Based on the artistic concept by Nenad Sinkauz, a group of renowned experimental and improv musicians are preparing a new creation for four guitars, double bass, percussion, and electronics. The conceptual starting point for the piece is the life cycle of a tree, both as a long-lived live organism and as the material from which musical instruments are made. Four outstanding guitarists, each recognised for his distinctive musical language, explore their mutual relationships while creating the new layered guitar organism. In this musical exploration, the rhythm section has a different role: spatially separated from the quartet, the double bass and the percussion are counterpointing the guitar texture while simultaneously creating a sonic environment that embraces it.
Co-authors and performers: Nenad Sinkauz, Luka Čapeta, Pavle Jovanović, Marco Quarantotto, Alen Sinkauz, and Josip Šustić.
Tickets are available in presale at a price of 7,00 EUR via the ENTRIO system, while tickets purchased on the day of the concert will cost 12,00 EUR.
Admission is free for persons with disabilities, those over 65 years of age and children under 16.
The piece "Godovi" was co-produced by the arts organisation P137 and KONTEJNER.
KONTEJNER’s concert series is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia.
Nenad Sinkauz (HR)
Nenad Sinkauz (1980., Pula) is a composer and performer working in the fields of experimental and improvised music, film, theatre, dance and multimedia. He holds a master's degree in ethnomusicology from Padua. He has won five Golden Arenas for film music. He actively performs and collaborates on the Croatian and international scene, developing interdisciplinary projects that connect music, performance and contemporary artistic practices.
Luka Čapeta (HR)
Luka Čapeta is a musician from Zagreb. Since he started with the guitar as his main instrument, Luka has explored a variety of activities within the music medium, ranging from composition, production, performance, and education. Since his studies at the Vienna Music Institute, he has produced and composed music for contemporary dance, theatre, and film while playing in many different bands and projects from Zagreb and the surrounding region. Rooted in electronic, ambient, jazz, and classical music, Luka constantly evolves his language by experimenting with various traditional and world music, noise, and avant-garde aesthetics to create a unique approach to performance and sound.
Pavle Jovanović (HR)
Pavle Jovanović graduated in jazz guitar from the conservatory in Klagenfurt, in the class of Professor Agostino Di Giorgio, in 2011. After his studies, he returned to Zagreb, where he collaborated with various ensembles and musicians such as the Croatian Radio and Television Jazz Orchestra, Cantus Ensemble, and the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. At the same time, he founded his own projects Cromatik 5 and PEEK 3, in which he explores jazz composition and improvisation. In 2016, he co-founded the ensemble Abstract Construction Collective with Zoran Šćekić, whose expression is based on free improvisation and graphic compositions. They performed at the Music Biennale Zagreb 2017 alongside Chris Jarrett. In the summer of 2020, he completed his master's studies in jazz guitar in Vienna under the guidance of Professor Martin Koller. He works as an educator in the fields of classical, jazz, and experimental music.
Marco Quarantotto (HR)
Marco Quarantotto was born in Pula, Croatia. He earned his master's degree in jazz drums and percussion at the University of Music and Performing Arts - Jazz Institute in Graz, under the guidance of Professors Alex Deutsch, Manfred Josel, and Howard Curtis. In 2009, he moved to London where he continued his music career and established significant collaborations with a number of renowned artists. He has recorded over forty albums spanning jazz, rock, experimental, and world music genres. In 2019, he founded the trio ŪROK, releasing their debut album on Chant Records in New York. In 2020, he returned to Croatia and significantly intensified collaborations in the music and art scene: with various improvisers in the CRI Orchestra, with Nenad and Alen Sinkauz in the band Roj Osa, with artist Danijel Žeželj, with the Robert Mikuljan Quintet, Jazzistra Orchestra, and the Leon Brenko Trio.
Alen Sinkauz (HR)
Alen Sinkauz (1978, Pula). Musically active since the mid-90s. In addition to film and theater music and various audiovisual performances, he has recently been present in the bands Roj Osa, Još gori and Cri Orchestra. He plays electric bass, double bass and is a great fan of analog electronics and electroacoustics. He is the artistic director of the international festival of experimental and improvised music Audioart.
