Sevdah Pogon

09/06/2024

09/06/2023

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/09/damir-imamovic-the-world-and-all-that-it-holds-review?fbclid=IwAR3FFT-uJMsFr_aiSM5HrRiqMGH9J3k0grdCC-4UKuhPsqJfRtG5vslbfBQ

The Bosnian musician combines Slavic sevdah, Sephardic Jewish and original songs to tell the story of two soldiers who fall in love during the first world war

23/04/2023

“I imagine it as both a love cry and a funeral march,” celebrated Bosnian sevdah musician Damir Imamovic says of his deeply moving new single, “Osmane,” out today. It is the latest offering from his Folkways debut, The World and All That It Holds (out May 19), which expands upon the traditional Bosnian style of sevdah while serving as a companion to Aleksandar Hemon’s acclaimed new novel of the same name.

In Hemon’s epic novel, the two protagonists, propelled far from Sarajevo by the Great War, sing to each other to express their love and longing for home. “This song came to me as an immediate reaction after immersing myself into Osman and Pinto’s love story,” Imamović says. “Their travels, their bringing Sarajevo with them wherever they go, their dreams of returning home—all this resonates in this song.”

An unadorned frame drum opens “Osmane,” before tambur, bass, beautifully rich vocals, and a weeping violin join, producing a slow cry that builds to become almost trance-like.

Pre-order the album and listen to the song on your preferred streaming platform here: orcd.co/damirimamovic

📸 Photo by Almin Zrno

28/05/2022

dragi/e,

U subotu, 28. maja sam u okviru "Dana umjetnosti Univerziteta u Sarajevu" trebao na Muzičkoj akademiji u Sarajevu održati predavanje o mom istraživačko-edukacijskom projektu SevdahLab! Međutim, u sudijskoj nadoknadi pandemije, konačno sam i ja postao Covid pozitivan pa predavanje moramo preseliti online.

Dakle, u 14:00 sati, u subotu, 28. maja idemo live na mojoj Facebook stranici.

Vaš Damir Imamovic

Muzička akademija Sarajevo UNSA I Academy of Music Sarajevo UNSA

Univerzitet U Sarajevu

13/05/2021

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27/04/2021

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