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All the colours of ethno music

Zrinka Posavec is an academic musician, vocal pedagogue, ethnomusicologist, conductor, producer and a poet. Ever since revealing the world of music at the age of five, when she joined a folk company in her hometown, music and dance have been a constant in her life.

Zrinka’s musical style is an intimate, profound and powerful expression of her emotions, and she is using her voice with a superb ease to translate them into various musical situations creating a combination of her personal musical expression and far-reaching very specific traditional urban music.

In her many years of voice training, Zrinka Posavec acquired enviable skills of knowledge transfer in vocal pedagogy. Today, among other things, she works as a vocal pedagogue, teacher and coach to young singers, actors and performers helping them find their own voice and use vocal techniques to bring it up the best possible level.

In 2007, Zrinka Posavec founded a female vocal ensemble called “Zwizde”, and ever since, she has been their art director and conductor. Lead by Zrinka Posavec, “Zwizde” have so far had numerous outstanding performances and projects, and in 2013, they even won the contest Croatian Traditional Music. The most appealing project of “Zwizde” is their performance of spiritual songs dedicated to Virgin Mary called “O gospojo prevelika”[4] in which Zrinka Posavec merges folk singing of spiritual songs by “Zwizde” and her modern-day interpretation.

Furthermore, Zrinka Posavec is the editor and producer of an album recorded by “Zwizde” called “Op, lonci lončići”[5] which is a compilation of secular and traditional songs of Slavonija, Baranja, Srijem and Bačka.

Besides her dedication to music, this distinctive artist also writes poetry and prose. Zrinka’s collection of poetry “Soba za buđenje”[6] was published by “Matica Hrvatska – Đakovo” publishing company in 2015. Her poetry is caught in the moment, describing very clear situations and relationships that surround her. It is a combination of her persistent emotions and perceptions of the inner guidelines that led her in her writing and brought her closer to her true self. Therefore, Zrinka’s poetry is a very strong and important link in the chain of her creative life.