30th MUSIC BIENNALE ZAGREB 06—13 04/2019 30th Music Biennale Zagreb is held Table of Content under the high patronage of the President of Republic of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar Kitarović 05 Who is Who at the Pre-biennale Week 30th MBZ 44 Saturday 30/03 10 30th MBZ 46 Tuesday 02/04 15 Music. Sound — City. Space 48 Wednesday 03/04 19 Program block Hommage to Urbofest 1979 52 Thursday 04/04 23 Tiny Nothings — John Cage 58 Friday 05/04 in Zagreb 1985 27 jazz.hr & MBZ Biennale Week 31 Oris: Architecture + Sound 68 Saturday 06/04 35 KNAPPING 86 Sunday 07/04 37 A Festival for the Big Little 114 Monday 08/04 Ones — Music, Space and Me 134 Tuesday 09/04 39 Masterclasses 142 Wednesday 10/04 166 Thursday 11/04 188 Friday 12/04 202 Saturday 13/04 223 Biographies 05 30th Music Biennale Zagreb 30th MBZ Who is Who ORGANISATION OF THE FESTIVAL 2019 MBZ DESIGN Croatian Composers’ Society (HDS) Sven Sorić Hrvoje Spudić HDS Secretary-General Tin Dožić Antun Tomislav Šaban Photographers Vedran Metelko PROGRAMME BOARD OF THE 30TH MUSIC Matej Grgić BIENNALE ZAGREB Tomislav Sporiš Krešimir Seletković, Artistic Director Cameramen for Musical Walks (until 26 March 2018) David Bošnjak Berislav Šipuš (until 26 March 2018) Josip Sunko Nina Čalopek Damir Martinović Mrle Tomislav Oliver TECHNICAL SERVICES AND LOGISTICS Davor Hrvoj (from 26 March 2018) Ivo Josipović (from 26 March 2018) Technical Director Bojan Gagić Creators of programme section Architecture + Sound Technical Managers Marko Slaviček Damir Filipčić Tin Oberman Luka Hrvoj Tomislav Oliver Tehnicians Ivan Cafuta PRODUCTION AND ORGANISATION Željko Milišić Augustin Kvočić Executive Producer Adam Radić Nina Čalopek Producers MBZ OFFICE AND SALES Mirna Gott Lovorka Sršen Head of MBZ Office Dijana Meheik Vanja Daskalović Coordinator of Sales and Volunteers COMMUNICATION AND VISUALS Mia Orsag Head of Press Office Vedran Lesar Đurđica Sarjanović Emilja Miholić Borna Ivezić Press Office Matej Kniewald Tamara Terzija Cintia Macuka Dora Sabljić Social Media Content Editor Mia Orsag TRANSPORT Website Editor Anamarija Žugić Drivers Ivan Horvat Web Design Mario Šarlog Slaven Bolanča Transport Web Design in general Marijo Jagarinec Econik d.o.o. Thank you to all the 06 07 VOLUNTEERS of the 30th MBZ! 30th Music Biennale Zagreb 06—13/04/2019 It was with great pleasure that I agreed to be the Patron of the 30th Music Biennale, to be held in Zagreb from April 6 to 13, 2019. The jubilee edition of this important musical event is the occasion to remember all those people whose vision of new musical expressions and aesthetic helped start a musical encounter of artists from all over the world, to whom Zagreb has become the center of contemporary music. On this occasion, we will be reminded of the 1979 MBZ Urbofest, which is particularly interesting for this anniversary edition dedicated to urban identities, where music and the city reside. I would therefore like to take this opportunity to congratulate the founders, organizers and participants of the Music Biennale and wish this prestigious event further success in its work, to the satisfaction of the audience and new music makers. Yours sincerely, The President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar – Kitarović 08 09 30th Music Biennale Zagreb 06—13/04/2019 Dear music lovers, dear artists, In its 58th year of existence, the Music Biennale Zagreb is celebrating I would like to warmly welcome you to the 30th anniversary its 30th festival edition and reminding its audience of the famous edition of the Music Biennale, a festival dedicated to new event in history that happened four decades ago when the legendary music of all genres whose rich program has made Zagreb Urbofest was held. On this occasion, while remembering the founder an undeniable European music hub since 1961. and first president of the Biennale, composer Milko Kelemen, we are reminded of his words on tolerance and high-quality production as the This extraordinary cultural event, recognized by both two key premises which have been lying at the heart of the Biennale the audience and musicians across the world, provides from 1961 until today. an insight into recent music production, from concerts of symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles, As the only international contemporary music festival in the Republic experimental music theatre and contemporary dance to of Croatia of such scale and tradition, regarded as the source of new jazz and electronic and alternative music. This year Zagreb aesthetics, it continues to encourage the diversity of creative cultural will once again become a 10-day cultural hub visited by spaces, creative freedom and composers’ autonomy. The artistic regional and European lovers of art and contemporary dialogue which the Music Biennale Zagreb has continuously had with music. The