The Life in Music of Three Experimental Musicians (in Serbia and Switzerland)
Episode 2 of the TIMEZONES podcast series, co-initiated and co-produced by Norient and the Goethe-Institut. An electro-acoustic composition based on the interviews with the three artists Mara Miccichè, Branko Džinović, and Vukašin Đelić, the close friends and collaborators of the podcast producer, who have never met each other.
They live in three different cities – Šabac, Belgrade, Zurich. Their stories as well as their sounds, intertwine throughout the piece modified and accompanied by the sounds of the podcast producer, all of them creating an ensemble of voices, sounds, and musical fragments deriving from diverse set of musical practices by each of them.
A podcast by Belgrade-based composer and sound artist Svetlana Maraš
Co-initiated and co-produced by Norient and the Goethe-Institut
Featuring: Mara Miccichè, Branko Džinović, and Vukašin Đelić
Composition, Montage: Svetlana Maraš
Sounds and Words by: Mara Miccichè, Branko Džinović, and Vukašin Đelić
Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson
Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs
Artwork: Šejma Fere
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Branko Džinović is an accordion and bandoneon player born in Šabac, Serbia. He is performer, improviser, and composer. Concert reviewers have called him «a dangerously active volcano» (Austrian Kronen Zeutung) and described his playing as «ingenious» (Neues Volksblatt). He was «Grand Prize» winner at the 2001 Accordion World Cup in London, U.K.; he won the 2004 «Das Podium» in Linz and the 2013 «DMA Recital Competition» at the University of Toronto – both of which are open to all instrumentalists. Džinović holds a Master’s degree from the Anton Bruckner Private University for Music, Drama, and Dance in Linz (MA, 2008) and a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA, 2017) in performance from the University of Toronto. He currently lives in Šabac.
Vukašin Đelić (Woo) is a guitarist from Belgrade. Member of Dol band and man behind Belgrade Noise Recordings. He has made many significant performances solo and with other people, both in Serbia and internationally. His latest album U zavisnosti od dana, was released in May 2020 and was recorded in his house in Grocka, on the city outskirts. Vukašin lives in Belgrade.
Mara Miccichè is a vocalist and composer from Zurich. She holds Master Of Arts in Music POP from ZhdK (Zurich). She performed internationally at places such as Les Digitales Festival, Zürich (CH), EXPO Milan – Swiss Pavillon, H3K, Basel, Teatro di Locarno and many other places. She is preparing a new release for the OUS, Swiss-based label.
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The TIMEZONES podcast series plunges into the world of artists and their practices, asking: what does living and working in culture and the arts involve in different countries, cities, and contexts today? The artists’ thoughts on their moods, their social, political, and intellectual realities and their philosophies (of life) have been worked up into experimental audio collages.
The podcasts run the gamut of formats and content, from straight journalism to experimental and documentary approaches, ethnography and fiction, sound art, and improvisation. The TIMEZONES series endeavours to create new artistic forms of storytelling, listening and exchange across the boundaries of geography, time zones, genres, and practices.
The TIMEZONES podcast series is co-initiated and co-produced by Norient and the Goethe-Institut.
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Published on November 05, 2020
Last updated on October 12, 2023
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