Pippo Corvino & Ján Kopčák
Hevhetia

CHANGE OF PROGRAMME: unfortunately Krzysztof Kobyliński will not perform due to health reasons. We managed to get an equally good replacement - guitarist Pippo Corvino.

Both musicians move on the borderline of jazz and classical music in their own original works, while penetrating the preserve of other genres.

Slovak saxophonist Ján Kopčák works as a teacher, composer and multi-genre instrumentalist. For example, the album The Long Bright Dark, which he recorded for the Hevhetia label with guitarist Pippo Corvino, a Montenegrin based in Vienna, was one of the strongest jazz acts in Central Europe last year. His solo project under the fitting name ZenSax, which he will perform at the Jazz Dock, will bring ambient music with a meditative or hypnotic effect, enhanced by special effects and live samples. He will have the first part of the evening.

Filip Gavranović, known professionally by his stage name Pippo Corvino, was born in 1988 in Pula, SFR Yugoslavia. He started playing classical guitar when he was nine years old. In Podgorica (Montenegro), he finished primary music school and the first two years of secondary music school in the class of Professor Nedeljko Pejović. The rest of his secondary school, he finished in the class of Professor Srđan Bulatović, alongside with a jazz guitar, in the class of professor Milorad Šule Jovović. In 2007, he entered the Music Academy in Cetinje (Montenegro), department of classical guitar in the class of Professor Srđan Bulatović, which he quits in November 2009. In May 2010, he moves to Austria, enters the University for Music and Performing Arts (KUG) in Graz (Austria), department of jazz guitar in the class of Professor Guido Jeszenszky and he finishes Bachelor studies in June 2014 and Master studies in February 2017. Before moving to Austria Pippo performed with many Montenegrin groups such as “Baltazar”, “Autumn For Free”… From 2005 – 2009 he played in many performances of the Montenegrin National Theater, such as: ”Christopher Columbus”, “Europe”, “Montenegro Blues”, “Let’s Have Sex” and “Art Export”. He was the music producer and co-author for the play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?” and “When Women had Wings”. From 2010, next to individual projects Pippo co-operates with musicians such as Ángela Tröndle, Nataša Mirković, Morten Ramsbøl, Anıl Bilgen, Elina Viļuma, Cinzia Catania, Ivan Bonačić… Along with all the projects and concerts with many musicians and ensembles, the most important are his instrumental albums “Growing Wings” (2013), “The Parting of the Ways” (2015) and “Another World” (2018). Likewise, there are collaborating works standing out: “Come to Light” (2016) with Cinzia Catania, "How Far Is the Moon" (2016) with Morten Ramsbøl and Anıl Bilgen and “Getting Out of the Envelopes” (2017) with Ángela Tröndle.

Ján Kopčák - sax; Pippo Corvino - g.

Admission: seating CZK 350, standing CZK 200. There is no need to reserve a seat when purchasing a seating ticket.

Band website: www.hevhetia.sk