theme of this year’s Music Biennale Zagreb the world is mirrored in many topics related to contemporary trends, is The City and Music. Thanks to the presentation and from “The Encounter of Cultures,” “The Sound of Technology and creation of music about the notion of the city, the Festival Man,” female composing, “Musical Constellations of the Digital Age,” will cover numerous topics and areas of related or less “Music of the Cities” or “EU: Inside/Outside” to this year’s main topic related disciplines. Music, Space, City, Sound. The effect that this Festival has on Croatian contemporary music is proof enough of the great accomplishments As the Mayor of Zagreb, I am proud of the tradition of this of national culture and its creators, relevant and equal participants renowned Festival, of its importance on the contemporary on the international scene, with which they jointly shaped different music scene and of the fact that our city is a destination perspectives on the art of the 20th and 21st century. with one of the best European festivals. I would like to congratulate its founder, the Croatian Composers’ Society, On the occasion of the opening of the 30th Music Biennale Zagreb, on outstanding organization and on yet another intriguing I would like to wish all composers, soloists and ensembles a lot of program which follows the current trends. success in the promotion of the musical culture of our time. I would like to thank everyone whose work and enthusiasm Minister, made this 30th edition of the Music Biennale possible and Nina Obuljen Koržinek, PhD wish our dear guests a pleasant stay in our city. Welcome! Yours faithfully, Mayor of the City of Zagreb Milan Bandić 10 11 30th Music Biennale Zagreb Free From Expectations, Free, Everywhere You shouldn’t be surprised by anything because you shouldn’t expect anything. The whole purpose of these projects is to make your own In socialism, the concept of “art democratization” originates discoveries, anytime, anywhere. Therefore, you shouldn’t be from the heated debates about high-brow vs. low-brow and elite surprised by anything because you shouldn’t expect anything. vs. mass or popular culture. One of the socialist mottos from Anyway, maybe nothing will ever happen other than you getting the period of the Urbofest, which also denotes the spirit of that up early, finding your way to the department store entrance and program, was “to develop culture as an integral part of human life, then going home feeling fooled. as a ‘creative action’ rather than an exclusive event.” (Gulin Zrnić) And it is the exclusivity of the event which is the very condition These are the words from the “festival diary” of the 10th Music that to this day continues to include the criterion of expectation — Biennale Zagreb (MBZ) used to endorse the festival’s concept and expectation of the audience that the performance will match the justify its reluctant approach to describing the festival events by predefined model which it may (paradoxically, again as expected) using the example of the 1961-1979 MBZ RETROSPECTIVE held at deviate from or expectation of the audience that their previous the Zagreb department store NAMA. Issued precisely 40 years ago, knowledge, their “horizon of expectation,” should be adapted in that program diary denoted that special edition of the MBZ related order to consume the provided content. Using simple vocabulary to the program called the Urbofest (Zagreb, May 12–18, 1979). and attractive methods, both the 10th and the 30th MBZ, as well Why is, however, this particular quote used in the story of the as those in between, found a way to democratize art by freeing 30th Music Biennale, to be held in early April 2019? This year’s themselves and the audience of the obligation to expect. The anniversary MBZ, apart from a program section dedicated to John events on the programs of the 10th and the 30th MBZ are no Cage’s 1985 MBZ performance, mostly continues with the format, longer exclusive in a negative way; they are integrated into the city ideas and viewpoints of the Urbofest, as the city and music were and the community, and anyone, no matter how open their mind is, chosen as its theme. The seemingly simple title quotation thus can participate in them, interpret them — or simply indulge in them. reveals at least three Urbofest’s postulates, not only as a series of events but also as different ways of thinking about art and culture; The purpose is to make your own discoveries, everywhere. But maybe postulates which could, without a doubt, be applied to the concept nothing will ever happen. of the 30th MBZ. And that’s fine. The 2019 MBZ, just like the 1979 one, gathers artists from all over the world, while at the same time promoting national artistic works (a whopping number of 15 new pieces by Croatian composers have been commissioned for the occasion).