Percussion, voice, scat vocal

Bojan Ivković (born October 15, 1975) is musician and actor, most noted for his creativity, spontaneity, groove, and speed.

Bojan’s career spans over two decades. By early adolescence, he became interested in music and he started with drums, probably the only instrument that could overtake Bojan’s energy. He played even sitting at the table, during meals when he used forks as drum sticks. After gaining great success with local bands, Bojan chose to follow his musical dreams and he moved to Belgrade in 1994. He joined ‘’Hush’’ the most prominent blues band in Serbia, whose leader was Ana Popović. A few years later, in collaboration with Dragoslav Pavle Aksentijević and his sons, Bojan co-founded the Zapis Music Group, playing archaic traditional music of Serbia, on authentic Balkans instruments. Since then, percussions became his main interest and professional commitment. Simultaneously, Bojan played and participated in recording material with other bands: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika, Havana Whisper, Vroom, Kontrabanda, etc.

Bojan’s first recording session as a member of Vasil Hadzimanov Band took place in 1999 and since then, Bojan and Vasil hit it off on both personal and professional level.
During his musical creativity, Bojan performed in numerous national and international jazz and world music festivals, and made contribution to over 15 albums and many other recording. Bojan has received numerous awards for his musical performances and he is internationally recognized among the best fusion jazz percussionists.

Since 2003. Bojan begins an educational and creative work with children. To date, Bojan is the author and performer of many educational programs, actor in several film serials and host of a numerous children music festivals.

Bojan Ivković (rođen 15. oktobra 1975.) je muzičar i glumac, originalan po svojoj kreativnosti, spontanosti, gruvu i brzini.

Bojanova karijera traje više od dve decenije. Njegovo interesovanje za muziku postoji još od rane mladosti, a počeo je sa bubnjevima, verovatno jedinim instrumentom koji je mogao da prenese Bojanovu energiju. Dečak nemirnog duha, svirao je čak i za stolom, tokom obroka, kada je koristio viljuške umesto palica. Nakon što je postigao veliki uspeh sa lokalnim bendovima, Bojan je odlučio da sledi svoje muzičke snove i preselio se u Beograd 1994. godine. Ubrzo je postao član i popularne bluz grupe ’’Hush’’, čiji je frontment bila Ana Popović. Nekoliko godina kasnije, u saradnji sa Dragoslavom Pavlom Aksentijevićem i njegovim sinovima, Bojan je osnovao grupu Zapis, svirajući arhaičnu tradicionalnu muziku Srbije, na autentičnim balkanskim instrumentima. Od tada, udaraljke su postale njegova glavna perokupacija i profesionalna posvećenost. Istovremeno, Bojan je sarađivao i sa drugim bendovima: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika, Havana Vhisper, Vroom, Kontrabanda itd.

Bojanovi prvi nastupi, u sastavu Vasil Hadžimanov Benda, počeli su 1999. godine i od tada su Bojan i Vasil nerazdvojni, kako na profesionalnom, tako i na ličnom nivou.
Tokom svog muzičkog stvaralaštva, Bojan je nastupao na brojnim domaćim i međunarodnim festivalima džez i ’’world’’ muzike. Učestvovao je u snimanju preko 15 albuma i na mnogim drugim muzičkim projektma. Bojan je dobitnik brojnih nagrada za
razna muzička ostvarenja i internacionalno je prepoznat kao jedan od najboljih džez fjužn perkusionista današnjice.

Od 2003. godine Bojan se bavi obrazovnim, zabavnim i kreativnim radom sa decom. Autor je i izvođač mnogih edukativnih programa, glumac u nekoliko filmskih serija, TV emisija i voditelj brojnih dečjih muzičkih festivala.

Guitar

Branko Trijic was born in 1975 in Belgrade. His music journey began in the local folk ensemble “Azbukovica” in Ljubovija. Having finished secondary music school “Stankovic” in Belgrade whilst taking private lessons with Radomir Mihajlovic aka Tocak , he pursued his degree from the Jazz Music Conservatory in Amsterdam in 2004.

