Symbolic Orchestra

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The fluid and ever-changing collective Symbolic Orchestra first appeared in 2003, when they were an eleven-piece band under the guidance of the multi-instrumentalist Bojan Cvetrežnik, otherwise also a member of Terrafolk and the head of One Music Society. Since than, they've been playing in many different formats (as a duo, trio, quartet, etc and also as a 50 or even 140-piece collective), creating a pan-European musical melange that feeds from a myriad of trans-historical musical expressions.

The members of the orchestra are nevertheless more or less classically trained string players. They have co-opted and cooperated with a number of musicians from abroad – more than a hundred of them, actually, coming from altogether 15 different countries. Due to this international cast, they sometimes performed under the name European Symbolic Orchestra.

Symbolic Orchestra - Jesensko tiho by Symbolic Orchestra on YouTube

Members

Together with the spiritus movens of the orchestra, Bojan Cvetrežnik, the violinists Klemen Bračko (member of Godalika) and Matija Krečič form the core of the band. Other musicians featured in the orchestra are (or were) Danijel Černe aka Mystica (also a founding member of Terrafolk) (guitar), Srečko Meh (violin), Dejan Gregorič (violin), Barja Drnovšek (violin, vocal), Urška Demšar (violin, vocal), Eva Jurgec (oboe, vocal), Maja Drčar (vocal), Tina Čeh (viola), Tilen Artač (cello), Luka Dukarič (viola), Jošt Lampret (double bass) and many more.

Of the 100 hundred foreign guests in the orchestra, one could name Jean Christophe Gairard (France), Emilio Castiello (France), Rina Kaçinari (Kosovo) and Ida Meidell Blylod (Sweden). Ida has been especially involved in the orchestra and has together with them led music workshops. She and some of the members of the orchestra also have a band Ida & Other bears (or, occasionally, Ida & Symbolic bears).

Performances, workshops and recordings

Symbolic Orchestra has been incessantly touring around Slovenian and the world. They had numerous gigs with the group Terrafolk and also collaborated with the famous Slovenian poet Svetlana Makarovič.

Besides the countless gig on the streets all around Europe, the orchestra played played at Layer's House, One Music Salon, Cankarjev dom, Prulček Bar, Celica Hostel, Kosovel Culture House Sežana, Slovene Philharmonic, Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, Zlati zob Ethno club, Kamfest, HISTeRIA Festival, Sanje ('Dreams') Festival, Lent Festival, etc. They also repeatedly took the stage in France (for example, at Studio de l’ermitage), Italy, Croatia and Belgium.

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The Symbolics (as they occasionally style themselves) are involved in different workshops (both for children as well as grown-ups), which they sometimes organise together with One Music Society. Though the collective has not been very active in publishing their music, they did release an album at the One Music Society's label.

See also

• One Music Society
• Terrafolk
• Godalika

External links

• Symbolic Orchestra website
• Symbolic Orchestra's album XXSilent on Bandcamp
• Interview with members of Symbolic Orchestra (in Slovenian)