TAMARA OBROVAC composer, singer, flutist and bandleader II www.tamaraobrovac.com
Her main expression is ethnically inspired contemporary jazz influenced by the particular musical and dialectal traditions of her homeland, the Croatian coastal region of Istria.
She leads several international bands, and had many international collaborations and projects.
She writes lyrics in her local dialect and sings in other ancient and endangered Istrian dialects, Slavic and Romanic origin.
She wrote around 200 compositions, has published 13 CD's in which she wrote all of the music and most of the lyrics, and she held more then 500 international concerts, highly praised by the audience and press.
In addition to her international concert activities, she composes music for theater and film, she wrote music for 40 theater pieces, ballets and 10 films, in Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Monte Negro, Bulgaria, Italy, etc. and has received numerous awards for her work; 11 awards for film and theater music, including Golden arena for Best film score on the National film festival, and among the others 12 Porin awards (Croatian's Grammy), and she was nominated for BBC Radio 3 World Music awards (European music and Audience Award).
