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The city choir Brodosplit celebrated half a century of successful activity in 2022 with an anniversary concert in the Split national theater and the publication of a rich monograph entitled "Let's Go, We the Rebels".

Unobtrusively and without great ambitions, the Men's Choir was launched in 1972 under the auspices of Split's shipyard, which, while still a minor, became recognizable for its quality at the level of the country at the time, as well as on its first European trips.

The choir is a complex musical organism in which each singer plays the role of an organ. With his voice, he colors a certain section and gives strength and emotion to the overall fusion. The conductor, who is also the choir's artistic director, mixes, blends, shapes and filigrees each tone in each composition so that it, precisely in the performance of an individual choir, arouses attention and provokes the listeners to a unique experience.

The City Choir Brodosplit is fortunate to be led for more than 3 and a half decades, since 1988, not only by the conductor but also by one of the greatest living Croatian composers, maestro Vlado Sunko. Thanks to the knowledge, vision, dedication, creative innovation and perseverance of maestro Vlado Sunko, this choir has achieved top artistic results: especially with performances of great works such as Papandopulo's oratorio Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Cherubini's Requiem, Stipišić's oratorio Resurrection, and Sunko's cantata Gold of Our Lady's Grace and Missa.

In the spirit of the proverb of the French philosopher Jean Jaurès: Tradition does not consist in keeping the ashes but in keeping the flame alive, in that musical-historical score the precious part was sung by the choirs of Split, and the City Choir Brodosplit is most deserving of preserving this laudable tradition.

As the most recognizable ambassadors of their city, they became the most trophy-winning Croatian amateur choir, two-time absolute world choir champions.

In addition to the most prestigious awards of the profession, they also received numerous social awards, from the awards of the city of Split and the County of Split-Dalmatia to the Charter of the Republic of Croatia. But we should add to that the city and county awards and the decoration of the order of Danica Hrvatska with the figure of Marko Marulić to maestro Sunko.

Music in the life of this climate is the umbilical cord with the heritage of the ancestors, the worldly and the spiritual, but also a credible protagonist in the political arena where notes and words were found among swords and guns - music and language – as weapons in the struggle for national identity.

 

 

September 24, 2024. - Released the video of the popular song “Naše malo misto”

Text: Tomislav Zuppa

Music: Pero Gotovac

Prepared by: Vlado Sunko

Cover photo: Igor Bakotić

Sound master: Stipe Blažević

Videographers: Matko Petrić, Jovica Kozlica i Jere Gruić

Director: Matko Petrić

Soloists: Ivan Žitko, Eduard Grenc, Ivan Đangradović i Vlado Sučić

Sound recording recorded in the studio of HRT Radio Split in February 2024.

Film record taken in Split, Šibenik and St. Jerome's Airport in May 2024.

Listen on YouTube!

NAŠE MALO MISTO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoNyzB-nQQM&ab_channel=GradskizborBrodosplit

 

May 20, 2024 - In the showcase of the choir 'Brodosplit' another Grand Prix, the best among 26 ensembles in Šibenik, Slobodna Dalmacija, Written by: Jasenka Leskur

Another trophy in the premises of the City Choir 'Brodosplit'. This time from Šibenik, where on the occasion of the great jubilee of the singing society 'Kolo', the 125th anniversary of its existence, the International competition of choirs in folklore music "Adria cantat" was held. "Brodosplit" in its category - national folklore music - won a gold plaque and an overwhelming first place, and at the end also the Grand prix competition. In the category in which the most trophy-winning Split choir competed, there were also the most singing ensembles, which resulted in the strongest competition.

After the concert 'Dedication to Jakov Gotovac' in the Croatian Home, which delighted the people of Split for Sudamja, choir director maestro Vlado Sunko chose three compositions by the great composer for the competition in Šibenik - "Koledari in the house" - the 3rd movement from the composition "Koledari", "Good evening my love" and "Sadness for a calf", and the old Split folk song "Let's all sing a new song". The strong satirical song "Sadness for a calf" was the interpretative highlight of the choir, which was also recognized by the audience at HNK Šibenik. As category winners, the choir won the right to perform in the Grand Prix competition.

- Brodosplit singers received 29.43 points out of a maximum of 30 for their performance in the national category, which is the highest number of points won at the competition. In the second part of the competition for the Grand Prix, three category winners and three more choirs, which the expert jury considered to be particularly interesting, competed. In the first part, four compositions were sung, and in the second, only one composition of your choice could be repeated. The Brodosplit singers once again delighted the profession and the audience with their emotional and precise interpretation and won the trophy - maestro Vlado Sunko commented visibly satisfied.

Except in the category of national folklore music in which the Brodosplit from Split triumphed, singing ensembles competed in the categories "foreign folklore music" and "mixed folklore music". A total of 26 singing ensembles with over a 500 performers participated in the competition.

The choirs were evaluated by a distinguished international jury consisting of choral singing experts Tomislav Čekolj, Živko Kljuce, Janja Knapić Omranloo, Bojan Pogrmilović, Martina Prevejšek, Milad Omranloo and Branko Starc.

The competition was organized by the Croatian Choral Directors Association and the Šibenik Singing Society "Kolo", with the support of the City of Šibenik and the Croatian National Theater in Šibenik.