The Boite & Saray Iluminado present “The Song Boat” - Australian
Premiere Performance A concert installation by Nela Trifković With
special Guest Speaker : Arnold Zable Saturday June 20, 8pm RICHMOND
THEATRETTE, 415 Church St, RICHMOND Bookings : 94171983,
www.Trybooking.com/131848 Entry $22, $16, $10 Enquiries
therese@boite.com.au 9417 3550 www.boite.com.au The Song Boat is a
multidisciplinary work that brings together live music performance,
theatre and visual projection. It is a vibrant artistic meditation on
the refugee experience. The collaborative act of bringing together
several artistic disciplines is a significant aspect of the The Song
Boat - both form and content of this work become poetic, political
commentary that draws parallels between the multi-cultural existence
and multi-artistic practice. Nela Trifković embarks on an intricate
journey of self-realization. The story about the St Louis Boat is a
point of inspiration and is informed by Nela’s own refugee history
and experience of finding a new voice in Australia through her Sevdah
and Sephardic music performance practice. Joining forces with her
ensemble Saray Iluminado, painter Cait NaMara and theatre maker James
Adler, Nela invites the audience to remember the refugees that nobody
wanted and to create a new fairytale of their own invention – a
future tale of hope, survival and the power of common humanity. Saray
Iluminado plays traditional Bosnian and Herzegovinian music Sevdah and
Sephardic Jewish music from ex-Yugoslavia. Members of this ensemble
include: composer and singer Nela Trifković, Australia’s leading
Klezmer musician Ernie Gruner and multi-instrumentalists William
Thompson and Kelly Dowall who share a passion for Balkan, Turkish,
Arabic and Mediterranean music. In 2015 Saray Iluminado continues
their musical adventures supported by VCA and University of Melbourne
“Graduate Mentorships” grant which will enable them to realize
“The Song Boat” and their first full length album. Recently Saray
Iluminado performed two sold out concerts at fortyfivedownstairs.
“Hauntingly evocative music and songs from Bosnia Herzegovina and
Sephardic Jewish romances thrilled the audience.” Mary Lou Jelbart,
Fortyfivedownstairs
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