FESTIVAL KLARINETISTA
OGNJEN I PRIJATELJI
Ognjen Popović, klarinet, sopran saksofon, kaval, Ksenija Milosavljević, violina, Bojan Milosavljević, harmonika, Mihajlo Jović, bas prim, Vlada Janković, gitara,
Samu Kis, klarinet, Vlada Jovanov, perkusije, Goran Milošević, perkusije, Slobodan Gericm, bas-gitara

o Ognjenu Popoviću:
Za vreme studija klasicne muzike na odseku za klarinet u Minhenu, gde je diplomirao i magistrirao, Ognjen Popovic je poceo da komponuje etno muziku balkanskih prostora. Nostalgija, kao izvor nadahnuca, gonila ga je da gomila note, ukrštajuci tradicionalni folklor sa elementima klasicne muzike. U rodnom Pancevu 1998. oformio je bend ''Ognjen i prijatelji''. Nastupali su najpre u Pancevu, zatim u Beogradu, Nišu, Vršcu, Madarskoj i Nemackoj. Prvi samostalni CD, ''Balkan rumba'', bend je izdao 2001. u produkciji B92. Na ovom CD-u Ognjen je kompozitor, aranžer i solista na tri instrumenta- klarinetu, saksofonu i kavalu.
CD se visoko kotira na svim YU-top listama, a takodje je naišao i na veoma povoljne kriticke recenzije.

''Virtuoz na duvackim instrumentima, Ognjen Popovic. objavio je svoj prvi samostalni CD ''Balkan Rumba'', kojim dokazuje da etno muzika sa ovih prostora zaista može biti prvoklasna poslastica za svetsku muzicku elitu.'' (Blic, juni 2001, Jelena Popović)

program: etno-muzika Ognjena Popovića

THE FESTIVAL OF THE CLARINETISTS
OGNJEN AND FRIENDS
Ognjen PopoviĆ, clarinet, soprano saxophone, kaval, Ksenija Milosavljević, violine, Bojan Milosavljević,accordion, Mihajlo Jović, bass prim
Vlada Janković, guitar, Samu Kis, clarinet, Vlada Jovanov, percussions, Goran Milošević, percussions, Slobodan Gerić, bass guitar

During his classic music studies at the Deparment of Clarinet in Munich, where he obtained BA and MA degrees, Ognjen Popovic started composing ethno music of the Balkan region. Nostalgy, as a primary inspiration source, made him put together notes permeating traditional folkor with some elements of classical music. In his hometown Pancevo, he founded a band called "Ognjeng and friends" in 1998. They performed initially in Pancevo, then in Belgrade, Niš, Vršac, Hungary and Germany. Their debut CD "Balkan rumba" was released in the production of B92 in 2001. Ognjen is signed on it as a composer, music arranger and soloist performing on three instruments: clarinet, saxophone and kaval. This CD is unanimously praised by the critics. It is at the top of all Yugoslav music charts.

"Ognjen Popovic, a virtuoso on brass instruments, has released his debut solo CD "Balkan Rumba" demonstrating that ethno music from this region can be truely the firt-class experience for the world music elite." (Blic, June 2001, Jelena Popović)

programme: ethno music by Ognjen Popović