Hrvatski dom Split announces the grand finale of the 2023/2024 concert season, which according to all indicators was a record season since Hrvatski dom was founded.
During the week of world music in the Ivo Tijardović Concert Hall, on the occasion of celebrating World Music Day on June 21, Hrvatski dom Split will host the legendary band from Split About like this June 17, then a celebrated mezzo-soprano Terezija Kusanović with the program "Spanish Nights" on June 19. On June 21, the ensemble will perform Collision Percussion with a multimedia project to the music of Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygene – where the Ivo Tijardović Concert Hall Award for the season '23/"24 will be awarded.
The Croatian House especially points out that this year's winner will be Ivo Tijardović Concert Hall Awards for the greatest artistic achievements during the 2023/2024 season, for the first time to select a commission made up of experts, journalists and also visitors' representatives.
"It is an extraordinary honor for us to round off the season in this way, which by all indications was a record concert season. The Croatian Home has prepared 160 individual events, of which 87 concerts within 4 cycles (classical, jazz, world and popular music and traditional music), 38 performances and 28 workshops for children and young people, with additional programs such as the Masquerade, the New Year's Ball or a cycle of exhibitions "Perspectives". During the '23/'24 season, more than 14.000 tickets were sold, which is 4 times more than the previous season." – Vanesa Kleva, director
The band "Otprilike Ovako" was founded in 1974 and are pioneers of the blues scene in this region.
About Ovako is a cult group and the source of most young musicians who later became established personalities of the Croatian music scene. About 30 excellent musicians have passed through the band all these years. Some went to the USA in a certain time, some to Europe. The band also made music for Marin Carić's play at HNK. The winners of the Croatian Blues Forces' Jadran Zlodre Gobbo&Opprilike Ovako award for the historical contribution to the blues scene in 2021/2022. At this concert, which is also the 50th anniversary, the following will perform: Goran Cetinić-Koća, guitar and vocals; Željko Milić, saxophone; Goran Slavićek, bass; Mother Petri, percussion instruments; Vladimir M. Kragić-Patak, drums.
June 19, Terezija Kusanović with guests, "Spanish Nights" - flamenco music
Music inspired by the Spanish atmosphere in a vivid pastiche of music, poetry and dance, performed by a mezzo-soprano Terezija Kusanović and her collaborators and guests, evokes warm nights in Spanish gardens, filled with scents and colors, which inspired countless masterpieces of musical literature. The most important names of Spanish music of the 19th and 20th centuries form the backbone of the program - the exotic Nights in the Spanish Gardens, excerpts from the ballet "Love as a Magician" and the cycle "Seven Spanish Folk Songs" by Manuel de Falla, are intertwined in arrangements in which the voice is joined by the piano and a guitar, and a flamenco dancer on the podium. In the famous "Asturias" (Leyenda) of the founder of the Spanish national style, Isaac Albéniz, the guitarist's performance will be enriched by a flamenco dance performance, as well as the distinctive "Spanish classical songs" by Fernando Obradors. The program also includes elegant songs about majas and majos, typical Spanish girls and young men that inspire the vocal lyricism of Enrique Granados, and the cycle "Cinco canciones negras" with the exotic acrid expression of composer Xavier Montsalvatge. A pianist takes us on a great Spanish trip with Terezija Kusanović Zoran Velić, guitarist Petar Čulić and a flamenco dancer Mitja Obed.
June 21, Sudar Percussion with music by Jean Michel Jarre
Ensemble Collision Percussion in a short time he achieved cult status on the Croatian music scene. He is known for his distinctive performances of famous works of classical and popular music, and their music is characterized by incredible musicality, innovation and humor. The program in which they cover the most famous works of electronic music pioneer Jean Michel Jarre in their energetic style is also intriguing.
