The music summer festival "The Sea and Guitars - guitar virtuoso Sasa Dejanovic & friends",
under the slogan "Global Guitar", dedicates to classic guitar but also bridges guitar stiles, from
jazz to flamenco, latin, ethno and rock. Performed by solo artists or
accompanied by voice, string quartet, cello, xylophone and many other
interesting combinations of instruments and performers.
The Festival was founded in 2003 by guitarist Sasa Dejanovic at the small
medieval town of Vrsar on the west coast of Istria. The town, beloved by
artists, happens to be located on the one of the most beautiful archipelagos
of the Mediterranean. The concerts take place in ancient romanesque basilica of St..
Mary of the Sea (12th century) and at the square of St Anthony from 20th June till 5th September. This
Festival is organized by the Tourist board of Vrsar, with the support of the
Republic of Croatia Ministry of Culture ,
Maistra d.d. Rovinj - Vrsar, Municipality and Parochial Office of Vrsar, Östereichische Kultur Forum and Instituto Italiano di Cultura. Their promotion
and generous help has made it possible for many to enjoy the events.
In the previous years different artists from Tokyo, New York, Madrid, Seville, Cologne,
Genoa,Turin, Wroclaw, Prag, Berlin, Graz, Sarajevo, Ljubljana, and Zagreb gathered together and
performed in front of more than 5000 strong audience. The concerts have
acquired a great interest by the media (television: HRT, RTL, Nit; radio:
Radio Istra, Radio Pula; newspapers: Glas Istre, Slobodna Dalmacija, La Voce
de popolo).
2008 - 6th Festival Guitaristra"The Sea and Guitars"
10 concerts - programme
2007 - 5th Festival Guitaristra"The Sea and Guitars"
11 concerts - programme
2006 - 4th Festival "The Sea and Guitars"
11 concerts - programme
So far:
2005 - 3rd Festival "The Sea and Guitars"
8 concerts, participating:
"Zagreb Guitar Trio" Darko Petrinjak,
Istvan Römer,
Goran Listes,
Sasa Dejanovic,
Jose Luís Martinez - classic guitar
"Wolfgang Mutspiel Trio"
"Blue Train Quintet- Vienna" - jazz
Beppe Gambetta - acoustic guitar
Dzevad Sabanagic - violin
Beba Selimovic - vocal
Olga Sober - soprano
2004- 2nd Festival "The Sea and Guitars"
9 concerts, participating:
Cologne Philharmony Quartet - string quartet
Zarko Ignjatovic, Sasa Dejanovic - classic guitar
Inge Heinl - mezzo-soprano
Zoran Madzirov - bottle-xylophone
"Mendule" - choir
John Kruth - mandolin
Darko Jurkovic - Charlie - tapping guitar
Meri Troselj - vocal
Swing Quintet "Scharff Club" - Zagreb - jazz
2003 - 1st Festival "The Sea and Guitars"
8 concerts, participating:
Hubert Käppel, Ditmar Kres
Sasa Dejanovic - classic guitar
Edin Karamazoff - lute
Mineo Hayashi - cello
Lidija Horvat-Dunjko - soprano
Predrag Maric - ethno-jazz guitar
Lorena Guerrero - flamenco dancer
Zoran Madzirov - bottlephone
