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Konzert in der Bar: JELENA POPRŽAN QUARTETT
Jelena Popržan reinvents herself once again – while remaining true to herself. The charismatic and vocally nuanced violist, singer and sound artist from Vojvodina (Serbia), who has injected considerable vitality into the local music scene with ensembles such as Catch-Pop String-Strong, Sormeh and Madame Baheux, now puts together a new project and a new team following her highly acclaimed solo programme “La Folia”.
In a booklet published by the Theodor Kramer Society, she discovered the poems of Polish-Viennese poet Tamar Radzyner (1927–1991) and was deeply impressed. The Polish Jewish poet, who was active in the political resistance and survived the Shoah, found a new home in Vienna and in the German language, worked with Georg Kreisler and Topsy Küppers, and wrote poems filled with cheerful pessimism and bitter wit.
Jelena Popržan creates a musical memorial to her with a song cycle. However, the larger part of the programme consists of her brand-new instrumental compositions – pieces filled with imaginative soundscapes and melodic stories – accompanied by three outstanding mainstays of the local jazz scene: Christoph Pepe Auer, Clemens Sainitzer and her Madame Baheux colleague Lina Neuner.
Jelena Popržan – Quinton (5-string viola), vocals, composition
Christoph Pepe Auer – clarinet, alto sax
Clemens Sainitzer – cello
Lina Neuner – double bass
An evening of music featuring brand-new instrumental compositions, filled with imaginative soundscapes and melodic stories.
In a booklet published by the Theodor Kramer Society, she discovered the poems of Polish-Viennese poet Tamar Radzyner (1927–1991) and was deeply impressed. The Polish Jewish poet, who was active in the political resistance and survived the Shoah, found a new home in Vienna and in the German language, worked with Georg Kreisler and Topsy Küppers, and wrote poems filled with cheerful pessimism and bitter wit.
Jelena Popržan creates a musical memorial to her with a song cycle. However, the larger part of the programme consists of her brand-new instrumental compositions – pieces filled with imaginative soundscapes and melodic stories – accompanied by three outstanding mainstays of the local jazz scene: Christoph Pepe Auer, Clemens Sainitzer and her Madame Baheux colleague Lina Neuner.
Jelena Popržan – Quinton (5-string viola), vocals, composition
Christoph Pepe Auer – clarinet, alto sax
Clemens Sainitzer – cello
Lina Neuner – double bass
An evening of music featuring brand-new instrumental compositions, filled with imaginative soundscapes and melodic stories.
