Jelena Popržan "la Folia“ at 3 Tage Jazz at Bergbau Und Gotikmuseum Leogang

Sooner or later, it had to happen: Jelena Popržan’s solo program. About fifteen years ago, she began shaking up Vienna’s stages with the duo Catch-Pop String-Strong; with Madame Baheux and Sormeh, she further cemented her reputation as an imaginative arranger, an expressive vocal artist, and an entertainer gifted with both comedic flair and political awareness.

Wherever one might try to place her stylistically — contemporary or early music, world, singer-songwriter, cabaret, the new Viennese song, folk, jazz, or anything in between — Popržan draws the nectar from all these genres, fermenting them into a blend entirely her own....

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Sooner or later, it had to happen: Jelena Popržan’s solo program. About fifteen years ago, she began shaking up Vienna’s stages with the duo Catch-Pop String-Strong; with Madame Baheux and Sormeh, she further cemented her reputation as an imaginative arranger, an expressive vocal artist, and an entertainer gifted with both comedic flair and political awareness.

Wherever one might try to place her stylistically — contemporary or early music, world, singer-songwriter, cabaret, the new Viennese song, folk, jazz, or anything in between — Popržan draws the nectar from all these genres, fermenting them into a blend entirely her own.

Expect a vibrant, ever-changing revue of songs, compositions, and sounds: homages to forgotten traditions and unforgettable new creations!

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