Bosana Benefit with Miroslav Tadic´
About The Event
Kate + Miroslav will be performing at The Bosana Foundation 2nd Annual Fundraising Concert.
They have been playing together for over a decade.
Visit the Bosana Foundation for tickets and information.
ABOUT MIROSLAV TADIC´
Guitarist, composer and improviser Miroslav Tadic´ completed his formal music education in the United States after studying in Italy and his native Yugoslavia. He has performed and recorded in a wide variety of settings and musical styles, ranging from music of the Baroque and Classical periods to Blues, Jazz, and Rock. Miroslav's performing and recording credits include projects with Mark Nauseef, The Los Angeles Opera with Placido Domingo, Howard Levy, Joachim Kühn, L. Shankar, Markus Stockhausen, Dusan Bogdanovic, Vlatko Stefanovski, Teofilovic Brothers, Wadada Leo Smith, David Torn, Maria João, Jack Bruce, The Grande Mothers, Theodosii Spassov, Kudsi Erguner, Djivan Gasparyan, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri and Ustad Ashish Khan, among others.
In recent years Miroslav has concentrated on developing an approach to improvisation which combines and juxtaposes musical material drawn from many diverse sources, including Baroque, European classical and North Indian classical music, Flamenco, Eastern European folk traditions, Blues, Jazz, and Rock. He is noted for his pioneering work in applying the elements of classical and flamenco techniques to the electric guitar.
ABOUT KATE CONKLIN
Kate Conklin is a soprano and a leading interpreter of the highly demanding vocal music of Bulgaria. She was a Fulbright Scholar to Bulgaria and a vocalist in Cirque du Soleil's "O".
Kate has taught Voice, Alexander Technique and directed Bulgarian choirs for California Institute of the Arts, Community Arts Partnership, California State Summer School for the Arts, and The Oakwood School. She has been a visiting artist and lecturer at CalArts, Pomona College, LA Music Academy, USC and UCLA. Kate specializes in working with performers whose work demands both excellent technique and profound artistry. Her work integrates Alexander Technique, vocal technique, neurobiology, functional anatomy, and performance practice. She has worked with performers from the LA Phil, LA Master Chorale and Cirque du Soleil.
Kate teaches private voice, Alexander Technique, Bulgarian Vocal Ensembles in Los Angeles and works extensively in film and new works as a vocalist and collaborator with composers and choreographers.
She is in development with a new solo performance piece merging opera and science with composer Javier Navarrete.