Jančurić Milena
BIOGRAFIJA
Milena Jančurić je pohađala džez odsek u Muzičkoj školi Isidor Bajić u Novom Sadu i istovremeno studirala klasičnu flautu na Fakultetu muzičke umetnosti u Beogradu, u klasi profesora Ljubiše Jovanovića. U leto 2011. godine započela je studije na Berklee College of Music u Bostonu (SAD) gde je diplomirala Magna cum laude na Odseku za izvođače ovog svetski uvažavanog koledža za savremenu muziku. Školovanje u Bostonu zaokružila je 2013. godine nagradom Dekana Berklijevog odseka za izvođače (Performance Division Dean’s Award in Recognition of Outstanding Musicianship) za izuzetno muziciranje. Milena je u Americi nadogradila svoje muzičke veštine i otkrila svoju strast da improvizuje i komponuje autorsku muziku. Veliki trag na njenu profesionalnu karijeru ostavlja profesor flaute Met Marvuljo (Matt Marvuglio). Tokom studija je već imala značajna iskustva sa vrsnim svetskim muzičarima, a po povratku u zemlju brzo stiče profesionalnu afirmaciju. Pored solo karijere, gošća je na mnogim koncertima i projektima, kao solistkinja ili članica kamernog ansambla, orkestra, malih grupa, kao i studijska muzičarka. Nastupa na muzičkim festivalima i muzičkim događajima širom regiona i sveta.
Postepeno razvijajući sopstveni muzički izraz kroz učenje i studiozno profesionalno uobličavanje usavršavala se sarađujući sa priznatim umetnicima i muzičarima među kojima kao najznačajnije ističu: Met Marvuljo, Danil Perez (Pérez), Mark Pinjataro (Marco Pignataro), Ljubiša Jovanović, Fernand Brandao (Brandão), Skot Frij (Scott Free), Mič Hopers (Mitch Haupers) i dr.
Odlazak u Boston i studije na Berkliju pomogli su Mileni da, pored velikog zadovoljstva koje joj pruža izvođenje klasične muzike, otkrije nova polja svoje muzičke osećajnosti i izražajnosti – naklonost prema improvizaciji i komponovanju. Tu počinje da stvara i izvodi svoje autorske kompozicije.
U februaru 2013. osnovala je Milena Jančurić Trio s kojim je debitovala i uspešno se predstavila bostonskoj muzičkoj publici. Bostonski online art magazin The Arts Fuse proglasio je seriju muzičkih događaja „When Culture Converge” u Art at Armory Cafe-u jednim od najznačajnijih u 2015. godini, navodeći upravo koncert trija Milene Jančurić.
Razvijajući solističku karijeru, Milena je učestvovala na brojnim koncertima i muzičkim projektima kao solistkinja ili kao članica orkestara, kamernih ansambala, malih i ad hok muzičkih grupa, kao studijska muzičarka… Pored svog autorskog sastava, sarađivala je i svirala sa muzičarima u umetničkim sastavima kao što su: Aleksandar Dujin Orchestra, Ana Ćurčin, Nicola Conte, Vega Nova Quartet, Nevena Reljin, Lazar Novkov & Frame Orchestra, Sanja Marković, Women of the World, Tomoko Ozawa Quintet, Yabuno Ettun Project, Ehud Ettun Trio, Gaia Petrelli Willmer Octet, a kao učesnica projekta Yakir Arbib: „Vision of Waves”, nastupala je u vašingtonskom Kenedi Centru 2013. godine.
Po povratku u zemlju 2015, Milena brzo stiče profesionalnu afirmaciju. Godinu dana kasnije učestvuje sa autorskim projektom na glavnom programu Novosadskog džez festivala. Redovno nastupa i u okviru međunarodnog Beogradskog džez festivala.
Od 2016. godine aktivno sarađuje sa profesorima i studentima sa Instituta „Internal Compass” u Izraelu. Sa njima je učestvovala u seriji koncerata i muzičkih radionica širom Izraela predstavljaći svoju autorsku muziku. Novembra 2021. godine Milena je objavila svoj prvi autorski album „Shapes and Stories” za italijansku izdavačku kuću A.MA Records (A.MA Edizioni).
RADOVI
- Singl „Estate”, Giulia Malaspina, gošća na numeri
- Album „Collage of Moments”, Haruka Yabuno, Milena Jancuric & Ehud Ettun (Impromptu No. 1, Impromptu No. 2, Impromptu No. 3, Impromptu No. 4, Don’t Fall Me Fall, Impromptu No. 6 Chiisai Aki Mitsuketa /Someone Found a Little Fall/)
- Album „Scene”, Ana Ćurčin
- Album „Klavirsko nebo #3”
- Album „Klavirsko nebo: Piano Sky Natural Selection”: Košuta, Ana Ćurčin, Milena Jančurić, Marko Cvetković
- Aautorski album „Shapes and Stories” (Purple Shoes Steps , Don’t Fall Me Fall, Circle And Lines, Memories, Steps And Curls, Blue Sparrow Dark Eyes, Dreams In You)
- Album „OOPARTS (Out of Plan Artists)”
- Egidio Rondinone: The Beginning, Egidio Rondinone, Milena Jančurić, Sanja Marković, Valentina Magaletti, Fontaine, Burnett
REFERENCE
„Milena Jančurić on the other hand wears her heart on her sleeve – her excellent and well-crafted compositions were a joy to listen to. The flute is a wonderful and underused instrument in jazz, but in her hands, she takes it centre stage and makes it shine.”
