SIDE PROGRAMME - Cultural Centre of Novi Sad, Club "Tribina mladih" - Tuesday, 13th November 2012 - 8 pm.
MAIN CONCERT PROGRAMME - Serbian National Theatre - Thursday, 15th November 2012.
THE JAZZ YOUTH OF VOJVODINA
BIG BAND
Conductor: Aleksandar Jaćimović

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Saxophones: Sandra Dropo Ramaji, Lidija Sanković, Bojan Cvetinov, Milan Jančurić, Stojan Grubić; Trombones: Nemanja Zlatarev, Kosta Vukašinović, Vladimir Nežić, Ivan Platner;
Trumpets: Goran Erić, Stefan Stanečić, Laslo Nemet, Matija Čivović, Petar Vukašinović;
Rhythm: Aleksandar Uzelac, piano; Boris Hložan, guitar; Nenad Zelić, bass; Aleksandar Škorić, drums
Vocal: Ivana Radun, Tanja Senić
THE JAZZ YOUTH OF VOJVODINA BIG BAND
The Jazz Youth of Vojvodina Big Band, established in May 2012, is an association consisting of a large number of young musicians and jazz lovers from Novi Sad and other parts of Vojvodina. The main aim of the organisation is the development of the local jazz scene and popularisation of this music genre among the young. It focuses its activities on providing support to young jazzmen, organising concerts of the local bands, and cooperating with similar organisations from Serbia and abroad. A very important result of the association’s activities is the formation of the Big Band of the Jazz Youth of Vojvodina, which gathers about twenty promising young musicians led by conductor and artistic director Aleksandar Jaćimović. The Big Band’s repertoire is based on the contemporary main stream jazz, and includes pieces of the great composers of the swing era, as well as compositions written by contemporary domestic jazz authors.
ALEKSANDAR JAĆIMOVIĆ - conductor
Born in Belgrade on 17.07.1964, Aleksandar Jaćimović completed primary and secondary music schools "Stanković" and "Josip Slavenski" (departments of piano and double bass in primary, and departments of violin - "Stanković" and fagot in the secondary music school "Josip Slavenski"), as well as a master class in conducting with maestro Borislav Pašćan. He was accepted in the first year of Jazz Saxophone studies at the Jazz Academy in Graz in class of Prof. Karl Heinz Miklin. He worked as a saxophone soloist in the RTB Jazz Orchestra. He was recognised as the Affirmed Artist of SFRY in 1987. Then he started working at the RTS Big Band as a saxophone-soloist of the Orchestra. He worked for four years as a professor in the Jazz Department of Music School "Stanković" in Belgrade, teaching small ensembles, and is the artistic director and conductor of the Jazz Youth of Vojvodina Big Band. Since 1986 he has appeared at a number of jazz festivals in our country and abroad. He has worked with: Geoorge Cables, Randy Brecker, Jimmy Cobb, Percy Heath, Chuck Fiendly, Larry Coriel, Duško Gojković, Roy Hargroove, Jens Winter, The Temptations, Alfredo Rodrigues, Stjepko Gut, Olivier Gato, Roberto Pla, Bradford C. Leali, Don Menza, Alvin Queen, Ed Thigpen, Clark Terry, Ack van Royen, and Diane Schuur...
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