Festival Intro - LIBERTIN

Vedran Ružić – double bass/ electric double bass, Hrvoje Galler – keyboards, Jaka Kopač – alto saxophone, Adriano Bernobić - percussions

Libertin is a conceRtual project which combines jazz music and contemporary dance. It consists of three parts/acts: Genesis, Family Dream and Libertin. The three parts represent three different worldviews. Genesis is about how we came to this world, grew up and at one moment started to move away from our families into our own circles; Family Dream is about our parents ideas of us; and Libertin about the man who has freed himself from other people's dreams, in this case the dreams of his family. It is a story about a free man who has decided to become the artist of his own life. Libertin was inspired by searching for ourselves and our expression in the period of life when we often impose a certain character role to ourselves and stick to it, when we are obedient to our parents and in inner conflict with ourselves. Once we have fulfilled the „family dream“, we became the advocates of freedom, and from that Libertin was born, describing growing up and seeking to get to know the depth of our own existence.

On this occasion we will present our new album Libertin, composed of 9 original compositions, and play several compositions from our two previous albums, of which Spiritual Market (a project that connects art film and concert) won Porin award for best jazz album in 2017.

Vedran Ružić