Български етно-джаз във Виена
Bulgarian Ethno-Jazz in Vienna

Summary/Abstract: The text presents some aspects of the "life" of Bulgarian ethno music in the Austrian capital — places and situations in which it "happens" and musicians who in one or another way take part in this musical life. The interest in ethno-jazz music in Bulgaria during the recent years is emphasized, but this interest presumes other interpretations, when this music has been "exported" beyond the borders of the country. There it sounds and is perceived in a slightly different way. Different are the emphases especially in signifying it as ethno-music played by musicians of different nationality. The Bulgarian ethno-jazz in Vienna has its brilliant musical manifestation. Being part of a Balkan 'wave", it magnificently incorporates in the polyphonic sound mosaic of the Austrian capital. But with its life as an outlined phenomenon with local color within the globalizing musical dimensions, this music is a "device" to construe the national identity of the Bulgarian musicians who play it.

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