FEMALE KLAPAS

Friday, June 29
St. Nicolas Square, Perast, 9 p.m.

FEMALE KLAPAS

Klapa MIRABELA (Omiš, Croatia)
Izrasla je u Novi Naranča; traditional, arrangement: Jure Saban-Stanic
Mornarova Ljuba; traditional, music and arrangment: Vedran Bonačić
Klapa PERUŽINI (Pag, Croatia)
Hoda, Hoda Preko Polja; traditional, from the notes of Ludvik Kuba, arrangment: Vinko Didović
Karanje; text, music, and arrangement: Branko Barbir
Klapa BESIDA (Klis, Croatia)
Ta Tvoja Usta Kada Progovore; traditional, arrangement: Jure Šaban-Stanić
Draga Moja, Napoj Meni Konja; traditional, arrangement: Joško Ćaleta
Klapa DIVA (Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Pisma Moru; text, music, and arrangement: Tomislav Sušac
U Jablana Visokoga; traditional from the notes of Cvyetko Rihtman, arrangement: Ivica Kaleb
Klapa UZORITA (Sukošan, Croatia)
Paun Leti; traditional, arrangement: Vinko Lesić
Izresla Ruža Rumena; traditional from Kaštel, arrangement: Rajimir Kraljević
Klapa SKONTRADURA (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
Gospa od Šrpjela; text: Danijel Načinović, music and arrangement: Krešimir Magdić
Cvijetak Cakti; traditional, arrangement: Krešimir Magdić
Klapa MARIS (Kotor, Montenegro)
Gospi od Škrpjela; text and music: Ivna Grgić, arrangement: Milivoj Rilov
Pjeva Klapa; text: Dejan Milosevic, music and arrangement: Rade Radivojevic
Klapa MIR (Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Boko Moja Mila; text, music, and arrangement: Božidar Ivanišević
Milane, Milane, Volim Te Ja; traditional, spontaneous singing
Klapa O'DIVE BELCANTO (Berane, Montenegro)
Lipo Mi Te Vidit; text by Jakša Fiamengo, music and arragement: Duško Tambača
Odvila se Zlatna Žica; traditional from Risan, arrangement: Vicko Dragojević
Klapa ALATA (Podgorica, Montenegro)
Srce Kapetana; text: Sanja Perić, music: Predrag Nedeljković, 
J'o, da Znaš; traditional, arrangement: Duško Tambača

Mixed klapa CAMERTON (Podgorica, Montenegro)
Female klapa PERUŽINI (Pag, Croatia)
Female klapa SKONTRADURA (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
Male klapa PRASKA (Podstrana, Croatia)

PROCLAMATION OF THE WINNER AND AWARDS

This year Perast will host 21 klapas from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Among them are several winners of the most prestigious awards at the oldest and most renown klapa festival - FDK, in Omis. It is a confirmation of their respect for our festival, which is as well visited by the most famous klapas from the region. We are proud to have featured over the years the female klapas of Neverin, Luka, Štorija, Kolura, Ventula, Teranke, and Stentorija, among others, the mixed klapa Signum, and those who have stood as winners of many of the greatest awards and prizes, the male klapas Kambi, Šufit, Filip Dević, Bunari, Pinguentum, Kontra, Praska, and Kaše, who performed the festival hymn The Glory of Perast. Everyone has been enriched by their songs in Perast, where we have welcomed as our friends and associates many elite experts of Klapa: Jakša Fiamengo, Rajmir Kraljević, Mojmir Čačija, Joško Ćaleta, Vinko Didović, and the late Nikola Buble. This year, the Festival of Perast is honored with new compositions by Dušan Tambača, Krešimir Magdić, and Jure Šaban-Stanić. It is a special joy to notice the growing number of  compositions of domestic authors, as well as the appearance of new klapas that are being formed in Montenegro, some of them quite young – like Kotor Gardeline, who will premier in Perast with songs arranged by Mario Katavić, inspired from their early encounters with songs of the Boka heritage of klapa music. Camerton from Podgorica will also make their debut this year, just as Incanto, Bellezze, and O'dive from Berane once did, or Alate and Assa Voce from Podgorica. Our art director, Prof. Jasminko Šetka, has been teaching them the secrets of performing the celebrated klapa songs from Dalmatia for many years now. We mention all of  them because they significantly contributed to the expansion and development of the festival and its well-deserved recognition.