Meeting for ONE music

When? From Sunday, April 25, to Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Where? Trnovo, Ljubljana (terraces between apartment buildings / playgrounds / in front of the old people’s home)

What? We strive for a greater diversity of music genres in Slovenian public music production. Music genres differ from each other by different criteria. And yet music is still ONE, a unique magic with which we awaken mysterious forces in human society. You could even attribute supernatural power to it. Because political or other divisions point to differences or disagreements in society on a daily basis, we prefer to think about what the different music genres have in common. We believe that musical intercultural dialogue can contribute to improving dialogue between all people. What do music genres have in common? Genres do not differ in how much time, knowledge, talent and skill is required to achieve excellence. In music which we don’t know, all the songs sound similar to us. The more we know the genre, the greater richness of diversity we find within each genre.

We expressed our support: Godalkanje Fiddle Gang under the direction of Barja Drnovšek and Bojan Cvetrežnik.

Photos: Bojan Stepančič
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Final concert of Godalkanje in Laško

When? Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 6 p.m.

where? Hotel Špica, Laško

You are invited to the final concert of the five-day Godalkanje workshops in Laško which is also the last concert at the 12th Romanica Antiqua Laško Festival.

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Balkan Fiddle Gate 2021

When? 9th – 14th of August 2021

Where? Monastery Mekinje, Kamfest (Kamnik, Slovenia)

What?
Monday – Friday: Masterclass, Special Courses, Fiddle Gang Jam
Saturday: hiking, mentor’s concert, last party
(According to weather we can change the hiking day. In this case the program is moved to Saturday.)

Participants can choose from 2 programs:
– Masterclass (advanced level, audition tape required)
– Special Courses (medium-advanced level)

Our mission is:
– connecting European influential crossover fiddlers with more focus on the instrument specialities than at traditional Ethno
– to learn from specialized fiddlers for some region/style
– to give a chance to join professionals
– to join every day’s ‘Fiddle Gang Jam’, with the set list known in advance, organized rhythm section and provided materials
– experiencing every day’s spontaneous jam sessions

Fiddle Gang Jam
There will be a Godalkanje tent at the festival Kamfest in the downtown of Kamnik, reserved only for Balkan Fiddle Gate participant’s performing. Every evening’s Fiddle Gang Jam and the mentor’s concert. Rather than preparing a concert production, we will include the learned materials in the ‘Fiddle Gang Jam’ every day. Special Courses mentors will be curators of Fiddle Gang Jam’s line-up and set list. We will hire some professionals as a rhythm section. 1 hour set. After that, a free jam.
8PM – Fiddle Gang Jam
9PM – free jam session

Participation & Lodging

All participants will live and practice in the Monastery Mekinje, 15 minutes walk from Kamnik down-town.

Participation fee:
usual participation fee: 210 €
special price for 2021 (the festival pays 1/3): 140 €
one day boarding (one Masterclass and one Special Courses session): 40 €

If you would like to contribute to our project, support the arts and feel you can afford to give more money, we would be happy if you consider paying the solidarity price within your financial possibilities of your own choice. With this solidarity fee, you help us continue to offer events for a wide range of young musicians at an affordable price….

Accommodation and food (special price for the Balkan Fiddle Gate):
Monday, 9. 8. (lunch) – Saturday, 14. 8. (breakfast): 170 €
coming earlier or staying longer:
20 € – accomodation with breakfast
27 € – half pension
32 € – full pension

Saturday: one free hot meal at the festival Kamfest

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Masterclass Transylvania (Jean-Christophe Gairard)

Dates: 9th – 14th of August 2021
Location: Monastery Mekinje, Kamfest (Kamnik, Slovenia)

  • limited to 12 participants
  • participants learn 5 tunes in advance
  • for advanced level only
  • every morning 3 x 50 minutes sessions: ornamentation, variation, accompaniment
  • free, but not obligatory participation to afternoon’s tune-learning sessions ‘Special Courses’
  • rehearsals for projects in the afternoon

10 AM – ornamentation
11 AM – accompaniment
12 AM – language (style, variation, improvisation, vocabulary implementation)

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Namuznjeno godalkanje 2021/22

When? Once a week in the school year 2021/22 (exact day of a week will be known later, probably workshops will take place on Wednesday afternoons)

Where? CSK France Prešeren (Karunova 14), Ljubljana

Mentors: Bojan Cvetrežnik, Barja Drnovšek, guest mentors of Godalkanje

For whom? For all the strings and rhythm sections (bass, guitar, ukulele, accordion,…) who master the repertoire for the 3rd grade of lower music school.

What? At the Godalkanje group workshops, we teach contents that are not yet widely available in our country. We draw mainly from the treasury of violin tunes of different traditions. We learn by listening, following chords, improvising, performing different techniques (‘chops’, jig, swing, different ornaments…). We consolidate the learned repertoire at street performances and in concert halls.

More information and registration: godalkanje@gmail.com

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Hobi Godalkanje 2021/22

When? Once a week in the school year 2021/22 (exact day of the week will be known later, the workshops will probably take place on Wednesday afternoons)

Where? CSK France Prešeren (Karunova 14), Ljubljana

Mentors: Bojan Cvetrežnik, Barja Drnovšek, guest mentors of Godalkanja

For whom? For all the strings and rhythm sections (bass, guitar, ukulele, accordion,…) who master the repertoire for the 6th grade of lower music school. Especially for anyone who has graduated from junior music school and would like to continue with playing music.

