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Past Events
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14 Jan 2020
17 Jan 2020
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8 Dec 2019
10 Dec 2019
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19 Oct 2019
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17 Oct 2019
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5 Oct 2019
Musician and vocalist Maja Osojnik performs with Natascha Gangl
at the Blessed Be the Rage of Your Flesh
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12 Jul 2019
Live concert performances by electronic musicians and vocalists Maja Osojnik and Irena Tomažin
at the Heroines of Sound Festival
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8 Jun 2019
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5 Dec 2018
6 Dec 2018
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2 Dec 2018
3 Dec 2018
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30 Nov 2018
Wendy Pferd Tod Mexiko, a radio play with a live performance by Rdeča Raketa, featuring Slovenian electronic musician and vocalist Maja Osojnik,
at the Słuchowisk Festival
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24 Nov 2018
Presentation of the newly established label MAMKA and Wendy Pferd Tod Mexiko, a neon-western-audio-diverse-sound comic by Rdeča Raketa, featuring Slovenian electronic musician and vocalist Maja Osojnik,
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17 Nov 2018
20 Nov 2018
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21 Jun 2018
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16 Jun 2018
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14 Jun 2018
19 Jun 2018
Wendy Pferd Tod Mexiko, a soundcomic with live performance by Rdeča Raketa, featuring Slovenian electronic musician and vocalist Maja Osojnik,
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30 Oct 2017
Wendy Pferd Tod Mexiko, a radio play with a live performance by Rdeča Raketa, featuring Slovenian electronic musician and vocalist Maja Osojnik,
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27 Oct 2017
Let Them Grow, a concert by ZSAMM (Slovenian electronic musician and vocalist Maja Osojnik and Austrian drummer Patrick Wurzwallner),
at the Insomnia Festival
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19 Oct 2017
Let Them Grow, a concert by ZSAMM (Slovenian electronic musician and vocalist Maja Osojnik and Austrian drummer Patrick Wurzwallner), as announced by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia London,
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18 Oct 2017
A solo concert by electronic musician and vocalist Maja Osojnik, as announced by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia London,
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21 Apr 2016
A concert by Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band) and Ingrid Schmoliner at the Interpenetration Festival, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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9 Dec 2015
A concert by Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band), supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
at the Interpenetrations Festival
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13 Nov 2015
20 Nov 2015
Concerts featuring Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band) at Wien Modern, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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8 Oct 2015
A musical performance featuring Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band) at the Phonofemme Festival, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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28 Aug 2015
A concert also featuring Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band) and Kaja Draksler at the 36th International Jazz Festival Saalfelden, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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25 Jul 2015
A concert by Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band), supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
at the Popfest Wien
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3 Jul 2015
A concert by Broken.Heart.Colletor featuring Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band), supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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20 Jun 2015
26 Jun 2015
A screening of Dancing with Maria, directed by Ivan Gergolet and co-produced by Staragara, a workshop on rhythm also with Bratko Bibič (see also Bratko Bibič & The Madleys) and Miha Zadnikar, Traversing the Balkans, a work-show also with Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band), and Miha Zadnikar as member of the Moral Approach Award jury at the MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival
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28 May 2015
A concert by Jazzwerkstatt and Rdeča Raketa featuring Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band) in the framework of Wiener Festwochen: Into the City, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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16 May 2015
Die Strottern & Ensemble MIKADO with Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band) at the Zoa Festival, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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6 Mar 2015
8 Mar 2015
Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band) with Brass Orchestra St. Johann in Tirol and Broken Heart Collector at MuKu, Artefacts Festival, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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5 Dec 2014
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3 Dec 2014
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19 Nov 2014
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9 Nov 2014
Summer Garden Photograph, an audio-visual project by Dirt Nonet also featuring Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band), Festival’s chamber music debuts featuring also Jože Kotar (clarinet), at the festival IŠ ARTI
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1 Nov 2014
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28 Oct 2014
A concert by Low Frequency Orchestra, featuring Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band), at VELAK Gala, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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24 Oct 2014
A concert by Broken.Heart.Collector, featuring Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band), at the Elevate Festival, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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3 Oct 2014
4 Oct 2014
Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band), Tomaž Grom (TILT, Sploh Institute), Samo Kutin (Salamandra Salamandra), Irena Tomažin (Emanat Institute), and other Slovene musicians at the festival Ljubljana Ljubljena (Beloved)
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26 Sep 2014
