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Thursday, 28 November 2023.
Kolarac Hall  8 p.m.

Led by its chief conductor and trumpeter Stjepko Gut, the RTS Big Band performed at the New Year's gala concert called SOUL CONNECTION in the Kolarac Endowment Concert Hall on 28 December.

Gut expressed great satisfaction at holding a concert dedicated to the great jazz artist who was his role model, friend and a kind of mentor, and during the evening he shared with the audience memories of the private and professional relationship he had with Duško Gojković.

As a special guest, the musicians were joined by legendary American drummer Alvin Queen and top soloists: saxophonist Fulvio Albano, pianists Uroš Perić and Claus Raible, and double bassist Martin Gjakonovski.

Since trumpeters Nemanja Jovanović and Claus Reichstaller were unable to perform due to health issues, Novak Mijović, a professor at the Department of Jazz and Popular Music at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, and the famous American trombonist Corey Wilcox appeared in front of the audience instead.  

The audience listened to the masterful playing with great enjoyment, greeting the excellent jazz artists with applause, who brilliantly performed a two-hour programme and rounded off the concert season in a marvelous way.                   

The SOUL CONNECTION concert was realized in cooperation with RTS Music Production, the Belgrade Festivals Centre (CEBEF) and the Duško Gojković Jazz Initiative association.