Cast:
Petar Rogulj-drums (HR)
Jakob Napotnik-piano (SLO)
Jurica Bajevi – trumpet (HR)
Jernej Vindshnurer-double bass (SLO)
Manca Krivec Habjan-tenor saxophone, clarinet (SLO)
Rooting-Balkan Fusion Band is an international band of young musicians that combines Balkan melodies with the energy and improvisational power of jazz.
They were inspired to create and love Balkan music by top bassist and composer Omer Avital, whom they met in December 2024 as students as a Visiting Artist at the Gustav Mahler Privatuniversit Animtt F animtr Musik Academy in Klagenfurt.
Coming from Slovenia, Croatia and Austria, they bring to the stage the diversity of their cultures, intertwined with the universal language of contemporary jazz. At Jazz Camp Kranj 2026, they will present their first album Balkan Rose, whose compositions combine elements from the Music, Latin and tango with the passion and temperament of the Balkans.
Zasedba:
Petar Rogulj – bobni (HR)
Jakob Napotnik – klavir (SLO)
Jurica Bajević – trobenta (HR)
Jernej Vindšnurer – kontrabas (SLO)
Manca Krivec Habjan – tenor saksofon, klarinet (SLO)
Rootation – Balkan Fusion Band je mednarodna zasedba mladih glasbenikov, ki združuje balkanske melodije z energijo in improvizacijsko močjo jazza.
Navdih za ustvarjanje in ljubezen do balkanske glasbe jim je vlil vrhunski basist in skladatelj Omer Avital, ki so ga decembra 2024 kot študenti spoznali kot gostujočega umetnika na akademiji Gustav Mahler Privatuniversität für Musik v Celovcu.
Ker prihajajo iz Slovenije, Hrvaške in Avstrije, na oder prinašajo raznolikost svojih kultur, ki jo prepletajo z univerzalnim jezikom sodobnega jazza. Na Jazz Kampu Kranj 2026 bodo predstavili svoj prvi avtorski album Balkan Rose, katerega skladbe združujejo elemente swinga, latina in tanga s strastjo ter temperamentom Balkana.