De-Balkanizing Balkan Musik – Workshop@Villa for Forest

De-Balkanizing Balkan Music!

29 + 30 October 2025, Villa for Forest, Viktringer Ring 21, 9020 Klagenfurt, ab 10 Uhr,

Within the framework of the ERASMUS+ project Music4Change this two-day event
highlights through academic reflection and artistic research how sonic stereotypes of the
Balkans can be questioned, recontextualized and cross-blended with a larger musical
cosmopolitanism. It will also discuss the political border-crossing dimensions of sound in
the context of current discussions about “cultural citizenship” as an activity of proactive
artivism. A keynote and roundtable with renown popular music expert Professor Rajko
Muršič (University of Ljubljana) will be followed by practical workshops with Kosovo
born singer Irina Karamarković (Graz), and the outstanding Split-based percussionist
Darko Stanojkovski-Grappone and jazz guitarist Darko „Charlie“ Jurković bridging Indian
musical aesthetics with Balkan rhythms.
All parts of the event, co-hosted by the Jazz and music education department of the GMPU
are open for students, university members and external guests. The event is co-funded by
the Southeast Europe Society e.V.

For workshop registration/additional information please contact:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Eckehard Pistrick
eckehard.pistrick@gmpu.ac.at

!!Public Events!!

Wednesday, 29 October 2025

18:00-19:30 Uhr
Roundtable
„De-Balkanizing Balkan music – Artistic and political perspectives“

Participants:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cristina Beretta; head of Dept. Slavonic Studies, University of Klagenfurt
Irina Karamarković; singer/activist, Graz
Prof. Rajko Muršič; (music) anthropologist (Ljubljana)
Darko Stanojkovski-Grappone; percussionist (Split)
Moderation: Prof. Eckehard Pistrick; ethnomusicologist (GMPU)

Thursday, 30 October 2025

19:00 Public Concert with students of GMPU
Irina Karamarković
Darko „Charlie“ Jurković
Darko Stanojkovski-Grappone