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ELVIS STANIC

Artist web site: http://www.elvis-stanic.hr

Elvis Stanic - best contemporary Croatian jazz guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, having the largest number of awards for its creativity. He is the leader of «Elvis Stanić Group», Jazz team that connects the Mediterranean music with Latin rhythms and contemporary jazz sound. The band plays their music original music, beginning as a modern electric jazz, with the accession on the traditional, then motives and Latin, and then distinctly heard the boundaries of music a new generation. Composer Elvis Stanic explores traditional Croatian music, combining this with a variety of world traditions, thus creating, new, audible for the first time, a fresh genre. Elvis Stanic - one of the major names of Croatian jazz world, one of the leading jazz musicians of world class.
He was born in Croatia Rijeka, began playing at age 6. After completing the full course of classical learning to play the accordion, he switched to learning the guitar and was influenced by blues, rock and jazz music. In the 80 he had already made a career as a musician and as a producer of popular Croatian artists.
In 1994, Elvis Stanic went to Boston and entered the Berklee College of Music, in the course of playing the guitar, studying jazz composition. During these years he was in favor with the majority of Boston musicians, including such famous names as Jim Kelly (Jim Kelly), Dennis Montgomery (Dennis Montgomery), John Thomas (John Thomas), Bob Harrigen (Bob Harrigan), Frank Williams (Frank Williams ) and many others. To this is added after the formation of another rate - visual communication at the Faculty of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Rijeka.
Elvis Stanic - Member of the Society of Composers Croatia (Croatian Composers Society (HDS), the International Association of Jazz educators International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE). He teaches guitar and jazz theory at Jeunesse Musicalle Summer Jazz School in Grizinyana (Grisignana).
Elvis Stanic organizer and ideologist and Art Director "Liburnia Jazz Festival" and "Jazz Ex Tempore", a multicultural educational project in the center in Opatija.

Elvis Stanić Group
After returning to Croatia in 1996, Elvis Stanis creates Elvis Stanić Group, which soon became the best jazz band in Croatia. They released four albums with original music, winning all the most prestigious awards in the field of national music and 8 incredible "Porin" awards in the categories of Best jazz album, Jazz Compositions and Instrumental performances.
Festivals and Collaboration
"Elvis Stanić Group" had twice been at the famous Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Montreaux, in 1998 and 2003, as well as at numerous international jazz festivals in the U.S., Norway, Germany, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Turkey, Greece, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro ...
As free-lance guitarist Elvis Stanic served with the main names of Croatian jazz, this is Bosco P. (Boško Petrović, The National Croatian Broadcast Big Band), Niven Frandzhich (Neven Frangeš), Mario Mavrin (Mario Mavrin), Matija Dedic (Matija Dedić), Obrovak Tamara (Tamara Obrovac) and others.
Beyond the borders of Croatia Elvis Stanic spoke with European and American jazz musicians of the first echelon - Gilberto Gil (Gilberto Gil), Cheick Tidienn (Cheick Tidienne), Django Bates (Django Bates), Alvin Quinn (Alwin Queen), Fury di Castri (Furio di Castri ) Enzo Favata (Enzo Favata), Daniele Di Bonaventura (Daniele di Bonaventura), Karen Asatryan (Karen Asatrian), Osana, Tony (Tony Osanah), Hadzimanov Vasil (Vasil Hadzimanov), Marc Abrams (Marc Abrams), George Makinto (George Makinto), Scott Lattski (Scott Latzky), John Thomas (John Thomas) and many others.
World Music
Since 1992, Elvis Stanic acts as a lyricist, arranger and producer of the six albums the choir "Putokazi", acting in the genre of world music. The work of ethno-trilogy began with the songs "The Earth" (1997), this original arrangements of traditional Croatian music, then there was "The New Earth" - the theme very different world of traditional music; "Croatian Lullaby" - a superb collection of Croatian national children's songs and lullabies . The trilogy was presented at the famous exhibition EXPO 2005 in Japan and had a great success.
In 2003, Elvis Stanic serves as producer and arranger Traditional Bosnian music (Sevdah), the project «Amanet» for the most famous Croatian bard Ibriki Yyusicha (Ibrica Jusić). This is a collection of 12 diamonds traditional Balkan Poetry Love. The project «Amanet» was released in 2008.
Theatre
Elvis Stanic - author of music for three musicals, going to the National Theatre.

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