Brina Vogelnik
Brina Vogelnik, voice
Brina comes from a well-known artistic family from Ljubljana. Following her interest in dance and art, she entered the Academy of Arts in Ljubljana in 1995, the Department of Graphic Design. She continued improving her knowledge of computer and graphic animation at the Gesamthochschule University of Essen, Germany. In 2002 she graduated and thus became a visual communications designer. Her graduation research was on plasticine animation. She has continued her research in this field in her master’s degree programme.
She was inspired by folk tradition by her mother. Her breakthrough to the stages started with her participation in dance shows involving masks and puppets, after which she soon had her first concert with duo Andrabrin. She was becoming increasingly successful. She has taken part in many movemental-dance performances and puppet shows by the Kinetikon Society, in children's TV series (Bisergora, for which she also designed the webpage: www.rtv.slo.si/bisergora) broadcasted at the Slovenian national television. She is the creator of short animated films and music clips made in the non-stop technique where she uses different materials (collage, plasticine,…). The band Brina received a music award at Izolanima 2006 (Slovenian animation festival in Izola) for their animated video clip for the album Mlado Leto.
She performed at the Druga Godba Festival for the first time in 1999 with the band Šišenska bajka, which opened the doors for the recording of her first album – Graščakinja (2002) created together with the group String.si and their band leader
Vlado Batista. For her performance she has received the Slovenian student talent prize Zlata ptica. In 2003 she founded the group Brina who have released two albums: Mlado Leto (The Young Year) and Pasja Legenda (A Dog’s Legend). For the album Pasja Legenda she used photo images of models created from plasticine and wire. Included in the album Pasja Legenda is also a colourful booklet with all the songs and their short summaries in English.
At the new album of the group Laibach, Volk, Brina sings the song Slovania. Together with the legendary Croatian singer Arsen Dedić and Italian singer Tosca, she performed at the concerts 'Different Sensations' in Slovenia and Italy in November 2006, dedicated to the exceptional Italian singer and songwriter Sergio Endrigo.
She was inspired by folk tradition by her mother. Her breakthrough to the stages started with her participation in dance shows involving masks and puppets, after which she soon had her first concert with duo Andrabrin. She was becoming increasingly successful. She has taken part in many movemental-dance performances and puppet shows by the Kinetikon Society, in children's TV series (Bisergora, for which she also designed the webpage: www.rtv.slo.si/bisergora) broadcasted at the Slovenian national television. She is the creator of short animated films and music clips made in the non-stop technique where she uses different materials (collage, plasticine,…). The band Brina received a music award at Izolanima 2006 (Slovenian animation festival in Izola) for their animated video clip for the album Mlado Leto.
She performed at the Druga Godba Festival for the first time in 1999 with the band Šišenska bajka, which opened the doors for the recording of her first album – Graščakinja (2002) created together with the group String.si and their band leader
Vlado Batista. For her performance she has received the Slovenian student talent prize Zlata ptica. In 2003 she founded the group Brina who have released two albums: Mlado Leto (The Young Year) and Pasja Legenda (A Dog’s Legend). For the album Pasja Legenda she used photo images of models created from plasticine and wire. Included in the album Pasja Legenda is also a colourful booklet with all the songs and their short summaries in English.
At the new album of the group Laibach, Volk, Brina sings the song Slovania. Together with the legendary Croatian singer Arsen Dedić and Italian singer Tosca, she performed at the concerts 'Different Sensations' in Slovenia and Italy in November 2006, dedicated to the exceptional Italian singer and songwriter Sergio Endrigo.
Major performances / Brina:
October 2006 WOMEX, Sevilla, Spain
August 2006 Ethnoambient, Solin, Croatia
May 2006 Druga godba, Križanke, Ljubljana, Slovenia
May 2006 Jazz Cerkno, Cerkno, Slovenia
May 2006 Cultural center, Gorizzia, Italy
May 2006 Druga godba, Križanke, Ljubljana, Slovenia
May 2006 Jazz Cerkno, Cerkno, Slovenia
May 2006 Cultural center, Gorizzia, Italy
March 2005 Cankarjev dom, Cultural center, Ljubljana, Slovenia
July 2004 – Ohridsko leto, Macedonia
June 2004 – Druga godba, Slovenia
July 2004 – Ohridsko leto, Macedonia
June 2004 – Druga godba, Slovenia
Major performances / Brina&String.si:
August 2003 – Festival Glatt&Verkehrt, Krems, Austria
August 2003 – Mediteran Festival, Slovenia
August 2003 – Mediteran Festival, Slovenia
July 2003 – Belef / Belgrade Summer Festival, Serbia and Montenegro
July 2003 – Falun Folkmusik Festival, Sweden
February 2003 - Strictly Mundial, Marseilles, France
July 2002 - Tanz&Folk Fest, Rudolstadt, Germany
Discography:
July 2003 – Falun Folkmusik Festival, Sweden
February 2003 - Strictly Mundial, Marseilles, France
July 2002 - Tanz&Folk Fest, Rudolstadt, Germany
Discography:
Pasja legenda (A Dog's Legend) – published by Drugod, Slovenia, 2006
Mlado leto (The Young Year) – published by Drugod, Slovenia, 2004
Mlado leto (The Young Year) – published by Drugod, Slovenia, 2004
Graščakinja (Lady of the Manor) – published by Goga, Slovenia, 2002
Both of Brina’s albums – Mlado leto (The Young Year, 2004, DruGod) and Pasja legenda (A Dog’s Legend, 2006, Drugod) – have made a strong mark in the world music map. For the impressive three months, Pasja legenda held its place among top 10 at the World Music Charts Europe, which is voted for by 50 radio DJ’s from entire Europe. In November 2006, the album landed as high as on 3rd place.
Their two albums, Mlado leto and Pasja legenda, have received remarkable reviews both in Slovenian and international magazines, to include fRoots, Songlines and World Music Magazine. (http://www.brina-slovenia.net/en/index.php?sv_path=390)
The two albums were presented also by the London BBC 3 radio:
Both of Brina’s albums – Mlado leto (The Young Year, 2004, DruGod) and Pasja legenda (A Dog’s Legend, 2006, Drugod) – have made a strong mark in the world music map. For the impressive three months, Pasja legenda held its place among top 10 at the World Music Charts Europe, which is voted for by 50 radio DJ’s from entire Europe. In November 2006, the album landed as high as on 3rd place.
Their two albums, Mlado leto and Pasja legenda, have received remarkable reviews both in Slovenian and international magazines, to include fRoots, Songlines and World Music Magazine. (http://www.brina-slovenia.net/en/index.php?sv_path=390)
The two albums were presented also by the London BBC 3 radio:
- Pasja legenda (host Charlie Gillett (live at Womex) and Fiona Talkington, Late Junction) and
- Mlado leto (host Andy Kershaw and Late Junction).
In its radio show titled Spielräume (host Wolfgang Schlag), the Austrian ÖRF 1 declared the album Graščakinja as “discovery of the year”.
In its radio show titled Spielräume (host Wolfgang Schlag), the Austrian ÖRF 1 declared the album Graščakinja as “discovery of the year”.