PENINSULA: MONTENEGRIN GUITAR DUO

2020-08-12 21:30

Cinema Square

Wednesday, August 12
Cinema Square, 9:30 p.m.
PENINSULA: MONTENEGRIN GUITAR DUO
 
DARKO NIKČEVIĆ, guitar (Montenegro)
SRĐAN BULATOVIĆ, guitar (Montenegro)
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ROGRAM
 
Srđan Bulatović
Daybreak Yet to Come
Under the Hill-side
 
Darko Nikčević
Vrsuta
Dreams
Celebration
Summer Rain
 
Srđan Bulatović / Darko Nikčević
In the Field It Rais’d
 
Darko Nikčević
Orient
Mediterranean
 
Srđan Bulatović
Acrobat
Midnight
Fusion
Balkan
Slavic perpetuum mobile
 
Darko Nikčević
Supernova
Montenegrin Guitar Duo Darko Nikčević, flamenco guitarist and MSc in Audio Technology and Srđan Bulatović, Doctor of Performing Arts, is recognized for its unique virtuosity and exciting interpretations, particularly following audience and critical acclaim for their performances in New York’s Carnegie Hall in 2016 and 2017 gained. Their compositions are stylistically diverse and their unique approach to the features of Balkan music attracts both national and international audiences, from the United States and European countries to the United Arab Emirates. They have released nine albums: Duo (2001), Nostalgia (2005), Touch of Montenegro (Pobjeda, 2011), Synergy (Pobjeda, 2012), Ritmico (RTVCG, 2015), The Best of Montenegro (Aspekt medija, 2016), Balkan, Mediterranean, Orient (PGP RTS, 2017), The Sea (Naxos Records, 2018), and Peninsula (Naxos, 2019).
 
Darko Nikčević has played guitar since the age of six and began composing in the early 1990s. Thanks to his expert knowledge of audio technology, he is able to record and produce the albums that he releases together with his colleague Srđan Bulatović. Through flamenco music, he discovered advanced guitar techniques and new aspects of musical expression. Srđan Bulatović completed his Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Music Arts in Belgrade on the subject The Influence of Flamenco on the Development of Classical Guitar Playing Techniques. He is the author of the book The Collection of Compositions and Etudes for Classical Guitar and co-author, with Darko Nikčević, of the textbook Guitar for Beginners. Srđan Bulatović is the founder and director of the Guitar Days Classical Guitar Festival in Podgorica.