FOR MUSIC AND BEYOND
Performers: Vesna Zornik (main voice, backing voice), Polona Janezic (piano, keyboards, psalter, backing voice), Jelena Zhdrale (violin, viola, backing voice), Bostjan Gombac (clarinet, saxophone, flutes, trumpet, backing voice), Bostjan Narat (guitar, banjo, backing voice), Tibor Mihelic with decorated (bass guitar, gimbri, ukulele, Roland HPD 20, guitar, backing voice), Robert rebolj (drums, percussion)
In 25 years of operation, Katalena has become one of the key Slovenian concert bands: ten albums, about nine hundred performances at home and abroad, concerts in Europe and beyond its borders. The group draws inspiration from a treasure trove of Slovenian folk songs, which it transforms into a recognizable contemporary author's expression – with infectious rhythms, playful energy and a strong stage presence. 2026 is a Jubilee year for Katalena: it celebrates 25 years of activity, and in the spring their tenth album Meja was released at the ZARSH label. This year's research starts from the western border area – from Tolmin to Rezia, from Venetian Slovenia to Istria – where cultures meet, separate and at the same time connect.
ZA GLASBENI ABONMA IN IZVEN
Nastopajoči: Vesna Zornik (glavni glas, spremljevalni glas), Polona Janežič (klavir, klaviature, psalter, spremljevalni glas), Jelena Ždrale (violina, viola, spremljevalni glas), Boštjan Gombač (klarinet, saksofon, piščali, trobenta, spremljevalni glas), Boštjan Narat (kitara, bendžo, spremljevalni glas), Tibor Mihelič Syed (basovska kitara, gimbri, ukulela, Roland HPD 20, kitara, spremljevalni glas), Robert Rebolj (bobni, tolkala)
Katalena je v 25 letih delovanja postala ena ključnih slovenskih koncertnih zasedb: deset albumov, približno devetsto nastopov doma in v tujini, koncerti po Evropi ter tudi zunaj njenih meja. Skupina navdih črpa iz zaklada slovenskih ljudskih pesmi, ki jih preoblikuje v prepoznaven sodoben avtorski izraz – z nalezljivimi ritmi, igrivo energijo in močno odrsko prezenco. Leto 2026 je za Kataleno jubilejno: praznuje 25 let delovanja, spomladi pa je pri založbi ZARŠ izšel njihov deseti album Meja. Tokratno raziskovanje izhaja iz zahodnega obmejnega prostora – od Tolminskega do Rezije, od Beneške Slovenije do Istre – kjer se kulture stikajo, ločujejo in hkrati povezujejo.