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Kovac, Boris

East Off Europe - Closing the Circle

Kovac, Boris: East Off Europe - Closing the Circle (Les Disques Victo)

Serbian composer and reedist Boris Kovac leads the Ritual Nova Ensemble through an idiosyncratic chamber music blending Balkan and Pannonian folk inflections, ritual atmosphere, minimalism, jazz, avant-rock and improvisation, with saxophones and clarinets set against piano, strings and double bass in music that moves fluidly between lyrical, ceremonial and sharply contemporary forms.
 

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Boris Kovac-alto saxophone, soprano saxophone

Bogdan Rankovic-clarinet, bass clarinet

Ivica Marusevic-doublebass

Ritual Nova Ensemble-ensemble

Sasa Svijic-piano

Nenad Vrbaski-violin

Jaroslava Vlenak Vlcek-violin

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UPC: 777405006226

Label: Les Disques Victo
Catalog ID: VICCD062
Squidco Product Code: 730

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 1998
Country: Canada
Packaging: Jewel Case
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Born in 1955 in Novi Sad (then Yugoslavia), Kovač is a composer, multi-instrumentalist (reeds, voice, electronics) and multimedia artist whose work spans chamber, improvisation, theatre and dance. He founded the ensemble Ritual Nova in 1982 and later LaDaABa Orchestra, integrating Balkan folk traditions, avant‐chamber music, and post-war reflection into his sound-world.

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Bogdan Rankovic is a saxophonist known for his work with Szilárd Mezei, Boris Kovac, Jeanette Chéro & Béla Mavrák.

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