Antonije Pushi / more commonly known as Rambo Amadeus is a cult figure of Balkan music-and one of the few to whom this label actually suits. A poet, composer, innovator, philosopher, social provocateur, and most importantly, a chronicler of time, who does not describe it from afar, but dissects it from within. And yes - also a sailor.
Born in Kotor, grew up in Herceg Novi, and today operates from Belgrade. His music is a kind of hybrid of genres, and his distinctive feature is sharp, satirical texts, which, without embellishment, expose the absurdities of modern society.
He has twenty albums in his discography, signs music for the theater, and also took up the silent classic Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang, which he re-sounded and performed with the Belgrade Philharmonic. He has received many awards-from satire to advertising, from film to music. He has acted in films, wrote The Opera Pasija based on Stella, which premiered at Kotor Art in 2019, and in recent years he has regularly collaborated with the Macedonian National jazz Orchestra, with which he performs throughout the region.
In 2019, he launched his solar sailboat-a vessel powered by wind and sun. Because ecology is a practice for him, not a pose: he drives a solar-powered electric car and has his own solar power plant.
19. in October, he comes to Linhart hall with a unique Omnikulturalist project, created especially for Cankarjev dom, which he will perform for our audience with the Big Band RTV Slovenija. Omniculturality is probably the most accurate description of his long-standing creative world. He draws inspiration from music, literature and visual expressions of different eras and corners of the world, from which he draws his own creative core, from which his recognizable style then emerges.
But as he himself says-the most interesting is yet to come. Until now, it was just an overture.
Antonije Pušić, bolj znan kot Rambo Amadeus, je kultna figura balkanske glasbe – in eden redkih, ki mu ta oznaka dejansko pristaja. Pesnik, skladatelj, inovator, filozof, družbeni provokator, predvsem pa kronist časa, ki ga ne opisuje od daleč, ampak ga secira od znotraj. In ja – tudi jadralec.
Rojen v Kotorju, odraščal v Herceg Novem, danes pa deluje iz Beograda. Njegova glasba je svojevrsten hibrid žanrov, njegov prepoznavni znak pa so ostri, satirični teksti, ki brez olepševanja razgaljajo absurditete sodobne družbe.
V diskografiji ima dvajset albumov, podpisuje glasbo za gledališče, lotil pa se je tudi nemega klasika Metropolis režiserja Fritza Langa, ki ga je na novo ozvočil in izvedel z Beograjsko filharmonijo. Prejel je številne nagrade – od satire do oglaševanja, od filma do glasbe. Igral je v filmih, napisal opero Pasija po Stelli, ki je leta 2019 doživela premiero na Kotor Artu, v zadnjih letih pa redno sodeluje z makedonskim nacionalnim jazz orkestrom, s katerim nastopa po celotni regiji.
Leta 2019 je splovil še svoj solarni jadrnik – plovilo, ki ga poganjata veter in sonce. Ker je ekologija zanj praksa, ne poza: vozi električni avto na sončno energijo in ima lastno sončno elektrarno.
19. oktobra v Linhartovo dvorano prihaja z edinstvenim projektom Omnikulturalist, ustvarjenim posebej za Cankarjev dom, ki ga bo za naše občinstvo izvedel z Big Bandom RTV Slovenija. Omnikulturalnost je namreč verjetno najnatančnejši opis njegovega dolgoletnega ustvarjalnega sveta. Navdih črpa iz glasbe, literature in vizualnih izrazov različnih obdobij ter koncev sveta, iz česar vleče samosvoje ustvarjalno jedro, iz katerega potem nastaja njegov prepoznavni slog.
A kot pravi sam – najbolj zanimivo šele prihaja. Vse do zdaj je bila zgolj uvertura.