30. Keltika 2025
Saturday, 6. september, at 20: 00
Star plac, Cerkno; in case of rain, the venue will be covered
tickets: 12 / 15 / on the day of the concert
Vesna Zornik (lead and backing voice), Polona Janezic (piano, keyboards, psalter, backing voice), Bostjan Gombac (clarinet, saxophones, krilovka, theremin, ukulele, tin flutes, fujara, trombone, backing voice), Tibor Mihelic with decorated (el. bass, gimbri, ukulele, Roland HPD 20, guitar, backing voice), Bostjan Narat (guitar, banjo, backing voice), Robert Rebolj (drums, percussion), Jelena Zhdrale (viola, violin, backing voice)
leading Slovenian ethno band with self-made remakes of folk songs and original compositions
Photo: Ivian Kan Mueezinovi /
"We are Katalena, we come from Ljubljana and we play Slovenian folk music."With these words, Bostjan Narat has been announcing the concerts of one of our most long-lived ethno bands for 24 years, the creation of which is tied to a music workshop performed by members of the band in 2001 in the Bela Krajina village of Crmoshnice. A unique exploration of the Slovenian folk legacy has grown into a permanent ensemble that has not replaced a single member in all these years! Moreover, from time to time the band is expanded – so violist Jelena Zhdrale will join them in Cerkno, who also played on the last album of the plague song from 2021. This is the ninth album by Katalena, who has conceptually designed each of her discographic products: with music and lyrics, the musicians treated the chosen theme in their own way, from ohceti through Resian songs to war and Infectious Diseases. It looks like the band will soon-in 2026, marking its 25th anniversary – release their tenth album, which they will start recording this fall.
Photo: Ivian Kan Mueezinovi /
30. Keltika 2025
sobota, 6. september, ob 20:00
Star plac, Cerkno; v primeru dežja bo prizorišče pokrito
vstopnice: 12 € predprodaja / 15 € na dan koncerta
Vesna Zornik (vodilni in spremljevalni glas), Polona Janežič (klavir, klaviature, psalter, spremljevalni glas), Boštjan Gombač (klarinet, saksofoni, krilovka, teremin, ukulela, kositrne piščali, fujara, pozavna, spremljevalni glas), Tibor Mihelič Syed (el. bas, gimbri, ukulela, Roland HPD 20, kitara, spremljevalni glas), Boštjan Narat (kitara, bendžo, spremljevalni glas), Robert Rebolj (bobni, tolkala), Jelena Ždrale (viola, violina, spremljevalni glas)
vodilni slovenski etno bend s samosvojimi predelavami ljudskih pesmi in avtorskimi skladbami
Foto: Ivian Kan Mujezinović
»Mi smo Katalena, prihajamo iz Ljubljane in igramo slovensko ljudsko muziko.« S temi besedami Boštjan Narat že 24 let napoveduje koncerte ene naših najbolj dolgoživih etno zasedb, katere nastanek je vezan na glasbeno delavnico, ki so jo člani zasedbe izvedli leta 2001 v belokranjski vasi Črmošnjice. Enkratno raziskovanje slovenske ljudske zapuščine je preraslo v trajno zasedbo, ki v vseh teh letih ni zamenjala enega samega člana! Še več, občasno zasedbo še razširijo – tako se jim bo v Cerknem pridružila violistka Jelena Ždrale, ki je igrala tudi na zadnjem, albumu Kužne pesmi iz leta 2021. To je zaenkrat deveti album Katalene, ki je prav vsak svoj diskografski izdelek zastavila konceptualno: z glasbo in besedili so glasbeniki na samosvoj način obdelali izbrano temo, od ohceti prek rezijanskih pesmi do vojne in nalezljivih bolezni. Kaže, da bo zasedba prav kmalu – leta 2026, ko bo obhajala 25-letnico delovanja – objavila svoj deseti album, ki ga bodo začeli snemati letos jeseni.
Foto: Ivian Kan Mujezinović