Croatian pianist Matija Dedić, the son of the famous singer-songwriter Arsen Dedić, in whose honor he will hold a concert tonight in Podgorica KIC "Budo Tomović", said that he is looking forward to coming to Montenegro and that he is not surprised by the invitation because he knows how much the audience here loves his music. father.
Matija Dedić Trio with special guests Gabi Novak and Zoran Predina will pay tribute to the famous singer-songwriter who died in the middle of last year with tonight's concert, which will start at 20:XNUMX p.m.
"I'm often in Montenegro in the summer, but I haven't been in Podgorica for very long. I mostly played at festivals on the coast. As for the repertoire we will perform, we will not limit Arsen's opus to only hits, but we will also perform the music he made for films and series," revealed Dedić.
He pointed out that he presented his selection of Dedic's favorite songs on the recently released album "Matija spira Arsena", which a few days ago received seven nominations for the Croatian discography award Porin. He says that his father's album "Provincija" is his favorite, and the song "Sve te vodilo k meni" from that edition of tracks is particularly emotional for him.
In addition to his mother, Arsen's wife Gabi Novak, Matija will be joined on stage by his longtime collaborator, Slovenian singer-songwriter Zoran Predin.
"My parents' friendship with Zoran turned into a collaboration, we recorded two albums together. "Arsen has worked with a lot of quality musicians, but when we were choosing who to do these concerts with, people who are friends of our family prevailed," Dedić explained.
In 2011, Predin and Dedić released the album "Traces in Memories", and the interlocutor of "Vijesti" announced that the continuation of that album will be released on Women's Day, March 8.
"Five years ago we had a great tour, with a lot of concerts, but unfortunately Montenegro passed us by. I hope that this will not be the case with the second album," Dedić added.
Here, everyone is talking and no one is doing anything, little does he know
When asked what is the most important thing he learned from his father, Mati, he answers that the most important things are work and knowledge.
"There is no makeup, only work is important. You have to work and know a lot about music to have the right to say something. My father knew a lot about music, about cinematography, painting, everything... Here everyone talks, but nobody does anything, he knows very little. I base my work on knowledge and quality, and I think that's what keeps me going," he pointed out.
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