VIVA VOX CHOIR
DU HAST acapella
They don’t use guitars, drums, pianos. Their voices are their instruments. The members of the famous choir from Zemun, conducted by Jasmina Lovren, reveal for the Creative Art magazine how an ordinary high school choir reached the popularity
How long does the Viva Vox Choir exist and how did you come up with the idea to form
a choir of that kind?
What Viva Vox is today, from the beginning it was just a high school choir. Little
by little we threw in elements of pop music. The oldest members of Viva Vox, after
completing the fourth grade of high school, expressed a desire to continue working
on the choir, which is exactly what has happened. We were a part of the Ensemble
"Branko Radičević" for two years, then in 2005 we started working independently and
we went our own way.
How many members does the Viva Vox Choir have?
Around thirty, but people come and go from Viva Vox. There are always ups and downs,
even regarding the number of members. But now the number of members is just right.
How do you select songs for your performances?
In the last two years, we have turned to more popular repertoire, mostly pop and
rock. Previously, a conductor made the selection of songs, but since we have started
singing popular music, the choir members select the songs. They know what the audience
will like. Some songs simply self-
How did it come to cappella version of the song "Du Hast" by the band Rammstein?
It is the choir music that we perform without any instrumental accompaniment, imitating the musical instruments. The idea to do "Du Hast" arose spontaneously. Someone came with this idea to the rehearsal, we thought it would be interesting to try who would imitate which instrument and we started. We put everything on paper, we turned it into notes and we realized that this may sound good. Most peculiar of all, with this song, is that most of us were not aware of how good it would turn out until the concert. When we first heard our voices on the microphone, we were confused because we had previously heard ourselves only in rehearsals, in a room without a sound.
Where did you perform?
After our important concert in Dom Omladine in May, we were guests on the Show with
Zoran Kesiæ, on TV station Prva. I think that it was a very important performance,
because from that moment on many people have heard of us, which is confirmed by numerous
invitations to perform. It was really nice in Gorica Popovic play last year. We spent
three nights with our outstanding theater actors and it was great. We didn’t have
many performances outside Belgrade, although we had two small "excursions" to Gorocka
and Pula. This year we will have a show in Novi Sad, in Trg osloboðenja, at the opening
of the International Choir Festival, and we look forward to it. Thanks to the popularity
on the Internet, the invitations started coming from different towns in Serbia, where
they usually plan to invite local young people, trying to revive the culture. It
makes us very happy.
How long does one of your performances last?
An hour and a half, mostly, although it depends on the agreement. For our part, we
could sing all day and night. On the other hand, sometimes it lasts up to twenty
minutes.
Future projects?
The current repertoire remains, but we are preparing something new as well. We are
preparing the annual concert traditionally held before the New Year, probably again
in Dom Omladine. We are also hoping for a chance to perform in some large hall abroad.
Until then, there is a festival in Novi Sad, performances in Aranðelovac, Kragujevac,
Smederevo, Zajeèar, Kikinda, at Kolarac and Hyatt. There are plans to record the
songs professionally, in a studio because now each clip is without “retouches”.
U FOKUSU PRIČA SE DA KULTURA UMETNOST FOTOGRAFIJA FILM POZORIŠTE KNJIŽEVNOST MUZIKA ARHITEKTURA DIZAJN ENTERIJER TERAPIJA STANOVANJA MODA STRIP HIGIJENA UMA RIZNICA STIL AUTO ASTRO KREATIVNI DNEVNIK
Razgovarala: Ivana Nestorović
MuzikaMUSIC
VIVA VOX CHOIR
DU HAST acapella
Oni ne koriste gitare, bubnjeve, klavire. Glasovi su njihovi instrumenti. Članovi poznatog zemunskog hora, pod dirigentskom palicom Jasmine Lovren, otkrivaju za Creative Art magazin kako su od običnog gimnazijskog hora stigli do popularnosti
Koliko dugo postoji Viva Vox i kako se pojavila ideja za jedan takav hor?
