JUBILARNI . GITAR ART FESTIVAL OD . DO . MARTA U BEOGRADU
Jubilarni, 20. Gitar art festival biće održan od 12. do 17. marta 2019. godine u Beogradu pod sloganom Applause! Festival je u dve deceniji postojanja uspeo ne samo da odr- ži kontinuitet i da se proširi u više pravaca već ove godine postoji i spektakularna li- sta gostiju. Tokom šest festivalskih dana održaće se devet velikih koncerata, a Beo- grad će posetiti više od 120 najistaknutijih imena gitarskog sveta iz 35 zemalja sveta. Koncert Visenta Amiga, najboljeg svetskog flamenko gitariste i autentičnog nasledni- ka Paka de Lusije, otvara Festival 12. marta. Publici će se predstaviti brazilski virtuoz Jamandu Kosta, Bratislava gitar kvartet i Kosta Kociolis iz Grčke, Duo Abreu iz Švedske, Bendžamin Verderi iz SAD, Jeseok Bang iz Koreje, Marko Tamajo iz Austrije i Anabe- la Montesinos iz Španije, Artjom Dervoed iz Rusije, Đampaolo Bandini iz Italije, Rafa- ela Smits iz Belgije, te Tomas Miler Pering iz Nemačke i mnogi drugi. Natupiće i Ro - senberg trio iz Holandije, uz novu festivalsku produkciju i projekat Kings of String The Younger , prvi put publici će se predstaviti Karminjo, kraljica fado muzike nove genera- cije, a svečano zatvaranje festivala 17. marta rezervisano je za veče Hoakina Rodriga i veliki koncert u Zadužbini Ilije M. Kolarca.
Don’t let it worry you if you don’t hear or see it on TV. A new generation of pop-rock musi- cians has emerged in Macedonia that is do- ing very interesting things. And jazz musi- cians are already organising themselves well and even forming their own big bands. And we need not even mention the MK Philhar- monic, which has a new hall and has expand- ed its repertoire with many contemporary music trends and happenings. You’ve said that the Beatles taught you everything. Do you still think there’s no better music than that which they played? - If you mean in terms of pop and rock music, they created so much that, after them,
- I rarely speak to Stochelo, but I believe I’ll see him at the upcoming Festival. Of course I miss the Kings of Strings, and I’d like us to get together again, at least for one concert. Tommy also admitted to me that he miss- es our company. Your previous album, Mother Tongue, actually returned you to simplicity, but also to your roots. Is there good music that exists today in Macedonia, Serbia and the Balkans generally? - At rst glance, simple things appear to be the toughest. I accepted a risk with that album and managed to ll halls with just one guitar. Try for yourself and you’ll see how simple that is... Yes, great music exists.
it’s impossible to be new, innovative, inspired and creative. Of course, I don’t mean to undermine anything that came before and after them, but that amount of creativity and inspiration in such a short period of time is a cosmic phenomenon. Their songbook stands beside an armchair in my living room, as a reminder. Who do you rate as the world’s best gui- tarist? - The best guitarist in the world is that little 10-year-old boy whose nose is stuck to the win- dow display of the instrument shop and who yearns to receive some instrument he’s seen. Yearning and passion make you the best. And those who act like they have greatness, they no longer have any juice, they squeezed themselves dry long ago, ghting with the world, with show business, private problems and personal vanity... Last, but by no means least: Prilep, Skop- je, Kruševo... If you were to invite guests to these cities, what would you say; why should they come? - For years I’ve been inviting a friend of mine from Slovenia to visit Macedonia. He was in Ti- bet, in London, in Thailand, in America, in India, in search of music and spiritual growth. But if London is a metropolis of world pop music, and New York is the centre for modern jazz, Mace- donia could be the best place to discover the best traditions of Balkan music, with due respect given to the music of all nations and music per- formed around here. But you can’t speak about magic, it must be felt, and here there’s an over- abundance of that...
JUBILEE TH GUITAR ART FESTIVAL FROM TH TO TH MARCH IN BELGRADE
The jubilee 20 th consecutive Guitar Art Festival will be held from 12 th to 17 th March 2019 in Belgrade, un- der the slogan‘Applause!’Over the two decades of its existence, this festival hasn’t only succeeded in main- taining continuity and expanding in multiple directions, but this year has also compiled a spectacular list of guests. During the six days of the festival, nine major concerts will be held, and Belgrade will be visited by over 120 of the most prominent names in the guitar world from 35 countries.The concert of Vicente Ami- go, the world’s best amenco guitarist and the authentic successor of Paco de Lucia, opens the festival on 12 th March. Also presenting themselves to the Belgrade audience will be Brazilian virtuoso Yamandu Costa, the Bratislava Guitar Quartet and Greece’s Costas Cotsiolis, Sweden’s Duo Abreu Sisters, American Benjamin Verdery, Korea’s Jeseok Bang, Austrian Marco Tamayo, Spain’s Anabel Montesinos, Russian Artyom Dervoed, Italy’s Giampaolo Bandini, Belgian Raphaella Smits, Germany’s Thomas Müller-Pering and many others. Also performing will be the Rosenberg Trio from the Netherlands, with a new festival production and the project Kings of Strings The Younger, while preforming for the Belgrade public for the rst time will be Carminho, the Queen of Fado music of the new generation, and the festival’s closing ceremony concert on 17 th March has been reserved for an evening of Joaquin Rodrigo and a major concert at Ilija M Kolarac Endowment Hall.
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