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"Forgetfulness heals everything and song is the most beautiful manner of forgetting, for in song man feels only what he loves." -Ivo Andrić, The Bridge on the Drina
For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On Sunday, January 18th at 5pm at Gallery MC, Composers Concordance continues its 42nd season with 'All About the Balkans,' a concert event celebrating the culturally-vibrant region traversing the borders of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and Turkey.
Balkan-inspred compositions by Svjetlana Bukvich, Natasha Bogojevich, Dan Cooper, Velizar Iordanov, Ginka Mizuki, Machiko Ozawa, Milica Paranosic, Gene Pritsker, William Schimmel, Dave Soldier, Marina Vesic, and Mark Zaki will be performed by an ensemble including Michiyo Suzuki - clarinet, Gene Pritsker - guitar, William Schimmel - accordion, and Machiko Ozawa, Mark Zaki - violins, Milos Veljkovic - piano, Velizar Iordanov - synthesizer/drum machine, Svjetlana Bukvich - Arturia MicfoFreak synthesizer plus electronic elements. Featured on the program are Milica Paranosic's Kad Ja Podjoh'; Gene Pritsker's 'Taste of the Infinite'; Velizar Iordanov's 'Omdre'; and Svjetlana Bukvich's 'Balkan Dance Remix'; as well as paintings by Milos Raickovich.
Directed by Gorazd Poposki, MCNYC is a non-profit multicultural interdisciplinary art gallery committed to the research, production, presentation and interpretation of contemporary art. The gallery supports established and emerging artists and explores ideas at the junction of arts, performance, and architecture. MCNYC has an open yet critical approach to the possible meanings of art in contemporary society. The gallery presents various arts: visual arts, architecture, dance, media arts, music, theatre, writing and publishing, interdisciplinary work and performance art, and encourages collaboration across these disciplines. It does this through exhibitions, performances, lectures, symposia, residencies, publications, multicultural events and educational programs. MCNYC achieves a synesthesia of creativity in the widest sense of the word. We believe in cross pollination, mutations, and integration of discourses across the artistic fields. We present the place where the fusion of ideas transforms the reality and open venues of lucid thinking.
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Listing Information
Composers Concordance
All About the Balkans
Sunday, Jan. 18th, 2026 at 5pm
Gallery MC
549 West 52nd Street, NYC
TICKETS
$30 at the door, $20 in advance
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Composers
Svjetlana Bukvich,
Natasha Bogojevich, Dan Cooper,
Velizar Iordanov, Ginka Mizuki,
Machiko Ozawa, Milica Paranosic,
Gene Pritsker, William Schimmel,
Dave Soldier, Marina Vesic, Mark Zaki
Performers
Michiyo Suzuki - clarinet
Gene Pritsker - guitar
William Schimmel - accordion
Machiko Ozawa, Mark Zaki - violin
Milos Veljkovic - piano
Velizar Iordanov - synthesizer, drum machine, electronics
Svjetlana Bukvich - Arturia MicfoFreak synthesizer
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Staying in rotation for 42 years in NYC is a rare feat. In the case of a new music presenting organization, it requires not only diligence and cognizance of achievements of the past but also an ethic of keeping one's ear to the ground for emerging stylistic and technological developments, as well as talented new composers on the scene. Composers Concordance, founded in 1984 by Joseph Pehrson and Patrick Hardish, advised by Otto Luening, strives to present contemporary music in innovative ways, with an emphasis on thematic programming. Directors Gene Pritsker and Dan Cooper co-curate the programs and lead the CompCord Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, String Orchestra, and Big Band. Associate Directors are Milica Paranosic, Peter Jarvis, Debra Kaye, Seth Boustead, and Audrey Morse. Composers Concordance has also created a Naxos-distributed record label: Composers Concordance Records. Composers Concordance's overriding vision is to promote contemporary music, composers, and new works as a rightful and respected part of society. Good music performed and recorded well, pushing the boundaries of sound and composition.
"Composers Concordance..a veritable New York new music institution of concerts, album production and multiple ensembles under a sweeping, tenacious brand, thriving on the emulsion of contemporary classical, free improv, jazz and rock, overt humor and fearless political statements, all very much in evidence..The ensemble..was masterful throughout.”-John Pietaro, The New York City Jazz Record
"An unwavering force in giving composers exposure through concert bookings and its own record label, the intrepid new-music organization Composers Concordance” - The Brooklyn Rail
"The Composers Concordance folks are unpredictable and at times refreshingly irreverent in a reverent sort of way....ingenious fun" - Classical-Modern Music Review
“Enterprising new music organization” - The New York Times
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