Tim Dickeson, “Immanuel Wilkins, Lars Danielsson and Milena Jančurić among highlights of
Belgrade Jazz Festival 2022”, Jazz Times Magazine, 28th Nov 2022.
„The music across the album’s seven tracks are meticulous and multi-layered. While highlights
include the sublime ‘Dreams in You’ and the stirring ‘Don’t Fall Me Fall’, the stunning performances on the opening number ‘Purple Shoes Steps’ may very well be the star that shines brightest as it beautifully traverses numerous twists and turns throughout its near ten glorious minutes….’Shapes and Stories’ is a project that is significantly less scientific and more representative of a serendipitous piece of art. If Vonnegut had any specific shapes in his mind that all stories would fall into then Jancuric’s role is to completely reinvent those templates while taking listeners on this incredible journey of soaring highs, poignant moments of reflection and treasured intimacy delivering something wholly distinctive and unique. Not only is the debut album by Milena Jancuric a stunning and ambitious piece of work… it also tells a magnificent story!”
Imran Mirza,Shapes and Stories album review, Blue In Green Radio
„Shapes and Stories is an album demonstrative of Milena Jancuric’s immeasurable talent – from her world-class ability as a performer to also serving as the project’s producer and composer the flautist masterfully uses the opportunity to solidify herself as an accomplished and, frankly, brilliant artist.”
Imarn Mirza, 100 songs of 2021, Blue In Green Radio
„Milena Jancuric was brought to my attention when my label decided to release Sanja Markovic album Ascension in 2020. One of the features that impressed me the most about that recording was the flute playing of Milena Jancuric, her skills on the instrument and her sensitivity playing Markovic’s music immediately raised the interest for my label to have an opportunity to work with her. This opportunity came in 2021 when Milena proposed to me to release her album Shapes and Stories. Being a publisher and a producer it’s been a honor and a privilege to document her artistry with my label, and I hope there
will be future opportunities to work together again.”
Antonio Martino, A.MA Records
„From the first and beautiful track Purple Shoes Step it is understood how the flutist was able to find a harmonious balance with the other instruments in the arrangements and here, while on the rhythm of the song we try to imagine the steps of the fascinating purple shoes of the title, we follow the evolution of the piano with its cascades of notes and the melancholy hints of the flute. A promising start to the almost ten minutes of the song, but the rest will certainly not disappoint fans…. Jancuric proves to be an excellent musician with great mastery of the instrument and the ability to integrate it with those of other musicians, a sign of artistic and compositional maturity.”
Ignazio Gulotta, TomTomRock, Shapes and Stories album review
„Milena Jancuric is a young Serbian flutist, with classical studies behind her and an attention increasingly attracted to jazz and other contemporary sounds. The blue tones of her instrument gently touch different musical territories ranging from a modern jazz vision to classical remembrances, from more aggressive blows – a la Roland Kirk, so to speak – to modal landscapes that evoke distant popular traditions. A touch of Debussy, an ounce of romanticism and just a very veiled hint of her experimentation, help to better understand this artist and her first album, Shapes and Stories, released on the Apulian label A.Ma Records.”
Riccardo Talamazzi, Off Topic, Shapes and Stories album review
„Neobičan redosled ambijenata izaziva početnu nedoumicu: prve dve numere imaju najveću tenziju, treća i peta najviše gruva, u sredini je duo flaute i bubnjeva, na kraju dve balade – da neko nije pomešao karte izvan volje autora? Pa, nije, što već pokazuje Mileninu odvažnost da ne bira tipična rešenja. Naime, radi se o dva prstena: tri numere u sredini predstavljaju malu svitu Just a Shape (vidi se i po simetričnim nazivima: Circles and Lines i Steps and Curls razdvojila je Memories), predstavljajući (vizuelne, geometrijske) oblike, iz naziva albuma. Spoljni prsten pak čine muzičke priče, a odnos dinamičnijih numera na početku naspram balada na kraju ne mora uopšte da bude slučajan. Zapravo kao da tako postavljene ostvaruju svojevrsni kontrabalans, rugajući se perfektnoj simetriji jezgra.”
Vojislav Pantić, Politika, recenzija autorskog albuma
PRILOZI
PRILOZI:
- Prilog 1. Milena Jančurić, foto: John Watson
- Prilog 2. Milena Jančurić, foto: Slavko Kostić
- Prilog 3. Milena Jančurić, foto: Slavko Kostić
- Prilog 4. Milena Jančurić, foto: Slavko Kostić
FOTOGRAFIJA UMETNICE
- Milena Jančurić, foto: Danilo Mijatović
ČLAN TIMA: | Marija Karan |
DATUM UNOSA GRAĐE: | 04.12.2024. |