VIDEO
IstrArmenia live,
live, Istrian National theater, Pula, Croatia, 02/11
Črno zlo / Black evil (T. Obrovac)
IstrArmenia live,
live, Istrian National theater, Pula, Croatia, 02/11
"IstrArmenia" (music: Tamara Obrovac, lyrics: Karen Asatrian)
IstrArmenia ensemble:
Tamara Obrovac, voice, flute
Karen Asatrian, piano, violin
Juan Carlos Sungurlyan, oud, bouzuki
Uroš Rakovec, guitar, mandoline
Zvonimir Šestak, double bass
Kruno Levačić, drums
Tamara Obrovac and Karen Asatrian, a Croatian singer and an Armenian piano player together in new project, meeting point of Armenian and Istrian spirit, the synthesis of two musical journeys, two musical handwritings, two great performers and composers, both seeking for truthfulness combining archaic language of their traditions with modern jazz expression
IstroArmenian Rhapsody: Tamara Obrovac and Karen Asatrian thrilled the audience at INK
Immediately after the opening song of the concert, the two musicians performed the composition which is the combination of their two songs (Tamara's Carisa and Karen's No name). At that moment, the audience was given an opportunity to enjoy a musical fairy-tale in which the two songs flowed one into another in an extraordinarily natural and easy way. The fourth song of the concert (Črni malin/Spring) was performed in the same way. It was in those „joint songs“ that the two musicians clearly expressed how much they share in common, from their „signatures“ as composers combining his or her own tradition and jazz, to the honest and direct relationship with the audience and giving themselves fully to the music they perform.
Zorana Jagodić
Index.hr portal, 15.02.2011
