Liburnian musician and visual artist Vedran Ružić will present his original jazz compositions to the audience through a cross-section of six original albums created in the past 10 years, including the one awarded with the Porin Award. In addition to the traditional jazz expression that runs through the first albums, on the last two albums Ružić stepped into exploratory waters and composed music of instability with elements of chance. The specialty of Ružić's opus is a multimedia and conceptual approach, which the Split audience will experience firsthand through a combination of an exhibition and a concert.
Vedran Ružić (Rijeka, 1986) is a visual artist and jazz musician (double bass and bass guitar). He attended the Jazz Conservatory in Klagenfurt, and graduated in 2018 from the Academy of Applied Arts in Rijeka, majoring in painting. He has had around forty solo and fifteen group exhibitions in galleries in Croatia and abroad, and in recent years has focused on a multimedia approach to art. He is the author of six jazz albums, the screenwriter of two films (director of one), and the winner of the Porin Award in 2017 in the category of best jazz album. He is a multiple winner of the Status professional award in the category of best jazz double bassist (2012 and 2023) and best jazz bassist in Croatia (2020 and 2024).
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