2022
24 August, PODGORICA, Podgorica Cultural Summer
26 August, SARAJEVO, City Hall
28 August, RIJEKA, Export Drvo
29 August, ZAGREB, Lauba
Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach: O Haupt Voll Blut und Wunden
Davor Branimir Vincze: The Wound is the Place where the Light enters You*
Movement I: In my dreams I’m dying all the time
Isidora Zebeljan: Deserted Village
Steve Reich: Different Trains – Europe-During the War
Movement II: Suture hors-temps
Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Movement III: Der Prozess
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D. 956 – Adagio
Gustav Mahler: Adagietto
Movement IV: Mì alma (stuck in a loop)
Edward Elgar: Nimrod
Movement V: Lux ex Tenebris
* commissioned by NBO
2021
No Return to Normality Tour
Balkan Season 2021
August/September 2021:
23 August, RIJEKA, Export Drvo
25 August, ZAGREB, Lauba
27 August, SARAJEVO, Army Hall
25 September, MARIBOR, Union Hall
26 September, NOVA GORICA, Kulturni Dom
24 October, BELGRADE, Museum of Yugoslavia
Program:
John Adams: Shaker Loops
Max Richter: Vivaldi recomposed (Vladimir Kostov, solo violin)
Ivan Bozicevic: Rethink! – trailer *
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen
* commissioned by NBO
More information about the tour here
2020
Due to the corona pandemic, the Balkan Season 2020 Tour, with planned concerts in RIJEKA, ZAGREB, SARAJEVO, PODGORICA, PRISTINA, SKOPJE and NOVI SAD, is postponed until next year.
Program:
John Adams: Shaker Loops
Max Richter: Vivaldi recomposed (Stanko Madic, solo violin)
Ivan Bozicevic: Rethink! – trailer
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen
2019
B Matinee Tour
Balkan Season 2019
28 July, TIVAT, Kotorart Festival
30 July, PRIZREN, Lumbardhi Stage
1 August, SARAJEVO, Cinemas Sloga
19 September, MARIBOR, Maribor Festival
20 September, ZAGREB, Lauba
22 September, BELGRADE, Drugstore, Bitef
24 September, BERLIN, Berghain, Month of Contemporary Music
Program:
Draško Adžić: B. matinée *
Drinor Zymberi: Trance *
Arvo Pärt: Fratres (Stanko Madic, solo violin)
Davor Branimir Vincze: darkroom *
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
Darija Andovska: FairVent *
Danijel Zontar: Afterparty * (electronica: DJ MKDSL)
* commissioned by NBO
More information about the tour here
2018
I exist – to Rajasthan
Production: Marc Sinan Company
Composer: Marc Sinan
Marc Sinan, Iva Bittova, Raju Bhopa, Dayam Khan, Papamir, NBO and Dresdner Sinfoniker
4 November, BELGRADE, National Theatre
6 November, PECS, Zsolnay Cultural Quarter, E78
9, 10 November, BERLIN, TAK theatre, Aufbau-Haus
Balkan Season 2018 annual regional summer tour
17 August, BUDVA, Theatre City
18 August, PRIZREN, Lumbardhi Stage
20 August, SARAJEVO, Army Hall,
22 August, BELGRADE, Centre for Cultural Decontamination
Program:
Pjotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: Serenade
Aleksandra Vrebalov: Pannonia Boundless
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for violin and viola in C minor (soloists: Stanko Madić, violin & Saša Mirković, viola)
Arnold Schoenberg: Transfigured night
More information about the tour here
2017
I exist – to Rajasthan
Production: Marc Sinan Company
Composer: Marc Sinan
Marc Sinan, Iva Bittova, Raju Bhopa, Dayam Khan, Papamir, NBO and Dresdner Sinfoniker
31 March, DRESDEN, Festspielhaus Hellerau
2 April, BERLIN, Radialsystem V
3 April, MUNICH, white BOX
2016
Verdi/Cassol: Macbeth
Directed by: Brett Bailey
Production: Third World Bun Fight, Cape Town
11, 12, 13 February, BRUSSELS, KVS
17, 18, February, POITIERS, Theatre et auditorium de Poitiers
23 February, LJUBLJANA, Cankarjev Dom
28, 29 May, MACAO, China, Macao Arts Festival, Grand Auditorium, Macao Cultural Centre
24 June, NAPLES, Napoli Teatro Festival Italia, Auditorium RAI Domenico Scarlatti
28, 29 June, MARSEILLES, Festival de Marseilles/Festival d`Aix-en-Provence, Les Espaces culturels du Silo d`Arenc
22, 23 July, ATHENS, Epidaurus Festival
4, 5 October, QUIMPER, Le Theatre de Cornouaille
Aghet – The Great Catastrophe
Production: Dresdner Sinfoniker
No Borders Orchestra together with musicians from Dresdner Sinfoniker, Dresdner Kammerchor, AuditivVokal and musicians from Turkey and Armenia.
