Results for "Croatia"

The 2nd Vis Jazz Festival

by Ziga Koritnik
August 6, 2026

A collection of photos from the 2nd Vis Jazz Festival on the Croatian island of Vis, one of the most beautiful--if not the most beautiful--islands in the Adriatic Sea, June 27-29, 2026. This modestly sized festival featured mostly Croatian musicians and one from North Macedonia: Sandra Haluzan Quartet, 2x42, Cloud Buzz, Hristijan Risteski Quartet, Dot And ...

Svetlost with Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love at Jazzbina Pula

by Petra Cvelbar
May 18, 2025

Karlo Ilic

Born: December 19, 1990

Vijay Iyer Trio and Kurt Elling with the ZJM Big Band Orchestra at the Zagreb Jazz Festival 2021

by Nenad Georgievski
December 5, 2021

Zagreb Jazz Festival Lisinski Concert Hall Zagreb, Croatia November 5-7, 2021 Held in the historical Lisinski concert hall, the 12th Zagreb Jazz Festival—directed by the tireless Dražen Kokanović-unfolded over three days, although this review covers only the first two, which featured Vijay Iyer's trio with bassist Linda May Han Oh ...

Interview: Damjan Krajacic

March 13, 2015

Q: When did you start playing the flute? Did your family already know you had an interest in music? A: I was a bit late coming to the flute, at 19. My main instrument was electric bass, and I dabbled into classical guitar and piano a bit prior to that. Once I entered college, I was ...

Tamara Obrovac: Ulika Revival

by Bruce Lindsay
July 30, 2014

In 1998 singer and songwriter Tamara Obrovac, from Istria in Croatia, released Ulika (CBS), an album dedicated to her grandmother. Ulika Revival revisits a dozen songs from that album, presenting new renditions informed by the 15 or 16 years that lie between the two releases. The revival is a great success, a masterly collection of strikingly ...

Leonard Cohen at Arena Pula

by Nenad Georgievski
September 14, 2013

Leonard CohenArena PulaPula, CroatiaAugust 2, 2013On a sweltering day, with temperatures rising high above in the red, Canadian singer Leonard Cohen performed with a skill, passion and hunger that ultimately rendered all those restrictive perceptions of age, time or genre utterly redundant. Performing on St. Elijah's day at a Roman amphitheater ...

Take Five With Luka Veselinovic

by AAJ Staff
July 14, 2013

Meet Luka Veselinovic:Luka Veselinovic was born in Rijeka, Croatia. His father was a guitarist and his grandmother, a piano teacher. He is a professional musician, bassist, and composer who has been in jazz music for the past 10 years. He began playing bass at 21, and soon after became a professional. Luka has attended ...

Kristian Terzic: Kristian Terzic

by Glenn Astarita
May 5, 2013

In case the good word hasn't gotten out, Croatia boasts a nascent jazz scene. Keyboardist Kristian Terzic dispatches a prime example of that notion, performing with fellow countrymen on this sparkling rendezvous that skirts jazz-fusion and the Latin element. Other than his impressive technical faculties, Terzic shines as an impressive composer. Regardless of tempo or when ...

The Rolling Stones - 50 Years

by Nenad Georgievski
December 1, 2012

The Rolling Stones--50 godinaHrvoje Horvat and Darko Glavan226ISBN: 978-953-313-079-8Profil knjiga d.o.o.2012Taking into consideration the short lifespan of a rock band, the longevity of the Rolling Stones can be counted as a miracle in an almost biblical sense. The question also arises of how many ...