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Mario Zbiljski, Davor Bobi\u0107 and Dinko Glava\u0161 talk about the past, present and future of tamburitza music<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to tamburica music, Osijek has never been in a better place, says Mario Zbiljski, named Croatia\u2019s best tamburica instrumentalist by the Croatian Musicians Union, recipient of the 27th Porin Award for the best folk music album. \u201cNowadays we have the Pajo Kolari\u0107 Orchestra<\/a>, which is an academic ensemble, the Franjo Batorek Tamburica School<\/a>, and the Franjo Kuha\u010d Music School Orchestra<\/a>, whose 16-year-old Petar Vlaj\u010di\u0107 is a top soloist and national champion in his category,\u201d explains Mario proudly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He recalls that the first person to open the doors of classical music to the tamburica was Hrvoje Maji\u0107, the lead player (prima\u0161) of Zlatni Dukati, in the early 1990s. \u201cThat idea caught on with me too,\u201d says Zbiljski. \u201cMaji\u0107 was a pioneer, and the rest of us made our own plans to keep developing it.\u201d According to him, tamburica music evolved in two directions: \u201cOne was the professional, tavern-style path \u2013 as Josip Andri\u0107 wrote in Tambura Paje Kolari\u0107a \u2013 when five or six players would gather to perform their own arrangements for entertainment. The other was cultural amateurism, where orchestras performed composed tamburica works and classical arrangements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zbiljski se prisje\u0107a kako je tamburi u klasi\u010dnoj glazbi prvi otvorio vrata Hrvoje Maji\u0107, prima\u0161 iz Zlatnih dukata, ranih 90-ih pro\u0161loga stolje\u0107a. Ta se ideja tada \u201eprimila\u201c i kod Zbiljskog. \u201eHrvoje Maji\u0107 bio je pionir, a mi ostali pravili smo svoje planove kako bismo tu ideju razvijali\u201c, prisje\u0107a se te isti\u010de kako se ova glazba razvijala u dva smjera. \u201eJedan je bio profesionalni kafanski, kako je pisao Josip Andri\u0107 u knjizi Tambura Paje Kolari\u0107a. Dakle, skupilo bi se pet, \u0161est ljudi koji su svirali svoje aran\u017emane za potrebe zabave. Drugi je smjer bio kulturni amaterizam, gdje su postojali orkestri koji su svirali pisanu tambura\u0161ku i obrade klasi\u010dne glazbe\u201c, poja\u0161njava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The year 2025 marks a century of tamburica music in Osijek, and to celebrate, the Museum of Slavonia<\/a> will host an exhibition centered around this traditional instrument. \u201cIt\u2019s dedicated to Josip and Leopold Rohrbacher, brothers who laid the foundations of artistic tamburica music in Osijek and beyond. They also founded the Croatian Tamburica Association in 1937. The period between 1920 and 1944 was the golden age of tamburica \u2013 both professional and artistic,\u201d says Zbiljski. The exhibition, open for about two months, will focus on tamburica craftsmanship, the lives of musicians, and the evolution of tamburica music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zbiljski concludes that globalization has opened the tamburica\u2019s path into the world of music, and he sees a bright future ahead. \u201cI have an excellent collaboration with the Kulen Travel agency, which promotes the tamburica globally \u2013 for example, to American tourists visiting Slavonia. We don\u2019t play be\u0107arac for them, but film music and similar pieces \u2013 and their reactions were so good they invited us to perform in the U.S., which we plan to do,\u201d he adds with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And for the first time ever – the tamburica university program<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A successful and fruitful future for the tamburica is also predicted by professor of arts Davor Bobi\u0107, one of the founders of the Master\u2019s Study Program in Tamburica Performance at the Academy of Arts and Culture – Akademija za umjetnost i kulturu<\/a> – the first such program in Croatia and indeed, the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany European countries have protected their traditional instruments through academic programs,\u201d Bobi\u0107 explains. \u201cWe realized it would be a great loss if the tamburica \u2013 our most recognized traditional instrument \u2013 didn\u2019t have its own academic degree. And where better to establish it than in Osijek, the cradle of tamburica artistry?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The road to launching the study program took eight years and faced considerable resistance, even within academia \u2013 but they succeeded. \u201cThere is a young generation of tamburica players who understand the turning point we\u2019re at today,\u201d Bobi\u0107 notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo continue working with quality, we need a systematic approach \u2013 more composers writing for tamburica and creating original literature. That\u2019s the foundation for the instrument\u2019s development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A tamburica player\u2019s life<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dinko Glava\u0161, frontman of the tamburica ensemble Kas<\/em><\/a> and tamburica teacher at the Music School in Beli Manastir<\/a>, started playing the instrument as a child in primary music school, continuing later with the Pajo Kolari\u0107 tamburica Society<\/em>, various ensembles, and for the past sixteen years, with Kas<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo far, I\u2019ve toured the U.S. five times, and performed in China, Canada, and across Europe. Tamburica brought me all that \u2013 and I dare say, the more you practice and devote yourself, the more the tamburica gives back,\u201d Dinko shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the week, he says, the band rehearses new songs for the weekend to stay current and offer what the audience loves most. \u201cWeekends are always busy with lots of gigs, concerts, weddings, and events that bring joy to our audience,\u201d he says. As his favorite performance, Dinko recalls the closing concert at the Osijek Stadium, where they performed Grad na Dravi<\/em> for 12,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by: Maja Celing Celi\u0107<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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