{"id":67354,"date":"2023-07-04T12:53:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T10:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gradteatar.me\/?p=67354"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:01:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:01:28","slug":"opening-ceremony-of-the-37th-festival-theatre-city-budva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gradteatar.me\/en\/opening-ceremony-of-the-37th-festival-theatre-city-budva\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening ceremony of the 37th Festival &#8220;Theatre City&#8221; Budva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the 5<sup>th<\/sup> of July at 9 pm, on \u201cAvala\u201d Hotel Plateau, the concert of \u201cBig Band RTS and Uro\u0161 Peri\u0107\u201d named <em>Tribute to Ray Charles<\/em> will take place as a part of musical program of the 37<sup>th<\/sup> Festival \u201cTheatre City\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The RTS Big Band is the only professional Serbian Jazz ensemble in the form of a big band. It was established in 1948 and it was quickly recognized as a group of performers with excellent interpretational abilities, with its prominent conductors, composers and arrangers that have been guiding it ever since. Some of them are: Mladen Bobi Gute\u0161a, Vojislav Bubi\u0161a Simi\u0107, Zvonimir Skerl, Du\u0161ko Gojkovi\u0107, Stjepko Gut.<\/p>\n<p>The ensemble has performed with some of the world\u2019s greatest jazz artists. As a relevant representative of the Serbian jazz scene, the RTS Big Band has held concerts all around Serbia taking part in the most prominent domestic jazz festivals; it has performed in a number of prominent world festivals, in Tel Aviv, Montreux, Marseille, Thessaloniki, Munich, Stara Zagora, Ingolstadt and Neuburg, as well as at the concerts organized by UNICEF in Belgrade, Paris and Geneva. It has been awarded with \u201eSretenje Order of third Class\u201c for special services to the Republic of Serbia and its citizens in both public and cultural activities.<\/p>\n<p>Uro\u0161 Peri\u0107, an outstanding artist from Slovenia, of Serbian descent, is known to the world as a top-class musician and interpreter of songs from the golden age of blues, jazz and soul. His versatility and unique talent have been enchanting listeners across Europe, Russia, America and Africa taking him to 26 countries with more than 1000 performances.<\/p>\n<p>Uro\u0161\u2019s indescribable energy comprised of his singing, interpretation and unique charisma have been met with applauses of the worldwide audience.<\/p>\n<p>In the course of his remarkable career he has collaborated with more than 200 prestigious music artists worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Sheila Ray Charles, daughter of famous Ray Charles, describes him as the true personification of Ray himself, the immortal legend of the musical world, who had the greatest influence on Uro\u0161\u2019s work. Uro\u0161\u2019s stage presence and charismatic voice transport his listeners back to a golden age of jazz and blues, and music connoisseurs even compare his piano performances to those of the great Gene Harris.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheatre City\u201d press\u2013service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the 5th of July at 9 pm, on \u201cAvala\u201d Hotel Plateau, the concert of \u201cBig Band RTS and Uro\u0161 Peri\u0107\u201d named Tribute to Ray Charles will take place as a part of musical program of the 37th Festival \u201cTheatre City\u201d. 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