Dunja Botic
Dunja Botic is an acclaimed singer of Southern and Eastern European folk music hailing from Athens. Channelling both Lautari Legends and Greek grandmothers she brings a unique intensity to the stage and her music, both as a soloist and as part of the award-winning ensemble Don Kipper. Multilingual and multi-talented she specialises in teaching Balkan vocal techniques, traditional storytelling and choral and solo performance from the Mediterranean.
Teaching
STORY AND SONG IN MEDITERRANEAN MUSIC
Dunja Botic specialises in teaching Balkan vocal techniques, traditional storytelling and choral and solo performance from the Eastern and Southern Europe to both private students and workshops for adults and children.
She offers a number of different workshop series including 'Story and Song in Mediterranean Music.' This series is split into four workshops that focus on:
Understanding Breathing and the Voice
In this first session we will look to cover games and techniques that will support the performance of singers in any style, and introduce participants to the sound world of Southern and Eastern Europe.
An introduction to Ornamentation
In the second session we will cover the basic techniques that allow you to develop the confidence, flexibility and precision to sing in a range of styles. This session will help singers situate their voice within the traditions of Eastern and Southern Europe.
Choral singing and vocal arranging
In this session we will focus on choral singing from Northern Greece, looking at the different ways we can tell stories together, and bring songs alive using harmonies, drones and sounds from nature.
Performance Master Class
In this final session we will each look to work together both as soloists and as part of our ensembles, fine-tuning our performance skills, and bringing together all the songs that form the life-cycle of traditional music.
Ensembles
Dunja performs with many ensembles across London and Greece, performing music from across Eastern and Southern Europe in a range of different styles and approaches. Regardless of which group she plays with her unique voice and captivating stage presence brings the music alive and audiences to their feet across the UK and Europe.
Don Kipper
Don Kipper are a multi award-winning 7-piece ensemble playing and transforming a wide range of traditional musical forms reflecting the cultural diversity of North East London, from Turkish Fasıl and Greek Rebetiko to Romani music and Klezmer. Since 2013, we have released our First and Second albums, been featured on BBC Introducing and the BBC World Service, played two European Tours, and won the titles of both the Moshe Beregovski Award for best Klezmer Newcomers and World Music Network’s Battle of the Bands. If you like the Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Taraf De Haïdouks, or Balkan Beat Box you’ll love Don Kipper!
The Near East Collective
The Near East Collective explore and perform Rebetika and traditional music of Asia Minor, Istanbul, the Balkans and the Aegean Sea.
Immigrants-GR
Immigrants-GR are an explosive collective of London-based Greek musicians, who fuse Funk, Pyschedlic Rock and Traditional Folk Music to bring real Greek party music to an unsuspecting UK!
GLOBAL BEATS on the WORLD SERVICE
WORLD ON 3 on BBC RADIO 3
Press
Dunja has appeared on media across the UK and Europe including BBC World Service, BBC Radio 3 and Resonance FM
“Sure to send shivers down your spine”
Songlines
“Spectacular”
Mary Ann Kennedy, World on 3
“Unbridled musical passion & virtuosic mastery”
DJ Ritu, A World in London - Resonance FM
A WORLD IN LONDON with DJ Ritu on RESONANCE FM