What? At the Godalkanje group workshops, we teach contents that are not yet widely available in our country. We draw mainly from the treasury of violin tunes of different traditions. We learn by listening, improvising, following chords, performing different techniques (‘chops’, jig, swing, different ornaments…). We consolidate the learned repertoire at street performances and in concert halls.

More information and registration: godalkanje@gmail.com

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Morning starters

When? Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 7.30 – 8.00 (winter set from December 3, 2020 to March 21, 2021)

Where? On Zoom

What? Group morning playing for all strings. Our motto is: How to get there? Together!

Online instrumental teaching, of course, has limitations that teachers face in their daily work. And yet we can focus on the positives. We ask ourselves – does it also allow for something that an individual visit to a music school does not? Here are some positive experiences of online teaching combined with reviewing home videos:

  • easier control over how children actually exercise at home
  • the responsibility for solid performance when making the recording lies with the student
  • greater flexibility in grouping students in need of the same subject matters
  • listening to each other and commenting on other students’ recordings, correcting mistakes without a teacher. 

We could go on and on. However, we will focus on collective technique exercises. In individual lessons, it is impossible to organize the schedule by practicing technical exercises with students in groups several times a week for 15 minutes. In online learning, this is possible. The structure is somewhat broader, more academic, intended for a broader picture. At a lower level, you should stick to practicing one discipline for a longer period of time. Children need to be able to compare themselves to others and to lead a conference exercise themselves.

Performances, called ‘Morning Starters’, have been held since December 2020 three times a week, every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 30 minutes between 7:30 and 8:00 in the morning. The meetings are intended for:

  • a better structured workday after the morning routine
  • a better overview of the breadth of existing violin playing disciplines
  • easier planning of one’s own performances
  • better condition for playing the instrument
  • overcoming adolescent depressions

Each meeting consists of two disciplines, usually one with an emphasis on the left hand  and the other on the right. However, one can also be a training in understanding the theory of scales and chords or it is of a rhythmic nature. Once a week, we leave the leadership to one of the participants. At least once it is a replica of an already presented exercise, the second time the participants can also present something new that was not yet in our menu. The possibilities for a different structure adjusted to your students and content are limitless.

If you are interested, send an e-mail to godalkanje@gmail.com and we will send you a link to the zoom conference.

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Transylvania – rescheduled

When? Ladies and Gentlemen, we are sorry to have to MOVE the WORKSHOP due to measures to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The date will be announced when it is confirmed, but we anticipate that the workshop will take place in the second week of August 2021!

Where? Mekinje Monastery, Kamnik

What? The Transylvanian violin came to us through Jean-Christoph Gairard, who stopped in Slovenia with Emilio Castiello on one of his many trips to the Roma village of Beica. The village lies near the more famous city of Cluj-Napoca and Jean went there regularly to learn from the master Marcel Ramba. The one-way trip from Marseille is over 2200 km and most of the time he drove it in his yellow van. Bojan Cvetrežnik and Barja Drnovšek also visited the masters twice in the heart of Transylvania for an intensive education. Marcel said he doesn’t remember exactly how many times Jean was there. “Maybe 30 times?” he thought. There are debates as to whether the styles of the regions can be learned even without travel. Opinions vary, but those who have learned to sound in some violin dialect usually say that you can only study in the second phase without traveling. At Godalkanje, we tried to bring the knowledge of the regions as close as possible. This year’s Transylvanian music workshops will take place at the academic level. All applications were collected without promotion, only with personal invitations. Participants from Belgium, Germany, Italy, Austria, France and Slovenia will learn most of the visions on their own before arrival. Thus, Slovenia is becoming a point where the door is set through which violinists of Central and Northern Europe can enter the world of Balkan violin styles, and violinists of the Balkans can enter the world of the richness of violin styles of Central and Northern Europe.

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Urban folk – concert cycle

When? Season ticket 2020/2021

Where? CSK France Prešeren, Karunova 14, Ljubljana

What? We created the concert cycle of urban folk music with strings so that the performances of great violin masters, guest mentors of Godalkanje, can be experienced live in Ljubljana. Slovenia is known in European professional circles for its master classes in various violin styles. We don’t just host mentors; also learning eager professional musicians are brought from afar to be able to attend education according to our standards.

Concert evenings are events that go beyond just listening to a concert, as the official part is usually followed by a jam session, during which it is not difficult to swim into feelings of immortality.

Hard times (pandemic restrictions) did not take away our courage for concert performances, so we are starting with a new form of interconnecting circles of friends, experts and lovers of live acoustic music.

DUO PANFILOFF GAIRARD (Francija)

WILD STRINGS TRIO (Slovaška / Francija / Slovenija)

TERRA POP (Slovenija)

IDA MEIDELL BLYLOD & SLOVENIAN FIDDLE GANG (Švedska / Slovenija)

BOJAN CVETREŽNIK – »Tribute to Aca Šišić« (Slovenija / Srbija / Avstrija)

 

TICKETS

TICKET FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENT: 14 € / 8 € up to the age of 18, high school and university students

SUBSCRIPTION: TRANSILVANIA + URBAN FOLK 60 € / 36 € up to the age of 18, high school and university students

The subscription is transferable by prior arrangement. Subscribers receive an additional free ticket for the big Gala concert of Godalkanje.

TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLY IN ADVANCE *

www.cskfp.si/godalkanje

www.godalkanje.org

* Valid during Covid limitations

 

If you want to support our enthusiasm further, you can contribute:

20 € – you will receive a Godalkanje T – shirt and an additional free ticket for a gala concert or

50 € – you receive two Godalkanje T-shirts and three additional free tickets for a gala concert.

 

Write us: godalkanje@gmail.com

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