PANPHONIA ISTRIANA/ ISTARSKO MNOGOZVUČJE

Tamara has launched the years-long project of revitalization of dialectal and musical heritage of Istria, PANPHONIA ISTRIANA, in which the obsoleteness of the dialectal and cultural tradition is connected with the modern multimedia expression.

The visual identity of the project is in the hands of Matija Debeljuh, director and visual artist. The aim of the project is to produce one multimedia computer DVD each two years, dedicated to one of the many Istrian dialects of Slavic and Romanic origin.

The first DVD was dedicated to the Istro-Roman dialect, and the second one, which is currently underway, will be dedicated to the dialect preserved in the villages of Žejane and Šušnjevci, on the slopes of Učka mountain.

The leading idea of the whole project is: dialect is the language of emotion, emotion is the language of the soul, soul is the language of a culture.

VALAMAR JAZZ FESTIVAL

Tamara is working on establishing a new jazz festival, VALAMARJAZZ Poreč, which will have its first edition at 09-11 July 2010.

The sponsors of the festival are Riviera Poreč and Valamar Group.

ISTRA / IRELAND

Tamara participates at a new project under the working title Istria/Ireland, which includes the creation of an international ensemble composed of the musicians from Croatia, Ireland and Slovenia, with the inter-cultural concept and the repertoire composed of the auctorial songs of the ensemble members, followed by the production of the DVD and promotional concerts in Croatia, Ireland and other countries.

Several concerts have already been held in Ireland, and the Croatian premiere will take place on February 14 at INK Theatre in Pula.

BAND:

Martin Tourish, accordeon
Úna Ní Fhlannagáin, harp
Uroš Rakovec, gitara, mandolina
Goran Rukavina, kontrabas
Tamara Obrovac, glas, flauta

One of the ideas is that the musical material should include songs on archaic dialects from both countries and thus help preserving them.