Ono što je danas Viva Vox, s početka je bio samo gimnazijski hor. Malo po malo ubacivali smo elemente zabavne muzike. Najstariji članovi Viva Voxa, posle završenog četvrtog razreda gimnazije, izrazili su želju da se priča o postojećem horu nastavi, što se i dogodilo. Bili smo deo KUD „Branko Radičević“ dve godine, zatim smo se 2005. godine osamostalili i krenuli sopstvenim putem.
Koliko članova broji Viva Vox hor?
Oko trideset, ali ljudi dolaze i odlaze iz Viva Voxa. Uvek postoje usponi i padovi, pa je tako i sa brojem članova. No, trenutno nas ima taman koliko treba.
Kako pravite odabir pesama za izvođenje?
U poslednje dve godine, preorjentisali smo se na zabavni repertoar, uglavnom pop i rok. Prethodno je dirigent pravio odabir pesama, ali od kada se peva popularna muzika, biraju članovi hora. Oni znaju šta će se publici svideti. Neke pesme su nam se same nametnule. Često neko čuje pesmu za koju pomisli da bi bila „pun pogodak“, onda uradimo obradu, napravimo aranžman i eto sledeće pesme na našem repertoaru.
Kako je došlo do capella izvođenja pesme „Du Hast“ grupe Rammstein?
Reč je o horskoj muzici koju izvodimo bez bilo kakve instrumentalne pratnje, imitirajući muzičke instrumente glasom. Ideja da obradimo „Du Hast“ javila se spontano. Neko je s tom idejom došao na probu, pomislili smo da ne bi bilo loše da probamo ko bi šta imitirao i krenuli smo. Stavili smo sve na papir, pretvorili u note i shvatili da to može da zvuči dobro. Najčudnije od svega sa tom pesmom je što dobar deo nas do samog koncerta nije bio svestan koliko će to dobro da ispadne. Kada smo prvi put čuli svoje glasove na mikrofonu, bili smo zbunjeni jer smo se do tada slušali samo na probama, u prostoriji bez ozvučenja.
Gde ste sve nastupali?
Posle našeg značajnog koncerta u Domu Omladine u maju, bili smo u emisiji kod Zorana Kesića, na televiziji Prva. Mislim da nam je to vrlo značajan nastup jer tog trenutka dosta je ljudi čulo za nas, što nam potvrđuju mnogobrojni pozivi za nastupe. Bilo nam je bilo veoma lepo prošle godine u predstavi Gorice Popović. Tri večeri smo bili sa velikanima srpskog glumišta i bilo je fenomenalno. Malo smo nastupali van Beograda, mada smo imali dve manje „ekskurzije“ do Gorocke i Pule. Ove godine ćemo imati nastup u Novom Sadu, na Trgu slobode, na otvaranju međunarodnog horskog festivala, čemu se radujemo. Zahvaljujući popularnosti na internetu, počeli su da naviru pozivi iz različitih gradova Srbije, gde obično planiraju da pozovu omladinu tog grada, ne bi li oživeli kulturu, što nas posebno raduje.
Koliko traje jedan vaš nastup?
Sat i po, uglavnom, mada to zavisi od dogovora. Što se nas tiče, izdržljivi smo toliko da bismo mogli pevati čitav dan i noć. S druge strane, nekada traje i dvadeset minuta.
Budući projekti?
Ostaje dosadašnji repertoar, ali spremamo i nešto novo. Godišnji koncert spremamo tradicionalno, pred Novu godinu, najverovatnije ponovo u Domu Omladine. Priželjkujemo da za koju godinu osetimo neke velike sale u inostranstvu. Do tada, tu su festival u Novom Sadu, nastupi u Aranđelovcu, Kragujevcu, Smederevu, Zaječaru, Kikindi, na Kolarcu i u Hajatu. Planovi da naše obrade snimimo profesionalnije, u studiju, jer svaki klip je bez ikakvog „peglanja“.
