BALKAN SYMPHONICS is a unique project in which Sandy Lopičić’s arrangements of Balkanic traditional melodies have been reimagined in a grand symphonic orchestration by Rainhard Summerer.
Rainhard Summerer successfully blends the cool jazzy sound of "Sandy Lopicic Superstvar" (a 13-piece Big Band) with the epic and bombastic impact of an 80-piece "classical" symphonic orchestra.
The programme contains arrangements of traditional songs from Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia, Romania, Bulgaria, Türkiye, and various Roman songs from the region.
The programme contains arrangements of traditional songs from Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia, Romania, Bulgaria, Türkiye, and various Roman songs from the region.
The project has been showcased at Opera Graz in Austria twice, following the success of its debut, and later in Bonn, Germany, with the Beethoven Orchester.
“These musicians from the Balkans perform their repertoire with a lot of humour: a marvellous alternative
to Emir Kustrica's No Smoking Orchestra!”
Le Monde
to Emir Kustrica's No Smoking Orchestra!”
Le Monde
