of this extraordinary collection.
od strane Marija Vitas | 30.04.2016.
Međunarodni projekat EU.T.ER.PE (2014 – 2016), u kom je Udruženje Ring Ring bilo jedan od partnera, prevashodno je bio usmeren na promociju tradicionalnih instrumenata i muzike.
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Cilj projekta „EUropean Traditions in cultural hERitage and Performances – EU.T.ER.PE” bio je usko povezan sa ciljevima i prioritetima Evropske unije koji se odnose na osnaživanje kulturnih sektora kroz međunarodne saradnje. Naglasak je stavljen na promociju tradicionalnih instrumenata iz zemalja učesnica. Tako je Italija predstavila harmoniku, Grčka – lautu i mandolinu, Hrvatska – gajde i liricu, a Srbija – tamburu i frulu.
Pored promocije tradicionalnih instrumenata i muzike iz partnerskih zemalja, kao glavnog cilja projekta EU.T.ER.PE, važni aspekti su bili i međunarodna prezentacija samih muzičara i lokalne tradicionalne muzike, podrška razvoju međunarodnih karijera, osnaživanje saradnje između kulturnih poslenika iz partnerskih zemalja, te jačanje kapaciteta kulturnog sektora za transnacionalno delovanje, uz omogućavanje kulturnim i kreativnim akterima da sarađuju na međunarodnom nivou.
U svakoj zemlji iz koje dolazi neka od partnerskih organizacija, održan je koncert lokalnog benda, poznatog i cenjenog na nivou te države, uz gostujuće soliste, predstavnike odgovarajućih tradicionalnih instrumentalnih praksi ostalih partnerskih zemalja. Ovi solisti su unapred birani na osnovu glasanja svih organizacija u projektu EU.T.ER.PE.
Svaka partnerska organizacija je takođe ostvarila i tematske radionice odnosno majstorske kurseve u nižim muzičkim školama.
Udruženje Ring Ring je koncert ostvarilo u okviru jednog od festivala koje organizuje. U pitanju je world music festival Todo Mundo, u okviru čijeg je 4. izdanja održan koncert cenjene, u to vreme veoma aktivne domaće grupe Belo platno, sa solistima iz Srbije, Hrvatske i Grčke: Dragana Tomić (kaval, glas), Marko First (slavonske gajde, violina, lijerica), Jorgos Kodajanis (Giorgios Kontagiannis; lira) i Dimitrios Varelopulus (Varelopulous; lauta). Koncert je održan 24. aprila 2015. godine u prepunoj sali Doma omladine Beograda.
Muzičari su se okupili u Beogradu, tri dana pre nastupa. Svi solisti su se tada prvi put uživo upoznali, a gosti iz inostranstva su takođe prvi put sarađivali sa grupom Belo platno. Njihova komunikacija putem interneta je svakako uspostavljena nekoliko nedelja ranije, radi razmene muzike, ideja i planova. Tako su i probe u Beogradu bile bolje osmišljene i sve je lakše teklo.
Nekoliko dana pre ovog koncerta, Udruženje RIng Ring je u sklopu projekta EU.T.ER.PE ostvarilo i majstorski kurs italijanskog umetnika Maria Stefana Pjetrodarkija (Pietrodarchi) sa mladim harmonikašima, u Muzičkoj školi „Kosta Manojlović” u Zemunu, 21. aprila 2015.
Takođe, muzičari iz Srbije su kroz projekat i konkurse u okviru projekta odabrani da kao gostujući solisti instrumentalisti sarađuju sa grupama iz Hrvatske, Italije i Grčke. Dragana Tomić (kaval) gostovala je na Mikonosu, Zoran Bugarski Brica (tambura) sarađivao je sa bendom Cinkuši, u Zagrebu, na festivalu Scena Amadeo, a Milan Savić (saksofon) nastupio je na festivalu Adriatico Mediterraneo u Ankoni, sarađujući sa grupom Orchestrina Adriatica.
Zaključna aktivnost projekta bila je trodnevna konferencija u Ankoni, na kojoj su učešće uzeli profesionalci iz oblasti kulture, predstavnici javniog i privatnog sektora z svake partnerske zemlje. Iz Srbije, na predlog Udruženja Ring Ring, na konferenciju su otišli: Boško Radojković, Dragana Mitrović i Bora Dimitrijević.
Projekat EU.T.ER.PE imao je značajan uticaj na našu organizaciju pružajući nam još jedno dragoceno iskustvo rada u sferi međunarodnih projekata u kulturi. Pritom, mreža stvorena kroz projekat već je rezultirala saradnjom izvan EU.T.ER.PE i obećava da će se nastaviti i u budućnosti. Osim toga, kao veoma važan rezultat projekta ispostavila se bolja vidljivost i interesovanje za tradicionalno muzičko nasleđe i, posebno, instrumente Srbije, a domaći muzičari koji su bili uključeni u projekat izrazili su svoju veliku radost i zahvalnost zbog mogućnosti umrežavanja i daljeg profesionalnog razvoja, kao i izvesnih novih saradnji u budućnosti.
Glavni partner u projektu bilo je italijansko udruženje Associazione Adriatico Mediterraneo, a pored Udruženja Ring Ring iz Srbije, partneri su bila i udruženja Amadeo-art kabinet d.o.o. iz Hrvatske i Day After iz Grčke.
Projekat je trajao od 1. septembra 2014. do 30. aprila 2016. godine. Bio je sufinansiran od strane Evropske unije, kroz program „Kreativna Evropa”.
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