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Zvokotok

A cycle of contemporary composed music

Zvokotok focuses on contemporary composed music. It is defined by the research of compositional procedures and often linked to music technology. It encourages and merges unique sound languages and performative innovativeness and moves contemporary compositions into new spatial and concert forms. 
 
Zvokotok connects established institutional spaces of artistic activity with premises of the dynamic action of NGOs. It implements and maintains unburdened space of dialogue and overcome the artificial distinction between areas and venues of artistic activity.

In 2026, under the programme direction of Tomaž Grom, Zvokotok foregrounds the question of the sonic gesture as the expressive and conceptual core of contemporary composition, while opening up an exploration of sonic thinking beyond interpretation and repositioning listening within the realms of reflection, materiality, and immediate presence. The materiality of sound and bodily presence shape the sonic experience as a spatial–corporeal event. Zvokotok thus explicitly departs from traditional modes of reading and turns toward the creation of sonic events that respond, reflect, resonate, and evoke without explaining. It affirms music as thought, as action, and as presence.

31 January – Mehka črta, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana


The program was conceived by:
2014 Nina Prešiček, Bojana Šaljić Podešva, Luka Juhart2015 Nina Prešiček, Bojana Šaljić Podešva, Luka Juhart2016 Tomaž Grom2017 Jonas Kocher2018 Tomaž Grom2019 Primož Trdan2020 Mauricio Valdés San Emeterio 2021 Luka T. Zagoričnik2022 Steven Loy  2023 Nina Dragičević2024 Luka Juhart2025 Urška Pompe 
Past events - click

8.4.2023

Zvokotok v okviru festivala Neposlušno: 5 solistov izvaja kompozicijo Wadade Lea Smitha

Kompozicija: Wadada Leo Smith,  Jaya (2010)

Vid Drašler – bobni
Luka Juhart – harmonika
Hanan Hadžajlić – flavta
Bojan Krhlanko – bobni
Irena Yebuah Tiran – glas

Koncert petih solov je v okviru cikla Zvokotok zasnovala Nina Dragičević.

V jedru koncepta letošnjega cikla Zvokotok je razmišljanje o zvokovnem potencialu kulturnih, civilizacijskih produktov, kot sta tekst in podoba. Če je notni zapis tradicionalno predvideval, da se bosta skladatelj in izvajalec čim bolj natančno razumela, z novimi pristopi k artikulaciji glasbene zamisli to ni več le malo verjetno, temveč predvsem ni nujno. Ker tekstovna in vizualna kompozicija širita polje interpretacije – in sicer tako zelo, da interpretu dopuščata skladateljsko vlogo (celo spodbujata jo) –, lahko rečemo, da z vsako izvedbo nastane nova skladba. Zato bo, kjer bo to mogoče, na posameznem koncertu posamezna kompozicija izvedena večkrat, a vsakič z drugo izvajalsko zasedbo. Opazovali bomo torej ne le izvedbo, ampak nastanek (vsakič druge) skladbe, nastajanje neavtoritarnega sistema komunikacije.

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