BRIZANI Imer Traja
Leto rojstva: 1958Kraj rojstva: Priština
Commission of Musical Works
Status:
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, Bachelor of Music.Education
1964-70 Basic music education in mandolin, guitar, contrabass, flute and piano in Priština.1976 Completed Department of Dentistry at the Priština Medical Upper Secondary School, parallel studies in choral singing with “Collegium Cantorum”.
1977-79 Studies in stomatology at the Medical Faculty in Priština.
1980-82 Studies in stomatology at the Medical Faculty in Priština, parallel studies of contrabass with Prof. Dušan Nedovič.
1982-85 Furthers studies of jazz music at music workshops in Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Germany.
1988- State approved status of freelance artist.
2000- Studies in musicology at the Ljubljana Faculty of Arts (graduated from the Musicology Department in 2010 with an undergraduate thesis presenting the life of his father Uki Brizani – Uka Brizani and His Role in Music Life in Kosovo after World War II).
2010- Doctoral student at the ECPD INTERNATIONAL DOCTORAL STUDIES University.
Career
Brizani is active as a composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist, producer, bass guitar player, vocalist, music pedagogue and mentor in the field of jazz, ethno, funk and classical music, collaborating with Slovene and world-renowned musicians and music ensembles (Esma Redžepova, Lojze Kranjčan, Dejan Pečenko, Alex Deutsch, Latino Messengers, Ratko Divjak, Joe Malkovich, Roy Ayers, Magic Malika Orchestra, Ida Kelarova, Igor Krikunov, Bajsa Arifovska and the Macedonian Darhia Orchestra, Zdenka Kovačiček, Titi Robin, Peter Erskin, RTV Slovenia Big Band, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, etc.).- Member of the working group for the preparation of an action programme for the integration of Roma into the education process (Ministry of Education and Sport (2006).
- Initiator and organiser of cultural events on the International Roma Nation Day in Cankarjev Dom Cultural and Congress Centre, Ljubljana (2002-).
- President of the Amala Roma Society (1995-).
- Organiser of round tables on the topic of Roma, their identity and culture in the Slovene Ethnographic Museum and in the Cankarjev Dom Cultural and Congress Centre, Ljubljana (2004-2005).
- Initiator and organiser of workshops for Roma children in Ljubljana - Slovene Ethnographic Museum (2004).
- The first Roma musician to present a portrait concert with the Big Band and the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra (2008, 2011, 2013).
- Composer of Glass Apple, the first Slovene-Roma musical (2009).
Awards and Prizes
* First prize of the Association of the Musicians of the Socialist Republic of Croatia ‟Studensko ljeto '73ˮ (1973).* Silver plaque of the Journalists of the Socialist Republic of Croatia ‟Studensko ljeto '73ˮ (1973).
* Grand Prix at the International Festival Ciechocnek, Poland (1998).
* ‟Darhijaˮ Award - Ambassador of International Roma Music and Culture, Skopje, Macedonia (2003).
* Kali Sara Award for an outstanding contribution to the development of Roma music, Zagreb (2009).
* Slovenian Roma Association Award for an outstanding contribution to a Roma assembly (2005).
* Award for participating in the central cultural event of the International Roma Nation Day in Murska Sobota (2007).
* Award for a musical performance at the Khamoro Festival, Prague, Czech Republic (2007).
* Award for a musical performance at the Gipsy Festival of Arts, Kijev, Ukraine (2000).
* Award for a musical performance at the Gipsy Celebration, Brno, Czech Republic (2007).
Opus:
Orchestral Music
ORCHESTRAL WORKS: 2013Music for symphony orchestra and big band
Romano Rat (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Jani Golob), Ušti baba (romska tradicionalna skladba, priredba Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič), Kaperav Kauštav (romska tradicionalna skladba, priredba Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič), Mi daj man mukhlja (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič), Dudum (romska tradicionalna skladba, priredba Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič), Loli Phabaj (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Aleš Avbelj), Tu (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Jani Golob), Suita Romani I. (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Jani Golob), My gipsy heart I. & II. (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Aleš Avbelj), Mura (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Črt Sojar Voglar), Ki Priština (Mimin Durmiš, Uka Brizani, priredba Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič)
Roma music in a jazz disguise.
