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Sarajevska grupa "Divanhana" veceras ce održati koncert u sklopu prestižnog festivala "12 points", koji se održava u portugalskom gradu Portu.
Na ovoj manifestaciji ucestvovat ce muzicari iz Finske, Irske, Belgije, Portugala, Italije i Velike Britanije, a "Divanhana" ce biti jedini sastav s Balkana. Ovaj muzicki dogadaj održava se u nedavno sagradenom objektu "Casa de Musica", koji je projektirao slavni holandski arhitekta Rem Kolhas (Koolhaas).
Bend "Divanhana" na zvanicnoj stranici festivala predstavljen je kao jedinstveni muzicki projekt s Balkana, poznat po tome što obiluje bogatim i razlicitim muzickim stilovima, uz održavanje tradicije sevdalinke. Svojim sporim tempom i melanholicnim temama koje zahtijevaju predano izvodenje s dosta strasti, njihovu interpretaciju sevdalinke organizatori manifestacije "12 points" uporedili su sa portugalskim fadom.
Grupu cine Leila Catic, Nedžad Mušovic, Ismar Poric, Neven Tunjic, Azur Imamovic, Danijel Condric, Rifet Camdžic i Irfan Tahirovic. Krajem prošle godine objavili su singl "Evo srcu mome radosti". - Dnevni Avaz
U petak, 30. marta sa pocetkom u 21 sat, na talasima Treceg programa možete slušati direktan prenos koncerta ansambla "Divanhana" koji ce biti održan u Studiju 6 Radio Beograda. Ovim koncertom, posle duže pauze, obnavljamo tradiciju organizovanja radijskih koncertnih veceri u našem najvecem i najznacajnijem studiju. Pored ansambla Divanhana, kao gost ce nastupiti italijanski pijanista Livio Minafra.
Grupu Divanhana osnovali su 2009. godine studenti Sarajevske muzicke akademije kako bi izvodili tradicionalnu muziku u modernim aranžmanima, koji predstavljaju spoj džeza, popa i klasicne muzike XX veka. Ovaj bend nije otvoren samo prema gradskoj tradicionalnoj muzici Bosne i Hercegovine, vec i prema muzici drugih balkanskih zemalja. Njihovo osnovno istraživanje je usmereno prema formi «sevdalinke» koju vokalno interpretira mlada pevacica Leila Catic. Divanhana je nastupala na najvecem world music festivalu - Womex u Kopenhagenu, kao i na prestižnom džez festivalu za mlade i talentovane muzicare «Twelve points» u Portu. - Radio Belgrade
Sarajevska grupa Divanhana proteklog je vikenda u Beogradu snimala dvije nove pjesme, ovaj put u saradnji sa pijanistom Livio Minafrom.
Bend je sa umjetnikom, koji je ovom prilikom došao iz rodnog Barija dogovorio suradnju još sredinom mjeseca februara kada su bili gosti na jazz festivalu 12 points u Portugalu. Livio je poznat i po tome što u sklopu vlastitog muzickog izražaja obraduje melodje sa prostora Balkana, a zajednicki su realizovali sevdalinku ''Crven fesic'' i tradicionalnu makedonsku pjesmu ''Oj, ovcarce''.
Pjesme su snimane u studiju 6 na Radio Beogradu sa producentom Zoranom Maricem, dok video materijal realizuje Muris Beglerovic ispred produkcijske kuce Gotiva.
Obje numere ce široj javnosti biti prezentirane tokom mjeseca aprila, a Divanhana trenutno snima materijal za prvi album u novom sastavu. - Radio Sarajevo
The Divanhana band from Sarajevo performs on Saturday, February 18th 2012., at the eminent Portuguese Festival "12 points" (http://www.12points.ie/festival) in Porto!
The festival "12 Points" is held from February 16th to February 19th, where 12 young European bands will perform, and the "Divanhana" will be the only band from the Balkans to take part in this year's festival!
The "Divanhana" band will be presented as a unique musical project from the Balkans, which is known to cherish the rich and various musical styles, and the most important one is the tradition of the "sevdalinka".
The song "Here comes the joy for my heart" can be downloaded for free from the band's official website:: http://www.divanhana.ba/
The video of the new single "Here comes the joy for my heart" can be watched at their official YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hfy1PN1apk - www.city.ba
Divanhana are a very different prospect. The eight-piece band come from Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina and play rich folk music from the sevdalinka tradition, tracks full of melancholy and lament, hearts broken and loves lost and won.
The band build large swirling tones of mystery before turning slyly romantic and hurling the track down a rockier flight of stairs, the Sephardic clarinet lines of Ismar Poric harassing the riffs all the way. Other times they lay on the melancholy and the melodrama in much thicker strokes, and force the emotion of the songs across a little without trusting the melody to carry its own emotional weight. A few tracks sound like a Balkan wedding has suddenly stumbled into the room, bleary and boisterous with plenty of rootsy charm thanks to its big choruses and frenetic jigs.
At one point the band strip back to a four piece and deliver a spare and beautiful lament full of heartache and defiant resignation that is a stand-out moment in the set, Leila Catic’s vocals allowed to fill the room with plaintive sound. But it is not long before we are back in the full flight of a gentle Balkan folky fury.
Oddly there is a sense throughout that the band are playing well within their own limits, so while it has sweep and drama there is no roughness, no risk taking and the band are never in danger of running wild and rampant. Usually it is this fire in the belly that brings this sort of folk music up to another level, but here it never breaks out into a sweat. - Irish Times
Discography
CD Single "Zaplakala Secer Djula" Sep 2010
CD "Dert" May 2011
CD single "Evo srcu mome radosti" Dec 2011
CD single "Crven Fesic" April 2012
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From the Balkan city of Sarajevo is Divanhana. Sarajevo, the quintessential crossroads between the East and the West. Today, a place where the heritage of eras passed is reinvigorated with a zest for new undertakings. And you can feel that inside of the music of band Divanhana.
Divanhana performs traditional music in new arrangements as a result of the fusion of jazz, pop and classical music from the 20th century.
Divanhana's intention is to present not only the urban traditional music from Bosnia and Herzegovina but also the traditional music from other Balkan countries, with a particular attention to sevdalinka.
The Balkans are rich in diverse music styles, among them the sevdalinka tradition. With its slow tempi and melancholic themes that must always be sung with passion, this is very emotionally charged music. The style is enjoying a renaissance, let by the young musicians of Divanhana, who have gathered songs all over Balkan. With contemporary instrumentation of woodwinds, piano, bass and drums complimenting the traditional accordion and vocals, sevdalinka is cast in a new light, its Sephardic and oriental elements opened up to a jazz sensibility.
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