We should preserve our songs because they are our soul...
Songs will soon again be heard in Pitomača. The programme of the 24th Pitomača Music Festival of Songs of Podravina and Podravlje has been presented in a pleasant atmosphere of the Podravec Society in Zagreb. Of the 88 submitted songs, 38 have been selected for the two festival days – the Evening of Popular Tamburitza Songs and the Evening of Ethno and Folk Songs of Podravina and Podravlje.
“We are pleased with such a response, and we are very happy that many of the songs are in the kajkavian dialect”, said the Festival’s artistic director Marinko Barčan.
A member of the jury and the artistic director of the Tamburitza Orchestra Siniša Leopold is a dear guest of the Festival. “It is a real pleasure, just like in the years passed, to be a part of the festival team and a member of the jury. The most important thing for all regional festival in these times is to keep going and not lose quality and change direction. The Festival in Pitomača grows and moves in a faster allegro than usual. The songs are good, diverse and we expect a satisfied audience”, said Leopold.
The Festival in Pitomača will again be held under the auspices of President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Virovitica-Podravina County and the Municipality of Pitomača. Rajko Stilinović, the director, and founder of the Festival, thanked all the patrons and emphasized that what they launched 24 years ago still made sense and that they managed to engage the people of the Podravina region.
Some enthusiastic and motivating words were also said by the long-time president of the Croatian Musical Union Siniša Doronjga and the editor of the folk music programmes on the Croatian Radio Željko Kovačić. Their message is: “We the authors say everything we want to say through the songs. Krapina has brought us together and we have united our forces to found the festival in Pitomača as well. Many have left us, but we continue to maintain our tradition in their memory. Let us keep our songs because they are a part of us. The songs are our soul and our enjoyment.”
The festival will take place on 10 and 11 June 2016 at the Sports Hall of the Petar Preradović Elementary School in Pitomača.
LIST OF PERFORMERS
Friday, 10 June 2016, 9 pm –Evening of Popular Tamburitza Songs
1. Ne traži me violino, STJEPAN JERŠEK ŠTEF (Vladimir Kočiš Zec/Leonardo Baksa Čeči)
2. Svirajte mi polagano, RENATA KOS (Aleksandar Homoky/Terezija Bognar)
3. Neko gore vidi sve, RAVNICA (Željko Lončarić Žec)
4. Kuc-kuc, kuca bil, MLADEN MEDAK GAGA (Mladen Medak Gaga)
5. S kojeg si planeta, KAS (Hrvoje Bogutovac)
6. Skrij se iza firanga, DRAŽEN ŽANKO (Dražen Žanko/Rajko Stilinović)
7. Ljeto, ti i ja, GARAVUŠE (Josip Plivelić/Josip Plivelić i Aleksandar Homoky)
8. Ljubav za pjesmu…, SVIRCI MOJI (Marinko Barčan/Draga Vranješ Vargović)
9. Sreća il nesreća, CURE IZ CENTRA (Tomislav Tišljar)
10. Ti si mene zavela, ŠOKCI (Krešimir Dujić/Davor Magušić)
11. Oko garavo (Luka Udjbinac/Nikola Kristić)
12. Ma kakav bi ja to gazda bio, VINSKI BRATI (Rajko Suhodolčan/Terezija Bognar)
13. Dvije smo duše, a srce jedno, MLADEN KOS I NIKOLINA HIŽAR (Vlado Smiljanić/Branko Škvarić)
14. OPG, TAMBURGERI (Alen Büro/Darko Dervišević)
15. Kad bi moglo naopako, SAVSKI VALOVI (Željko Zovko/Željko Zovko)
16. Malo provoda, MJESEČINA i THE FUSION (Željka Bančić/Daria Kopričanec)
17. Život te čeka, IVICA ORLIĆ I DAJ ŠTA DAŠ (Stjepan Rudinski/Mijo Bijuklić)
18. Samo ti si Dravo znala, ZDRAVKO BUGARIN (Zdravko Bugarin)
Saturday, 11 June 2016, 9 pm – Evening of Ethno and Folk Songs of Podravina and Podravlje
1. Naša proljeća, DANIJELA PINTARIĆ (Siniša Leopold/Rajko Stilinović)
2. Mala kuća puna sreće, BORIS ĆIRO GAŠPARAC (Siniša Leopold/Terezija Bognar)
3. Zabljena popevka, BARBARA OTHMAN (Rozika Othman/Rajko Stilinović)
4. Nek me noćas Drava ljubi, ĐUKA ČAIĆ (Dalibor Paulik/Zorica Klinžić)
5. Zabranjeno voće, MARIJA PAVKOVIĆ SNAŠA (Ivica Plivelić Iva/Živan Kuveždić)
6. Moja pjesma i moja tambura, ŽIGA (Mirko Švenda Žiga)
7. Frigaš čoveka, SINIŠA CMRK (Vladimir Smiljanić/Siniša Cmrk)
8. Ti si meni fakat naj, ŽVS ĐURĐEVČICE (Mladen Medak Gaga)
9. Vrag ti zemi peneze, STJEPAN FORTUNA (Branko Meglajec/Tomislav Galeković Brko)
10. Popevka za kraj, GORDANA LACH I ŽELJKO GRAHOVEC (Željko Grahovec/Gordana Lach)
11. Potkova za sreću, KRISTINA DOMOVIĆ (Siniša Doronjga/Rajko Stilinović)
12. Hladna Drava tiho šumi, PODRAVSKI MUŽIKAŠI (Vladimir Smiljanić/Tomislav Galeković Brko)
13. Buš me ženil ili ne, ČAROBNA FRULA (Vladimir Bednjanec/Branka Janković)
14. Ljubila bum koga hoćem, KIRJALES (Vlado Blagec/Maksimilijan Herceg)
15. Singerica, KAJDA (Tomislav Tišljar/Đurđa Habel)
16. Nikad više u tuđinu, VESELI PODRAVCI (J. Škrinjar i Tomislav Belec/Ivan Čuljak i N. Škrinjar)
17. Podravina moja spi, FRANJO BARIĆ (Marijan Rakijašić/Branko Rakijašić)
18. Dok pamet ušću putuje, STJEPAN LACH (Tomislav Radić/Leonardo Baksa Čeči)
19. Doći ću ti doskora, DARIO DOŠLIĆ (Toni Eterović/Stjepan Đukić Pišta)
20. Pozovite tamburaše, SOKOLOVI (Vlado Blagec/Maksimilijan Milan Herceg)
