Cinkuši
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Croatian Music Company Cinkuši

biography

Music is the principal medium through which Cinkuši express their ideas and outlook on the world.

Their foundation is the abundant treasury of Croatian folklore, above all the tradition of the Kajkavian-speaking region, into which they interpolate their authorial approach and literary models, even clichés that evoke collective emotionality.

In the tradition of the Kajkavian region, a “cinkuš” is a bell that accompanies people from the day they are born until the day they die. It awakens, announces, warns, rings the alarm; it is a wedding bell as well as a Golgotha one.

Thanks to the vigour, sincerity and immediacy present since the company was formed in the mid-nineties, Cinkuši have endured regardless of trends.

Cinkuši, the old line-up: six musicians at a wooden barrel Cinkuši, the new line-up: eight musicians in a dim room

the company

  • Tihomir Kruhonjadouble bass
  • Mirko Radušićacoustic guitar
  • Igor Barićviolin
  • Nebojša Stijačićelectric guitar
  • Natalia B. Radušićmandolin
  • Marko Meštrovićdrums, djembe
  • Marko Firstviolin, bagpipes
  • Nikola Santrotrombone
  • Krešo Oremušharmonica

timeline

  1. 1990s

    Cinkuši are formed in the mid-nineties.

  2. 1999

    Debut album Zeleni Kader (Croatia Records and Kopito Records) and the Kaderaši project. more ›

  3. 2000

    Music for Hamlet by the Histrion company, directed by Zlatko Vitez — more than 80 performances and a US tour in 2001. more ›

  4. 2003

    Izabella 11 — the exploratory peace mission of Cinkuši: “A way to the Moon”. more ›

  5. 2005

    Album Domesticus Vulgaris (Cantus), music for the Liberdance performance of the same name and for the animated films “Ciganjska” and “Silencijum”. more ›

  6. 2008

    Documentary film Cinkuši by Ljiljana Šišmanović (HTV).

  7. 2009

    Album Špiritus Sanctus — Porin 2010 for the best ethno album. more ›

  8. 2011

    Live album Uživancija! (2 CD + DVD), recorded at Teatar &TD. more ›

  9. 2013

    Landing on the Europe — the launch of the “Croatian space expedition” from Risnjak. more ›

  10. 2017

    Album Krava na orehu with guests Darko Rundek, Igor Pavlica, Zoran Perić and Krešo Oremuš. more ›

  11. 2019

    Single Vođe with Picksiebner.

  12. 2021

    Music for the animated film The Raft by Marko Meštrović — Oktavijan award for the best animated film. more ›

  13. 2022

    Music for Goran Dukić’s film Nosila je rubac črleni — the Golden Gate of Pula audience award at the 69th Pula Film Festival. more ›

  14. 2023

    Album Bog nam greh oprosti (Mast produkcija). more ›