Summer Garden Photograph, an audio-visual project by Dirt Nonet also featuring Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band), at the festival Glatt & Verkehrt Herbstzeitlos, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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5 Sep 2014
6 Sep 2014
A concert by It's Everyone Else and Broken.Heart.Collector, featuring Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band), at Rock Is Hell Fest
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22 Aug 2014
A concert by Rdeča Raketa (Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band) and Matija Schellander) at the 7th Klangfestival
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16 Aug 2014
A concert by Rdeča Raketa (Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band) and Matija Schellander) at Hotel Pupik Festival
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29 Jun 2014
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23 May 2014
25 May 2014
Concerts by Broken.Heart.Collector with Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band) and Žoambo Žoet Workestrao at the Ring Ring Festival
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22 May 2014
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17 May 2014
The Slovene national stand by SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre and a concert by Plenum + Katharina Ernst also featuring Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band), supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
at the Classical:NEXT
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8 May 2014
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27 Apr 2014
Traversing Balkan, music by Rdeča raketa (Maja Osojnik Band), at the Festival Crossing Europe, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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19 Mar 2014
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1 Mar 2014
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31 Jan 2014
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23 Jan 2014
Maja Osojnik as one of the participating performers at Salon Klimbim in the framework of Utopian Pulse – Flares in the Darkroom
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22 Nov 2013
28 Nov 2013
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2 Nov 2013
19 Nov 2013
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25 Sep 2013
26 Sep 2013
Maja Osojnik participating in the project Nights at the Bunker, which combines performance with experimental music,
at the Steirischer Herbst
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14 Sep 2013
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10 Sep 2013
11 Sep 2013
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6 Sep 2013
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17 Aug 2013
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16 Aug 2013
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26 Jul 2013
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4 Jul 2013
6 Jul 2013
W.i.l.d. Installation & Konzert by Watschen Institut (Maja Osojnik Band)
at the Liquid Music Festival
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26 Jun 2013
28 Jun 2013
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20 Jun 2013
Rdeča raketa, a concert by Maja Osojnik and Matija Schellander with lyrics by Anja Golob, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
at the Sommerloch Festival
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13 Jun 2013
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11 Jun 2013
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24 May 2013
Opening concert by Broken.heart.collector (with Maja Osojnik) at art2go open studios, organised by Kulturnetz-Hernals
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23 May 2013
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26 Apr 2013
28 Apr 2013
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23 Apr 2013
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19 Apr 2013
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3 Apr 2013
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1 Mar 2013
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23 Jan 2013
26 Jan 2013
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15 Dec 2012
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14 Dec 2012
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17 Nov 2012
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14 Nov 2012
The band is not active anymore. However, Maja Osojnik is still active, mostly working in Vienna but garnering international acclaim.
Archival article
Although the material is primarily coming from folklore motives of Slovenia or the heritage of its 19th- and 20th-century poets (Srečko Kosovel, Simon Gregorčič, Fran Milčinski, etc), with most of the songs sung in Slovenian, the band is actually Vienna-based and is, furthermore, composed mostly of Austrian musicians. Philipp Jagschitz on piano and accordion, Bernd Satzinger on contrabass, Michael Bruckner on guitar, and Mathias Koch on percussion accompany the band leader, singer, composer, and recorder player Maja Osojnik.
Gigs
The band has had a number of concerts in Europe and abroad, performing their dramaturgically elaborate acts at Balkan Fever Festival Vienna, Club Porgy & Bess, Donauinselfest Vienna, Falterfest, Jazz over Villach, Jazzfestival Graz, Jazz Herbst Krems, Austrian Cultural Forum New York, Balkan Fever Festival London, and at Slovene festivals such as Carniola Festival, Lent Festival, Ljubljana Jazz Festival, Druga Godba Festival as well as many other festivals and venues.
- Maja Osojnik Band performing at Jazzfestival Saalfelden in 2011.
Maja Osojnik and her other projects
It would be hard to categorise Maja Osojnik as anything other than exceptional. Her exceptionalness has been well recognised and she has received a number of scholarships (from Luxembourg, the USA and also from the Slovene Ministry of Culture and the Austrian Ministry of Culture) and a really numerous array of competition wins or prizes. One of the latest recognitions of her creative talents was the MiA Award, given to women migrants with particular accomplishments in Austria, where Maja has more or less permanently lived since she began her studies there in the mid-1990s.
The other bands which she has co-founded or with whom she has recorded and performed are the electronic drone project Rdeča Raketa (a duo with Matija Schellander, a member of Metalycee and some other bands); the historic music delving and performing Ensemble MIKADO; the contemporary improvised and composed music ensemble Low Frequency Orchestra; the experimentally outgoing Subshrubs and FruFru; the industrial jazzrock Broken.Heart.Collector; and also Aus dem Mund, Balkon, Bergwind, Maybe Airlines, Edward and the innocent Bystanders, and some others. She has also appeared as a guest musician in many other collectives and has performed all over Europe (Slovenia, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Italy, Croatia) and in the USA.
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