TAMARA OBROVAC transhistria ensemble
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"Tamara Obrovac at Lisinski Hall"



Undoubtedly the greatest personality among Croatian female jazz vocalists, charismatic Tamara Obrovac, gave us an extremely successful concert, not only because of the packed house and the applause which lasted forever… (her eyes filled up and she said “this is one of the things in life worth living for”), but also because of her interpretation and spontaneity, her honesty and utter exposing in front of the audience to which she gave herself to the full, through the music which should no longer be put into any slot – it is world jazz, period! Several encores, happy audience, happy Tamara… the concert worth of every praise. Such amount of inspiration, improvisation, “conversation” and interaction between the artists on the stage is rarely seen. “Ulika Revival” relives to the full and is right on target. A win-win situation for all parties.


- Dinko Husadžic Sansky , jazz.hr February 16, 2012, Croatia


"Tamara Obrovac's volcanic energy"

The volcanic energy of Tamara Obrovac
Opening concert of international All woman Jazzarella festival, Zagreb/Croatia
... At the opening of Ghetaldus All Women Jazz Festival at ZeKaeM Theatre, the hot-blooded Tamara, this time in a somewhat more melancholic mood, has proved again that she can undoubtedly compete with the greats of today's jazz.
Tamara Obrovac has long shed all strict genre "drawers". Her exciting voice spreads with volcanic energy throughout the whole universe of music.

info: Jazzarella 2008 programme:10-13.April 2008:
Tamara Obrovac, Transhistria Ensemble, Jenny Scheinman Quartet, Anath Cohen Quartet, Dianne Reeves Quintet

<BR>D. Derk, Vecernji list, daily paper April 14, 2008

- D. Derk, Vecernji list, daily paper April 14, 2008


"Second evening of the International festival of modern music, INTERZON 2004, marked by Tamara Obrovac & Transhistria Ensemble"

As it could have been expected, the epithet of the main attraction of the evening, and perhaps of the whole festival as well, pertained to Tamara Obrovac & Transhistria Ensemble. Base of their music is Istrian national heritage, arranged through moments of jazz, classical music and even tango, but also through long fragments of completely unusual sound that can hardly fit in standard genre classification.
Dynamic and melodious. Loud as much as gentle, warm and sophisticated. Not pathetic whatsoever. Occasionally ferocious but not aggressive.
Workmanship of the band members, their attractive solo jaunts and, among all, vast vocal capacity of Tamara Obrovac, her charm and untrammelled, honest, facetious and seductive performance, will be memorized for a long time.

D. Domanovic
- Gradjanski, Novi Sad (Serbia Montenegro), May 25th 2004.


"Here is what John L. Walters, said while browsing the Double CD with all the BBC Radio 3 world music nominees songs:"

“Fortunately, the random nature of awards compilation like this provides the opportunity to browse and skip and fall headlong for something you've never heard before. In my case, the “blind date” artist is Tamara Obrovac. Cansoneita (A Small Song) performed by Obrovac with the Transhistria Ensemble, is a floating, beguiling track, with spacious drumming, tuneful accordion and a delicious lead vocal by Obrovac.” - Guardian, (GB) 20/02/2004


"Obrovac unites tradition and modernism/Performance in Schwarzer Hase, Beutelsau"

Behind the term “Mediterranean-Balkan Ethno jazz” there is fresh, unexhausted and authentic music of Tamare Obrovac hidden there. It is influenced by local tradition and folk music, but the oriental sounds and a bit of rap music can be heard, with a great dose of modern Jazz harmony that interconnects all.

Musicians appear one by one, like a small cosmos that wonders here and there, moved by the drive of the music. Their sounds scatter, work in fragments that scrape and flow from one to another. Conventional roles of instruments are split apart and that contributes to weightless and circular music style, but all 5 musicians are still connected in a strange and inexplicable way.

Tamara Obrovac (Croatia), with her much nuanced and strictly controlled voice overpowers the hardest sound of rap, as well as oriental melizmatic melodies or simple full-tone parts of the songs from her homeland. Ziga Golob (Slovenia) with his contrabass appears as the singer’s partner and encompasses the melody. Fausto Beccalossi (Italy) with the accordion entices a bit of orchestral sound, casting various motives into it, while Uroš Rakovec (Slovenia) plays his guitar very classical with impressively delightful patterns of sound. The drum ritam of Krunoslav Levacic (Croatia) sounds like improvised and freely composed.

The music of Tamara Obrovac is fresh and unexhausted exactly because it connects the old traditions with modern elements which don’t flow in space irrespectively. It is, in its special way, on the ground. - Schwabische Zeitung, october 2006., Germany


Discography

the bands are different for each CD, please check the "discography", and "bands" menu on my website www.tamaraobrovac.com

"Madirosa"
Tamara Obrovac transhistria ensemble / Epoque string quartet
released: 2011, Aquarius records/Cantus, Croatia
style: Contemporary Mediterranean jazz / classical
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Necu vise jazz kantati / I won't sing jazz anymore"
Tamara Obrovac transhistria electric
released: 2009, Aquarius records, Croatia
style: Ethnic jazz/soul & funk
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“Daleko je... / Is faraway..."
Tamara Obrovac transhistria ensemble
released: 2005, Aquarius records, Croatia
style: Contemporary Mediterranean jazz
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"Crni Kos/Das lied der amsel "
Tamara Obrovac/Georg Kusztrich
released: 2005, Extraplatte, Austria
style: Ethnic jazz /world
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"Sve pasiva / All fades away"
Tamara Obrovac transhistria ensemble
released: 2003, Aquarius records, Croatia
style: Contemporary Mediterranean jazz
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"Transhistria”
Tamara Obrovac transhistria ensemble
released: 2001, Cantus, Croatia
style: Ethnic Jazz
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"Ulika”
Tamara Obrovac quartet
released: 1998, CBS, Croatia
style: Contemporary Mediterranean jazz
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“Triade”
Tamara Obrovac & trio
released: 1996, Croatian composer’s society, Croatia
style: Contemporary Mediterranean jazz

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The music of composer, singer and flutist Tamara Obrovac is ethnically inspired Mediterranean jazz, influenced by particular musical and dialectal tradition of her homeland Istria, Croatian coastal region.

Her international Transhistria ensemble, exceptionally talented and creative band, has become known for the obvious alchemy between all its members; their interpretations of Tamara's unique music are suffused with spontaneity, inventive improvisation, freedom, humor and ability to communicate with the audience, while Tamara's voice is equally impressive both when she sings lyrics and when she improvizes.

Her international concert activities are recognized by audience and critics alike, nominated for BBC Radio3 world music award.