Conductor:
VANJA GJUMAR NIKOLOVSKI
Conductor:
Vanja Gjumar Nikolovski
Programme:
P. Mascagni: Intermezzo from “Cavalleria Rusticana”
(from the movie “Raging bull”, directed by Martin Scorsese)
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No.25 – I mov.
(from the movie “Amadeus”, directed by Milos Forman)
L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No.7 – II mov.
(from the movie “The King’s Speech”, directed by Tom Hooper)
M. Mussorgsky: Gnomus from “Pictures at an Exhibition”
(from the movie “The Big Lebowski”, directed by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen)
J. Strauss: “The Beautiful Blue Danube”
(from the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey”, directed by Stanley Kubrick)
R. Strauss: Theme from “Also Sprach Zarathustra”
(from the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey”, directed by Stanley Kubrick)
B. Bartok: Adagio from “Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta”
(from the movie “The Shining”, directed by Stanley Kubrick)
W.A. Mozart: Overture from “The Marriage of Figaro”
(from the movie “Amadeus”, directed by Milos Forman)
P. I. Tchaikovsky: music from the ballet “Swan Lake”
(from the movie “Black Swan”, directed by Darren Aronofsky)
P. Dukas: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
(from animated movie “Fantasia”, produced by “Walt Disney”)
R. Wagner: “Ride of the Valkyries” from “Die Walküre”
(from the movie “Apocalypse Now”, directed by Francis Ford Coppola)
J. Brahms: “Hungarian Dance, no. 5”
(from the movie “The Great Dictator”, directed by Charlie Chaplin)
J. Offenbach: “Can-Can”
(from the movie “Moulin Rouge”, directed by John Huston)
Soloist:
NIKOLOV–IVANOVIĆ UNDECTET
Luka Ignjatović – alto saxophone, flute
Kristijan Mlačak – tenor, soprano saxophone
Léo Guedy – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Olivier Laisney – trumpet
Milan Roksandić – French horn
Sébastien Llado – trombone
Miloš Budimirov – trumpet
Noé Clerc – accordion, accordina
Vladimir Nikolov – piano, rhodes
Mihail Ivanov – double bass, bass guitar
Srđan Ivanović – drums
The relationship between tradition and modern, “good old” times and contemporary approach to music – is the turning point of the whole present and future jazz scene. Is there a golden mean, a ground on which these two seemingly opposed tendencies meet and coexist?
The eleven-piece band of pianist and composer Vladimir Nikolov and drummer Srđan Ivanović seems to be trying to provide an answer to this question. Two Balkan musicians with respectable foreign careers are the right choice for this kind of experiment. While Nikolov is prominent in his work with world orchestras and ensembles (Metropole Orchestra, BBC Radio Orchestra, among others), Ivanović is somewhat more active in smaller formations (Modular, Blazin’ Quartet, Xenos). The audience knows him as the leader of the band Blazin’ Quartet, presenting the original vision of joining modern European jazz with Balkan influences.The orchestra itself is composed of the best musicians of the younger and middle generation from the Balkan region, mixed with even younger forces from France into a symbiotic modern jazz ensemble.
Their first album “Artistry in Broken Rhythm” released in 2018 under Metropolis Music is homage to the legendary album by Stan Kenton, pointing out Ivanović’s contemporary rhythmic structure as well as the like arrangements and compositions by Nikolov.
Their second album “Frame and Curiosity” was released in December 2019 under Coolabel. It features Magic Malik as soloist on flute.
Their third album “Dystopia” will be coming out coming out in Serbia and ex-Yugoslavia in December 2023 (Metropolis Music) and in the rest of the world in 2024 (Rue des Balkans). First single from this album “Scream” was published on Youtube on 29.10.2023. as “live in the studio” video recording. The concert in Skopje on 12th of December is part of the promotional tour of the new album of Nikolov- Ivanović Undectet.
MYSTIC
14 Dec
Thursday - 20:00 h
Concert Hall
Conductor:
Massimiliano Caldi
Conductor:
Massimiliano Caldi (Italy)
Programme:
P. Mascagni: Intermezzo "Il sogno" from the opera "Guglielmo Ratcliff"
P. Mascagni: Intermezzo from the opera "Cavaleria Rusticana"
P. Mascagni: Intermezzo from the opera "L'amico Fritz"
P. Mascagni: "Satanic Rhapsody"
*In collaboration with Cinematique of Macedonia