Program:
Zeynep Gedizlioglu: Notes from the Silent One
Vache Sharafyan: Surgite Gloriae
Helmut Oehring: Massaker, hört ihr MASSAKER!
29, 30 April, DRESDEN, Hellerau, Europäisches Zentrum der Künste
5 November, BELGRADE, Yugoslav Drama Theatre
2015
Verdi/Cassol: Macbeth
Directed by: Brett Bailey
Production: Third World Bun Fight, Cape Town
10, 11 September, GWANGJU, South Korea, Opening Festival of the Asian Culture Complex Arts Theater
15, 16, 18, 19 September, BRISBANE, Australia, Brisbane Festival
24, 25, 26 September, HAMBURG, Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik
Aghet – The Great Catastrophe
Production: Dresdner Sinfoniker
No Borders Orchestra together with musicians from Dresdner Sinfoniker, Dresdner Kammerchor, AuditivVokal and musicians from Turkey and Armenia.
Program:
Zeynep Gedizlioglu: Notes from the Silent One
Vache Sharafyan: Surgite Gloriae
Helmut Oehring: Massaker, hört ihr MASSAKER!
27, 28 November, BERLIN, Radial System
2014
Verdi/Cassol: Macbeth
Directed by: Brett Bailey
Production: Third World Bun Fight, Cape Town
13, 15, 16 May, BRUSSELS, Kunstenfestivaldesarts at KVS Theatre
19, 20 May, ROTTERDAM, Operadagen
24, 25, 27, 28 May, VIENNA, Wiener Festwochen
11, 12 June, BRAUNSCHWEIG, Festival Theaterformen
16, 17, 19, 20 September, LONDON, Barbican
17, 18 October, GIRONA, Theatre Municipal
22, 23 October, LISBON, Maria Matos Teatro Municipal
30, 31 October, TARBES, Le Parvis
4, 5, 7, 8 November, TOULOUSE, Theatre Garonne
12, 14, 15 November, STRASBOURG, Le Maillon
18, 19, 21, 22 November, PARIS, Festival d’Automne at Noveau Theatre de Montreuil
25, 26 November, PARIS, Festival d’Automne at La Ferme Du Buisson
29 November, DOUAI, L’hippodrome
2013
20 October, BERLIN, Radial System
Program:
Isidora Žebeljan: Horses of Saint Mark
Lera Auerbach: Sogno di Stabat Mater
(soloists: Stanko Madic, violin & Sasa Mirkovic, viola)
Richard Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll
Zoltán Kodály: Dances of Galanta
10 October, PRISTINA, The Cathedral of Blessed Mother Teresa
Program:
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 7 “Unfinished”
Richard Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll
Zoltán Kodály: Dances of Galanta
21 August, LJUBLJANA, Ljubljana Festival
17 August, TREBINJE, Old Town Square
15 August, HERCEG NOVI, Guitar Art Summer Fest
13 August, KOTOR, Kotor Art Festival
Program:
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphonie classique
Isidora Žebeljan: Horses of Saint Mark
Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez (soloist Miloš Karadaglić, guitar)
Richard Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll
Zoltán Kodály: Dances of Galanta
17 March, BELGRADE, in the framework of the annual European Festival Association Collective and Affiliate Members Meeting (CAMM) and the 14th edition of the Guitar Art Festival
16 March, NOVI SAD, Synagogue
Program:
Isidora Žebeljan: The Horses of Saint Mark
Albeniz/Leo Brouwer – Iberia (soloist: Edin Karamazov, guitar)
Kodaly – Dances of Galanta
2012
11 October, BELGRADE – inauguration concert at the gala opening of the 44th BEMUS Festival
Program:
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphonie classique
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major Op.73 – “Emperor”
(soloist: Hinrich Alpers, piano)
Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question
Zoltán Kodály: Dances of Galánta
9 October, KANJIZA – the first public appearance of No Borders Orchestra
Program:
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphonie classique
Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question
Zoltán Kodály: Dances of Galánta