Tamara Obrovac
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Tamara Obrovac is a Croatia
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singer, flutist, song writer and composer. She has received a Porin
, and was nominated for the BBC Radio 3
World music
Award in 2004.
She is one of the most creative contemporary musicians of the Balkan region. Apart from playing with her ensamble Transhistria, Tamara Obrovac is committed to numerous inter-cultural projects, one of which is Istria/Irland (Istra/Irska in Croatian).
She composes for ballet and theater plays, and composed the music for the feature film
What Is a Man Without a Moustache?
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A selection of her music and live performances can be heard and seen on her official website and on YouTube.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
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Ethno jazz
Ethno Jazz, a form of Ethno Music, is sometimes equaled to World Music or is regarded as its successor, particularly before the 1990s. An independent meaning of "Ethno Jazz" emerged around 1990 with globalisation and later the Internet as well as the commercial success of Ethno groups and musicians...
singer, flutist, song writer and composer. She has received a Porin
Porin (music award)
Porin is Croatian music award founded by Croatian Phonographic Association, Croatian Musicians Union, Croatian Radiotelevision and Croatian Composers' Society.-Lifetime Achievement Award:...
, and was nominated for the BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is a national radio station operated by the BBC within the United Kingdom. Its output centres on classical music and opera, but jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also feature. The station is the world’s most significant commissioner of new music, and its New Generation...
World music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
Award in 2004.
She is one of the most creative contemporary musicians of the Balkan region. Apart from playing with her ensamble Transhistria, Tamara Obrovac is committed to numerous inter-cultural projects, one of which is Istria/Irland (Istra/Irska in Croatian).
She composes for ballet and theater plays, and composed the music for the feature film
What Is a Man Without a Moustache?
What Is a Man Without a Moustache?
What Is a Man Without a Moustache? is a 2005 Croatian romantic comedy-drama film. Hrvoje Hribar directed the film and wrote the screenplay as an adaptation of Ante Tomić's 2000 novel of the same name....
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A selection of her music and live performances can be heard and seen on her official website and on YouTube.