Zvezdana Novaković ZveN: Čaralice (Witches)

Project author, composer, vocalist and producer: Zvezdana Novaković ZveN
Backing vocalists, dancers and percussionists: Jasna Žitnik, Ursula Luthar, Petra Prosen, Maja Zagmajster, Neža Janša, Sonca Menart, Zarja Menart, Kaja Horvat, Eva Mulej

Featuring: Irena Cerar, Daša Medvešček, Boris Čok, Alenka Gololičič, Urška Centa

In less than a century, humankind has contributed to a mass extinction of living organisms and driven our planet to the brink of ecological disaster. We live on Earth but can’t seem to hear it! Our wise ancestors knew how to listen to the natural world and its cycles, worshipping nature and connecting with the natural environment through ritual poems. In Slovenian folklore, Pehtra baba (and Befana in Italian folklore) is an old witch who brings presents to children on the eve before 6 January (Epiphany Eve). The music performance will thus conjure up the magic of sound, incantation and movement, as well as the resonant singing of our ancestors, brought back to life by Zvezdana Novaković ZveN and her backing vocalists. 

Zvezdana Novaković ZveN is a versatile music artist and performer, whose career ranges from traditional and theatre music to experimental electronica. Over the last decade, Zvezdana Novaković ZveN has worked in a variety of contexts, from theatre performances to concerts, from Laibach to Svetlana Makarovič, from Bulgaria to Brazil, from ancient traditions to electronics, from puppets to standout theatrical projects by Jernej Lorenci, from classical music to jazz, from storytelling to harp playing etc. etc.