
CREATIVE DIRECTOR

SILK::ROAD Festival Hamburg

SILK::ROAD Festival Hamburg
The SILK::ROAD Festival serves as a platform for the creation of new artistic forms, grounded in artistic dialogue across regions and cultures. By bringing traditional practices into dialogue with contemporary and experimental performance, rare folk instruments appear in unexpected artistic contexts.
Through installations, concerts and performances, the festival provides a multicultural, multisensory and multidimensional experience that invites recipients to encounter the cultures of the Silk Road and discover something new. Jelena Dabic, as a curator and creative director, uses classical music and performing arts forms to create new and exciting concert experiences that dissolve traditional boundaries and focus on the relationship between musicians, listeners and the performance itself.
Her work is deeply rooted in musical worlds outside of Europe, drawing inspiration from foreign cultures and non-European music systems. Through her research and curatorial work, Jelena strives to create connections between contemporary, classical and traditional music by incorporating new techniques and sound worlds into her compositions and concert dramaturgies. The artistic approach focuses on creating a synesthetic connection between the audience and the works by blending visual, auditory, haptic, olfactory and taste elements to create a fully immersive and transformative experience.
By actively engaging the audience in their own reception of the works, a deeper and more meaningful connection between the music and the listener is created. Dabic's curatorial work reflects her passion for breaking down cultural barriers and exploring the interplay between different traditions and artistic forms to create something unique and inspiring.
SILK :: ROAD Festival
SILK :: ROAD Festival
SILK :: ROAD Festival
SILK :: ROAD Festival






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