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The Impro Ensemble MAS held a concert called Contrapunctus XIV

The Impro Ensemble MAS held a concert called Contrapunctus XIV
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - 14:55

At the Academy of Music, University of Sarajevo, on 24 June 2024, a concert was held by the Impro Ensemble MAS, which has been operating since 2018 under the leadership of v. ass. Dr. Hanan Hadžajlić, as part of the course Free Improvisation in Composition (Department of Composition, mentor: full Prof. Ališer Sijarić).

At the concert called Contrapunctus XIV, the Impro Ensemble MAS presented several concepts designed by Hanan Hadžajlić and the members of the ensemble: Cadenza & Variations (Emina Puzić / Impro Ensemble MAS), Around B (Rijad Šarić), the composition Three Etudes for Contemporary Flutist ( Hanan Hadžajlić), Spectral variations in C and Plasticity: Sequencing (Impro Ensemble MAS), and B-A-C-H (Johann Sebastian Bach / Impro ensemble MAS) - a concept that, as a reference to the program title of the concert, sublimated the presentation of the Impro ensemble MAS.

The members of the ensemble performed were Marija Mila Milas (flute), Maida Marić (flute), Emina Puzić (clarinet), Emir Hadžialjević (clarinet), Rijad Šarić (saxophone), Benin Mujkić (trumpet), Mihael Mucko (accordion), Emil Hadžiefendić (guitar), Josipa Bošnjak (piano), Iva Lazić (piano), Nedim Seferović (piano), Branka Kliškić (percussion), Larisa Lejla Droce (violin), Kanita Mekić (cello), Azur Hajdarević (double bass) and Fuad Šetić ( conductor).

The following soloists stood out: Marija Mila Milas (flute), Emina Puzić (clarinet), Emir Hadžialjević (clarinet), Rijad Šarić (saxophone), Nedim Seferović (piano), Iva Lazić (piano) and Josipa Bošnjak (piano).

The Impro Ensemble MAS combines the research of instrumental gestures and the application of basic compositional procedures in real time with the aim of building authentic musical processes. Part of the mission of this ensemble is to nurture the specificity of affinities, experiences, sensibility, skills and vision of an individual and an artistic personality that cannot be replaced by the 'same instrument'.

More information at: www.mas.unsa.ba