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Vidi ko je u avionu
/ Look who’s on Board
muzika treba da se čuva tamo
gde je i stvorena, u narodu.
Niko bolje ne izvodi tradici-
onalnu muziku od kulturno
umetničkih društava.
– Kroz pesme koje kom-
ponujem provlačim etno mo-
tive našeg podneblja – doda-
je. – To radim bez kompro-
misa, a počeo sam među pr-
vima na Balkanu da stvaram
elektronsku muziku. U muzici
Balkanike elektronika je, me-
đutim, u službi podsticanja
emocija, i to su slušaoci ose-
tili. To nam donosi uspeh. Na
svim koncertima doživljava-
mo stojeće ovacije, a rekord
smo postavili na nedavnom
koncertu u Banjaluci: svirali
smo devet biseva, posle čega
sam zamolio publiku da svi
sednu i da ceo koncert počne-
mo od početka.
Svakako, ambicije Balka-
nike idu mnogo dalje od Ba-
njaluke.
– Misija je jasna: predsta-
viti muziku stvorenu u Srbiji
i time našu kulturu približi-
ti vrednostima drugih kultu-
ra – objašnjava kompozitor.
– Naše koncerte u Pakistanu,
Meksiku, Koreji, prenosile
su i nacionalne televizije. U
Pakistanu smo posle prvog
koncerta bili zasuti molba-
ma tamošnjih muzičara da sa
nama sviraju sledeći koncert.
I to se i dogodilo. Bio je to je-
dan od naših najuzbudljivijih
nastupa. Novine su pisale da
se te večeri na sceni zbila ne-
verovatna i čarobna simbioza
srpske i pakistanske muzike,
kulture i prijateljstva. Svirao
je tada sa nama i Sain Zuhor,
koji je te godine dobio Gremi
u Londonu za najboljeg sufi
muzičara na svetu. Svuda iza-
zivamo pažnju muzikom koja
zvuči moderno, a Balkan nam
je inspiracija.
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music – explains Ilić. – The
music I create is inspired by
the sounds of Serbia and the
Balkans. Traditional music
should be preserved where
it is created, in the people.
Nobody performs traditional
music better than the cultur-
al-artistic associations.
– Through the songs
I compose I weave ethno
motifs from our region
– he adds. – I do that with-
out compromise and I
was among the first in the
Balkans to create electronic
music. In Balkanika’s mu-
sic, however, electronics
are used in the service of
stimulating emotions and
the audience has felt that.
This brings us success. At
all of our concerts we receive
standing ovations, and we
set a record at the recent
concert in Banja Luka: we
played nine encores, after
which I asked the audience
to all sit down so we could
start the entire concert
again from the beginning.
Certainly, Balkanika’s ambi-
tions extend far beyond Banja
Luka.
– The mission is clear:
to present music created in
Serbia and thereby bring our
culture closer to the values of
other cultures – explains the
composer. – Our concerts in
Pakistan, Mexico and Korea
were also broadcast on na-
tional television. After the
first concert in Pakistan we
were overwhelmed with pleas
of local musicians to play
with us at the next concert.
And that’s what happened.
It was one of our most excit-
ing performances. The news-
papers wrote that on that eve-
ning an amazing and magi-
cal symbiosis of Serbian and
Pakistani music, culture and
friendship occurred on stage.
Playing with us at that time
was also Saieen Zuhor, who
that year had won a Grammy
in London as the best Sufi
musician in the world. We at-
tract attention everywhere
with our music that sounds
modern, while the Balkans is
our inspiration.
Misija je jasna: predstaviti
muziku stvorenu u Srbiji i
time našu kulturu približiti
vrednostima drugih kultura
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The mission is clear: to
present music created in
Serbia and thereby bring our
culture closer to the values of
other cultures
Najvažnije je, međutim,
pitanje kako novoj,
mladoj publici učiniti
prijemčivim tradicionalni
zvuk: da bude atraktivan
u svetu kojem on nije
u krvi, a da ne izgubi
smisao, suštinu?
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Most importantly,
however, is the question
of how to make a
new, young audience
receptive to do this tra-
ditional sound: for it to
be attractive in a world
where it is not in the
blood, while not losing
its meaning, essence?
