Sensartika trio continue the work of the former eponymous quartet, which was
formed in 2012 in Belgrade. Members of the group are mostly performed as
multiinstrumentalist a common characteristic of the trio consisting of: Sonja
Kalajić (violin, saw, castanets, mandolin) Darko Armenski (clarinet, saxophone,
caval, bagpipe), and Milkica Ponjavić (guitar).
So far, Sensartika held over 100 concerts throughout Serbia, Bosnia, Hungary,
Romania and Austria. During quartet formation, were recorded two albums in the
edition of Kolarac Music Center ( "How to listen to a concert - History
from the Middle Ages to the boogie woogie" in 2013 and "How to listen
to a concert -The Ball of romantic world," 2015), and a tracks within CD
compilation of "Classical Music" magazine (Belgrade, 2014).
Sensartika quartet holds a dominant position on the album "Saw
Friendly" (Metropolis Records, 2015), which represents the first CD with a
carpenter's saw as a solo instrument in the Balkans. They made 8 spots for
Radio-Television Serbia 3 (former RTS Digital) within the educational series
for young people and the video for the song "Far Away" produced by
the Historical Museum of Serbia and the production company "Unicorn".
This year, trio Sensartika, has the repertoire programs Fauna Sacra and Mediterraneo.
Fauna Sacra or Sacred Animal World, is the concept of the program that was created
with the desire to support the idea of respect and preservation of wildlife
that sacrifice to us every day, so much. The desire of the trio is to introduce
or remind how this part of the world is in conjunction with musical creativity,
giving a new way of listening to everything Fauna daily says. With its
authentic arrangement -experimental sound, the trio tends to erase the
boundaries between primeval world experience and academic categories in the
hope that such an approach brings joy to listeners neglected symbiosis of man
and nature.
Mediterraneo - the program of more recent date,
gathers pieces by classical composers and few traditionals from Mediterranean
population (Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Montenegro and Israel), gives specific heat
and refreshment provided by the sounds of these countrys with the
memorable hits but also less known pieces of a high artistic scope. Research
and experimental approach and diversity of musical colors are also
features of this program, which particularly favors the cold and winter
periods when the audience gladly recalls sunny days or eagerly
awaits them.