Trio Balkan Strings (SRB)

Fly by Balkan carpet with the guitar family from Belgrade-Serbia

TRIO BALKAN STRINGS

Zoran STARCEVIC – guitar Nikola STARCEVIC – guitar Zeljko STARCEVIC – guitar

BALKAN SWING – WORLD FUSION

TRIO BALKAN STRINGS performs its original guitar music, a fusion of Balkan music: Serbian, Gypsy, Macedonian, Romanian, Moldavian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Mediterranean, Greek, Oriental…Jazz, Gypsy Swing, Classical music, asymmetrical rhythms and original guitar interpretation. The result, combining many cultures, is BALKAN SWING – WORLD FUSION, virtuoso, rich and unconventional, fresh and spontaneous, brimming with energy. Authentic, attractive music with the finest taste, real presentation of guitar music in Balkan Jazz style, unique interpretation from three of them and the universal music language, without frontiers. A real music trip by Balkan carpet, so if you like Jazz, Swing, Ethno, Classical, or you simply like guitar music, it is your perfect choice. They invented 6 hands playing on 1 guitar and that is their trademark. They have performed in many Festivals (Jazz, Classical Guitar, World music) and concerts in: USA, Canada, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, Russia, Moldova, Slovakia, Chech Republic, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, UK, Lithuania, Estonia, Norway, France, Israel, Ireland, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. In 2023 is the Trio Balkan Strings 20th years Anniversary.

FIRST PRIZE WINNER in the World category of the 2005 USA Songwriting Competition with composition Water-mill written by Nikola Starcevic and performed by Trio Balkan Strings.
FIRST PRIZE WINNER – Trio Balkan Strings won first prize and the Dolphin statue for being the best instrumental ensemble on the Music World 2004 Italy Festival Internacionale Fivizzano.
FIRST PRIZE WINNER – of the JoAnn Falletta International Composition Competition for Guitar 2007 Buffalo, New York (Asiana IV written by Nikola Starcevic).

” Trio Balkan Strings dedication to the music of the Balkans and central Europe is inspiring. The guitar interpretations of this music are wonderful. Really good !!! ”

John McLaughlin

Discography:

CD1 Balkan Guitars – Trio Balkan Strings 2004
CD Classical Hits & Modern Guitar World- Nikola Starcevic/Duo Starcevic 2005 CD Serbia – Zoran Starcevic 2006
CD2 Water-mill – Trio Balkan Strings 2007
CD Balkan Gypsy Swing – Zoran Starcevic 2010
DVD Live in Belgrade – Trio Balkan Strings 2010
CD3 Balkan Carpet – Trio Balkan Strings 2013
CD4 LIVE – Trio Balkan Strings 2014
CD 9 Classical Duets – Lost Treasure – Duo Starcevic 2016
CD5 Live Trio Balkan Strings 2017. (digital)
CD Kola – Balkan Music – Zoran Starcevic 2017
CD Balkan Gypsy Swing Vol.2 – Zoran Starcevic 2019
CD6 Via Danube – Trio Balkan Strings 2020
CD Romantic Guitar Music 2021