TUESDAY, 6TH NOVEMBER

Music School “Josip Slavenski”, 19a Radnička Str.

WORKSHOP – RADIONICA

Led by: Milan Jančurić

MILAN JANČURIĆ, saxophone

Photo by: Milica Đorđević

Born in Novi Sad, Milan Jančurić graduated and received his Master Degree in Sound Recording and Sound Design from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad.  Since 2008, he has been teaching vocational courses in the professional field of music production in the Music School in Subotica. He is active in the field of recording and production of contemporary artistic music. Besides this, he plays the saxophone and the clarinet. Milan has attended jazz workshops organised within the Music School “Isidor Bajić”, the Academy “Glen Buschmann” in Dortmund, as well as at the Novi Sad Jazz Festival. He has collaborated with a number of bands that play their original music in a wide range of styles among which are:  Lost Propelleros, Drum’n’zez, Ringišpil, Josip a Lisac, Azil 5, (ne)normalni… He is one of the founders of the Jazz Youth of Vojvodina. With the Big Band of the Jazz Youth of Vojvodina he has performed at the Jazz Festivals in Novi Sad and Pančevo. As a member of small jazz ensembles, he regularly appears on the jazz club scene of Novi Sad.

 

Milan Jančurić: Listening and Improvisation

Jazz music playing is practically unimaginable without improvisation. Players, as well as composers, arrangers, music producers and many others create music by improvising. Through it, they actually explore sounds and harmonies, seeking the best correlations between them. Listening to musicians is never a mere perception of sounds, but a creative process where a musician learns about the world of the sounds surrounding him. This is why listening and improvisation are tightly linked. A musician is an explorer who discovers new soundscapes in the vast world of sounds pushing the boundaries of the known sounds further. Improvisation is crossing the boundary between the already known sound and exploring the unknown and new.

Perhaps this is why jazz is universally attractive?