Jelena Popržan – a charismatic viola player, an expressive voice and sound artist from Vojvodina (Serbia), has energized the Viennese music scene with her projects Catch-Pop String-Strong, Sormeh and Madame Baheux. Her performances are characterized by unusual vocal coloratura, witty stage presentation, boundless energy and a playful curiosity for uncommon instruments and for exploring the capabilities of loop technology. She was awarded 2 times for the best original theatre music, several times with the awards in WorldMusic scene and 2020 with“Vojin Mališa Draškoci”Award (by the World Music asocijacija Srbije) for her work in general.

With her jazz-tinged Jelena Popržan Quartet, she interpreted exciting original compositions and set poems by the Polish-Jewish-Viennese poet Tamar Radzyner(19927–1991).Her unconventional stage music (especially on newly invented instruments)f or the productions of the acclaimed director Sara Ostertag has also attracted a lot of attention. Her widely-heralded solo programme “La Folia” amalgamates early and new music, world, singer-songwriting, cabaret, folk,pop, rock&jazz–wherever you want to place them stylistically Popržan sucks the nectar from all of these genres and lets their very own mixture ferment from them. Avaried revue can be expected, songs, compositions, sounds. Homages to forgotten traditions and unforgettable new things!

Jelena Popržan, 5 String Viola, Voice, Loops, Mouth Fiddle, Glass Harp

Source: https://www.jelenapoprzan.com/