Trio Širom
The Liquefied Throne of Simplicity
Ana Kravanja viola, daf, ocarina, mizmar, balafon, rebab, vocals
Iztok Koren guembri, banjo, tank drum, percussions
Samo Kutin hurdy-gurdy, tempura brac, lyre, lute, acoustic resonators
Coming from the Slovenian underground scene and having honed their skills through international collaborations, the members of Trio Širom feed on the multiculturalism that has historically enriched their country – the Roman, Byzantine and Austro-Hungarian Empires, then the troubled Yugoslavia – and draw inspiration from the diversity of Slovenia’s environment and landscapes. They propose an inventive and imaginative folk music, the fruit of the reinvention of musical instruments from different countries, sometimes home-made and put together in highly original ways. For example, they combine the tempura brač, a short-necked lute from the Balkans, with the ocarina and the guembri, a three-stringed lute with a leather-covered soundboard from the Gnawa music of Morocco, searching for hidden connections in an unprecedented sound texture.