During his Conservatory studies in the Netherlands he took lessons in African Percussion (djembe and sabar) in classes taught by Professors Victor Oscama and Ali Rose. In this period, he performed with internationally recognized musicians -Patrice Blanchard (New York), Ali Rouse (Senegal), Cisoko Mamadu (Guinea) Konarak Redi (India), Niti Ranjan Bisvas (India), Arie den Buer (the Netherlands) Vasilis Karipis (Greece) and many others.
Branko has formed the band “Konzilium” which performs his original music based upon the fusion of traditional folklore of different countries and jazz music.

He is a long-time member and author in the Vasil Hadzimanov Band as well as the European band of the drummer Marko Djordjevic called “Trio Sveti”.

He composed music for the two documentaries produced by the Institute for the Improvement of Education-“Blue and Green” and ”Walls Made of Glass”.

Branko Trijić rođen je 1975. u Beogradu. Bavljenje muzikom počinje u lokalnom kulturno umetničkom društvu „Azbukovica“ iz Ljubovije. Završio je muzičku školu „Stanković“ u Beogradu, odsek za džez muziku, paralelno pohađajući privatne časove kod Radomira Mihailovića Točka. Diplomirao je 2004. na Amsterdamskom konzervatorijumu za džez muziku.

Za vreme studija u Holandiji, dve godine je pohađao i nastavu iz afričkih perkusija (đembe, sabar) u klasi profesora Viktora Oskame i Ali Rouza.
Takodje u tom periodu nastupao je sa priznatim internacionalnim muzičarima- Patrice Blanšard (Nju Jork), Ali Rouz (Senegal), Cisoko Mamadu (Gvineja), Konarak Redi (Indija), Niti Ranjan Bišvas (Indija), Ari den Bur (Holandija), Vasilis Karipis (Grčka) i mnogim drugim.

Osnivač je sastava „Konzilium“ koji izvodi njegovu autorsku i originalnu muziku zasnovanu na spoju tradicionalnog folklora različitih zemalja i džez muzike.
Dugogodišnji je član i autor u Vasil Hadžimanov Band-u, kao i u evropskom sastavu bubnjara Marka Đorđevića „Trio Sveti“

Komponovao je muziku za dva dokumentarna filma u produkciji Zavoda za unapređivanje obrazovanja- „Modro i Zeleno“ i „Zidovi od stakla“.

Bass guitar

Miroslav Tovirac was born in Gradacac, (Bosnia and Herzegovina), and grew up in Bosanski Samac. Growing up in a musical family, his musical education started at early age.

In 2003 he’s moving to Banja Luka, where he meets like-minded musicians, and spends next four years playing music, meanwhile discovering him self as a bass player, having played guitar and drums until then.

Upon an invite from guitar player Branko Trijic, he moves to Belgrade in 2007, where he collaborates with numerous jazz, funk and pop-rock artists such as Aleksandra Radovic, Rambo Amadeus, Konzilium, Mayoke, Ogi Radivojevic and Louis, to mention a few.
Miroslav joins Vasil Hadzimanov Band in 2009, and has recorded three albums with them: ‘Can you dig it’, ‘Alive’ (featuring David Binney) and ‘Lines in Sand’.

Miroslav Tovirac, rodjen 1983 godine, Gradačac, BIH. Odrastao u Bosanskom Šamcu. Obzirom da potiče iz muzičke porodice, vrlo rano počinje i sa muzičkom edukacijom.
2003 godine, se seli u Banja Luku, gde pronalazi prve ozbiljnije muzičke istomišljenike, te tamo provodi četiri godine svirajući i konačno pronalazeći sebe u ulozi bas gitariste, kako je do tada aktivno svirao gitaru i bubnjeve.

2007 godine se seli u Beograd po pozivu gitariste Branka Trijića. Tu počinje saradnju sa raznim imenima jazz, funk, pop i rock scene. Aleksandra Radović, Rambo Amadeus, Konzilium, Mayoke, Ogi Radivojević, Louis, i mnogi drugi. Konstantno je angažovan kao studijski muzičar.

2009 godine se pridružuje Vasil Hadžimanov Band-u, sa kojim nastupa širom Evrope i snima tri albuma, Can you dig it?, Alive i Lines in Sand.

