November 15, 2010 - 17:22 AMT
Goran Bregovic: seeing so many of my fans in Armenia makes me feel proud of myself

Karen Demirchyan Sport and Concert Complex will host the concert of a famous Serbian musician Goran Bregovic and Wedding and Funeral Orchestra on November 15. The concert will be held in the framework of Yerevan Perspectives 11th music festival.

“Seeing so many of my fans in Armenia makes me feel proud of myself,” the musician told November 15 news conference in Yerevan.

As he noted, Alcohol concert program to be featured in Yerevan was no different from ones performed in New-York, Paris and London.

The two-part program includes the most popular of the musician’s works: Gas-Gas, Maki, Maki, Kalasnikov, Ederlezi, Mesecina.

Perspectives XXI International Music Festival was renamed into Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival by request on European Festival Association. The festival is held under the aegis of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture.

Goran Bregovicin (born 22 March 1950) is one of the most internationally known modern composers of the Balkans. He currently splits his time between Paris and Belgrade, where he settled down during the Yugoslav Wars.

Bregovic has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesaria Evora. He rose to fame playing guitar with his rock band Bijelo dugme. Among his better known scores are Emir Kusturica’s films (Time of the Gypsies, Arizona Dream, Underground).