🎶 Koncerti u Kvartu: Večer Improvizirane Glazbe 🎻🎹
Join us for an evening of improvised music featuring:
🎵 Tena Novak (violin)
🎵 Zoran Šćekić (slide guitar)
🎵 Damir Kafka Prica (keyboards)
🎵 Sven Buić (double bass)

📅 Saturday, January 18, 2025
🕕 6:00 PM
📍 MO (Mjesni Odbor) Malešnica, Ul. Ivane Brlić Mažuranić 18

Admission: Free!
Organized by CAKUDO

Dear friends and colleagues,

It is my pleasure to invite you to the premiere of the theater play "King Gordogan" tomorrow, 25 October 2024 at 7.30 pm at the Croatian National Theater. Zagreb.

The play was directed by Rene Medvešek based on the text of the same name by Radovan Ivšić, and in the actors' performance you can also hear parts of the recitative instrumental composition for choir and percussion that I wrote for the needs of the play. 

Details about the ensemble and the creative team of the play, as well as the dates of the following performances, can be found here

I am pleased to announce that I will be presenting my recent work on the "Harmony of Random Irrational Intervals" at the International Symposium on Microtonal Music in New York. My presentation, titled The Art of Spectral Groups, will explore my research and practical methods for composing microtonal music, particularly focused on tones with random irrational harmonics. This study is based on spectral analyses of 64 Tibetan singing bowls and offers new insights into harmony and composing method not only in microtonal music but in music general.

Due to personal and professional commitments, I will deliver the presentation online on Sunday, September 22, 2024, at 3:45 PM (CET). The symposium brings together microtonal specialists worldwide and features a diverse range of lectures, workshops, and concerts. The event is part of The Village Trip Festival held at the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture and Greenwich House, New York.

This year’s symposium includes a special guest appearance by Grammy-winning guitarist John Schneider, known for his work in microtonal music with special focus on just intonation. Schneider's endorsement of my 2015 album "Just Music" placed it on his “Best of USA” list, alongside notable artists like Brad Mehldau, Wynton Marsalis, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. It is a great honor to be involved in a symposium that will also touch on the legacy of Harry Partch, one of the pioneers of microtonality.

You can find the full symposium schedule, including links to all the presentations and concerts, [here] (link to symposium program). Additionally, for those interested, the festival's program booklet and a summary of my presentation are available.

If you are a member of HDS (Croatian Composers' Society) and find the program appealing, please feel free to contact me for any further details or questions you might have.

Looking forward to sharing my research and contributing to the exciting dialogue on microtonality.

Warm regards,

Zoran Šćekić