Drums

Viktor Filipovski was born in 1992, in Skopje, Macedonia. He started playing music when he was 14 years old. As he was very interested in Macedonian traditional music, he enrolled in the Music High School “Ilija Nikolovski Luj”, Macedonian Traditional Dance and Music department. He was playing all sorts of traditional instruments, while his main “hobby” was playing drums in underground Punk bands.

In 2011 he met his mentor/drum teacher Alek Sekulovski and fell in love with jazz music and playing jazz drums. After those, more than successful classes, he enrolled in the Jazz Academy at the Music University “Goce Delcev”, Jazz Drums department (Stip, Macedonia). While he was studying, he was fortunate enough to start playing, recording and hanging out with amazing musicians from Macedonia and the Balkan Region.

In 2017, he won the Golden Oryx Award for Best Young Jazz Musician, given by Qatar Airways and the Skopje Jazz Festival.

For the past couple of years, he has been the one of the most hired drummers on Macedonian Jazz scene.

As a member of variety of musical groups, he has performed a large number of concerts, studio sessions, and album recordings.

In that capacity he performed at many prestigious festivals and venues in Europe and Asia, such as:

Java Jazz Festival – Jakarta, Indonesia

Jarasum Jazz Festival – Seoul, Korea

Seoul Jazz Festival – Seoul, Korea

Beijing Contemporary Dance Festival – Beijing, China

Rochella Jazz Festival – Ionica, Italy

LeCargo World Music Festival – Caen, France

Budapest Jazz Club Fest – Hungary

Skopje Jazz Festival – Macedonia

…and many more.

Viktor becomes a member of  Vasil Hadzimanov Band in 2020.

 

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

2012-2016 | Bachelor Degree student on MU “Goce Delcev” Jazz Academy – Drums

2016-2018 | Master Degree student on MU “Goce Delcev” Jazz Academy – Drums

2018-present | Drum Professor/Instructor at MU “Goce Delcev” Jazz Academy

Viktor Filipovski je rođen 1992. godine u Skoplju, a muzikom je počeo da se bavi sa 14 godina. Kako je bio veoma zainteresovan za makedonsku tradicionalnu muziku, upisao je Srednju muzičku školu “Ilija Nikolovski Luj”, odsek- makedonske tradicionalne igre i muzika. Svirao je razne tradicionalne instrumente, dok je glavna preokupacija bilo sviranje bubnjeva u underground Punk bendovima.

2011. godine upoznaje svog mentora/profesora bubnjeva Aleka Sekulovskog i zaljubljuje se u Džez muziku i sviranje Džez bubnjeva. Nakon tih, više nego uspešnih časova upisuje Džez akademiju na Univerzitetu Goce Delčev u Štipu. Tokom školovanja, imao je sreću da odmah počne da svira, snima i provodi vreme sa najboljim muzičarima u Makedoniji i na Balkanu.

2017. godine dobija nagradu “Golden Oryx” za najboljeg mladog Džez muzičara, koju dodeljuju Qatar Airways i Skopje Jazz Festival.

Poslednjih nekoliko godina postaje jedan od najangažovanijih bubnjara na makedonskoj Džez sceni.

Kao član brojnih muzičkih grupa nastupao je na velikom broju studijskih snimanja, koncerata kao i na mnoštvu prestižnih festivala i klubova u Evropi i Aziji.

Neki od njih su:

Java Jazz Festival – Džakarta, Indonezija

Jarasum Jazz Festival – Seul, Koreja

Seoul Jazz Festival – Seul, Koreja

Beijing Contemporary Dance Festival – Peking, Kina

Rochella Jazz Festival – Jonika, Italija

LeCargo World Music Festival – Kan, Francuska

Budapest Jazz Club Fest – Hungary

Skopje Jazz Festival – Makedonija

…

Viktor postaje član Vasil Hadžimanov Band-a 2020. godine.

 

OBRAZOVANJE I ISKUSTVO

2012-2016 | Osnovne akademske studije – Univerzitet Goce Delčev, Džez akademija, odsek bubnjevi

2016-2018 | Master akademske studije – Univerzitet Goce Delčev, Džez akademija, odsek bubnjevi

2018-u toku | Profesor na Džez akademiji Univerziteta Goce Delčev, odsek bubnjevi