Svanibor Pettan studied ethnomusicology in Croatia (B.A.), Slovenia (M.A.), and USA (Ph.D.). He researched music in his native Croatia, Slovenia, in the Balkans (particularly in Kosovo), Africa (Tanzania, Egypt), Australia, and USA. At the University of Oslo he became involved with applied ethnomusicology through the Bosnian-Norwegian project "Azra".
His specialties include Balkan Gypsy music, multicultural music education, and music in relation to politics, war and exile, as seen in his writings published in Austria, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, and USA.
He is Asst. Professor at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research in Zagreb, and at the Music Academy of the University in Ljubljana.
Contents:
Tape 1 - University of Washington Slavic Fest (5/16/04) (1:02:35)
Tape 2 - UW Gamelan Padma Sari (on steps outside UW music building) (5/14/04); UW event "Living in Harmony Throughout the Ages," dealing with Sephardic-Turkish relations (including performance by Munir Beken) (5/11/04); University District street fair (musicians) (5/16/04); Selection of Balkan music performed by Seattle musicians - a) Balkan Cabaret at Slavic Fest; b) Marchette DuBois and Ensemble Sub Masa at Georgia's Greek Deli (Seattle); c) Hank Bradley, Cathy Whiteside and ensemble at Georgia's; d) Balkanarama at Georgia's; Eritrean celebration (3/8/04) (Tape 2 duration - 1:02:12)
Tape 3 - Guca 2003 - The Heart of the Balkans - 43rd Dragacevo Trumpeters Festival (Maja Pavlin, Television Slovenia, 2003) (39:10)
Total duration: 3:53:00
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Recorded by visiting scholar Svanibor Pettan at the 2004 University of Washington Slavic Fest.
Tape 2 - UW Gamelan Padma Sari (on steps outside UW music building) (5/14/04); UW event "Living in Harmony Throughout the Ages," dealing with Sephardic-Turkish relations (including performance by Munir Beken) (5/11/04); University District street fair (musicians) (5/16/04); Selection of Balkan music performed by Seattle musicians - a) Balkan Cabaret at Slavic Fest; b) Marchette DuBois and ensemble at Georgia's Greek Deli (Seattle); c) Hank Bradley, Cathy Whiteside and ensemble at Georgia's; d) Balkanarama at Georgia's; Eritrean celebration (3/8/04)
Recorded from Slovenian TV by visiting scholar Svanibor Pettan.Contents: Guca 2003: The Heart of the Balkans - 43rd Dragacevo Trumpeters Festival (Maja Pavlin, producer; Television Slovenia, 2003)