ORCHESTRAL WORKS: 2011
Roma music in a jazz disguise
Pharo Oro (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič), Čoček (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič), Ušti baba (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič), Kaj Te Dikav Tu (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Aleš Avbelj), Mi Daj Man Mukhlja (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič), Loli Phabaj (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Aleš Avbelj), Dudum (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič), For My People (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Aleš Avbelj), Dža Pale Mange Ava Tu (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Aleš Avbelj), Kaperav Kauštav (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič), Amala (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič)
ORCHESTRAL WORKS: 2008
Jazz music for big band
World groove (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič), Sa-sa soul (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Aleš Avbelj), Flagioleti (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Aleš Avbelj), Travelling (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič), Memories (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič), Sax pub (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Matjaž Mikuletič), My gipsy heart II. (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Miklavž Ašič), Carnival (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Lojze Krajnčan), Mainstrieam (Imer Traja Brizani, arr. Lojze Krajnčan)
Opera and Ballet Music
Avtorska glasba za prvi slovensko romski muzikal Stekleno Jabolko (2009), otroške pesmi za izvedbo predstave Čas v OŠ Božidar Jakec (2000)Vocal-Instrumental Music
Music for revue orchestraJesenja elegija (1973), Mali medo (1973), Želim da si sa mnom (1974), Ejani shoke (1974), Sanja (1975), Volimo se (1976 ), Postjeri (1976), Volim te mala (1976), Mala nestašna devojčica (1976), Mala seka (1976), Drakstor (1977)
Music for pop groups
Mi žuriramo (1982), Mesto spi (1982), Marijela (1985), Ja te zovem (1985), Spomini (1985), Prisluhni in povej (1992), Obljubljal sem (1992), Tvoj pogled /arr. Jože Privšek (1992), Vem da so sanje le privid (1992), Črna dama (1992), Petek je (1992), Rekla bom ne /arr. Jože Privšek (1992), Vrni se (1992), Bodi tu ob meni (1992), Farewell America /arr. Jože Privšek (1992), Softwer baby (1994), Julija (1994), Nina (1994), Ti in jaz (1994), My gipsy heart (1995), Traveling (1995), Dance in the city (1995), Jaco grove (1995), Samba A and B (1995), B. no .41 (1995), Song for my father (1995), Cuba (2000), Lent/99 (2000), Mambi (2000), Bass balada (2004), Ballad for Jackie (2004), Samba A and B pt.2 (2004), For You (2007), Orient soul (2007), East-West (2007), Aurora (2007)
Chamber Music
Ušti, ušti baba, Kaperav Kauštav, Mi daj man mukhlja, Tu, Oro, Šutka, AmalaSolo Music
Arabeska za klavir (2007), Bolero za klarinet (2006)Other Ensembles:
FILM MUSICKratkometražni film 'El Svinge / Svinga (2001)
MUSIC FOR WIND ORCHESTRA
Romska himna ''Djelem, djelem'' za papirniški pihalni orkester Vevče (2006), himna za rokometni klub Prule ''Prule'' (2007), Ekohimna za OŠ Božidar Jakec ''Ekohimna'' (2011)
MUSIC FOR MANDOLIN (TAMBOURA) ORCHESTRA
Skladba ''Mura'' za mandolinski orkester Ljubljana
Bibliography
Le ostanite romi gredo! (Do Stay, Roma are Coming!) (2000), a didactic book collection Chavalen, gilaven amencar! (Children, Sing with Us!) (2005-2013), arrangement and performance of a Roma folk song Rikonoro (in the primary school music text book Glasba 5 (Music 5), 2003)Discography
Amadeus »Prisluhni in povej« (1992/93), Amala »Gipsy Music« (1994/95), Brizani Project »Traveling« (1997), Brizani Project & Latino Messengers Live in Narodni dom Maribor (1998), Amala »Dudum« (2000), Brizani Allstars Band Live in Cankarjev dom (2000), Amala & Esma Redžepova Teodosijevska (2002), Dejan Pečenko Trio Nova (2003), Amala Suita »Romani« (2004), Brizani Project Electric Band (2004/05), Brizani Project »For You« (2006/07), Imer Traja Brizani & Amala Live Jazz Lent (2007), Imer Traja Brizani & Amala Live in Cankarjev dom (2008), Imer Traja Brizani, Big Band RTV Slovenija, dirigent Lojze Kranjčan, gost Peter Erskine (2008), prvi slovensko romski muzikal »Stekleno jabolko« (2009), Imer Traja Brizani & Amala feat. Jackie Marshall »For My People« (2010), Miha Vanič »Devet življenj« (2011), Amadeus »Software Baby« (2011), Amala »Suita Romani II.« (2012), Imer Traja Brizani & Amala »Alegria« (2012), Imer Traja Brizani & Diego Cortes »Gipsy Flamenco« (2013)Contacts
Address: Nusdorferjeva 17Telephone: + 386 (0) 40 812 594
E-mail: traja@brizani.si
Website: www.brizani.si
