Instrument-a-Week (1): Membranophone

Posted by on Feb 23, 2014 in Instrument-a-week, Music

MEMBRANOPHONE Difficulty: 3 of 5 YOU WILL NEED: plastic tube with a diameter of 20 mm and a length of 30-40 cm (use the so-called PN pipe, which can be purchased in building stores – it is used in construction for installing electrical cables) PPR reducing T-piece 25 cm (a diameter of upper and bottom […]

Singing Castle at the Beavers Festival

Posted by on Jan 15, 2014 in News, Theater

The Singing Castle will be performed at this year’s Beavers Festival, the festival of arts education which takes place between 25th of January and 8th of February 2014 at different locations in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This year, the central subjects of the festival are film art and the roman city of Emona (established 2000 years ago […]

Peter Kus at the ‘VIP’ television show

Posted by on Nov 17, 2013 in Music, News

On 16th of November, 2013, Peter Kus and Andrej Žibert (Orchestra of Invented Instruments) were guests at the VIP (Vid and Pero) Show, currently the most popular TV show in Slovenia. Together with studio musicians they have performed a few pieces and introduced different invented musical instruments (sound bike, straw oboe, sound bottles, balloon bass, […]

Taboo Belgrade Workshop and Stella Festival

Posted by on Oct 6, 2013 in News, Theater

Peter Kus will attend Taboo Belgrade 2013 workshop, which will take place between 7th and 11th October in Belgrade, Srbia. The workshop is organized by ASSITEJ Serbia and is a part of bigger project The Taboo Workshop, which took place over several years in different parts of the world (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; København, Danemark; […]

Three Performances at the Festival in Sibenik (Croatia)

Posted by on Jun 4, 2013 in News, Theater

Three different performances, directed by Peter Kus will be shown at this year’s International Children’s Festival in Šibenik, Croatia. With its 53rd edition, it is one of the oldest and also the biggest children’s art festival in Mediterranean region. The performances will be shown on: The Singing Castle on Thursday, June 27, 19:00 at HNK […]

New Award for The Forest of Songs in Subotica

Posted by on May 26, 2013 in News, Theater

The performance The Forest of Songs was awarded for best music at the 20th International Festival of Children’s Theatres in Subotica (Serbia). The festival is among the biggest and most important festivals for puppet theatre in the South-East Europe region. The jury decisions can be read here. MORE FROM THE FOREST OF SONGS: Oct. 20th, […]

Orchestra of Invented Instruments in Nova Gorica

Posted by on May 16, 2013 in Music, News

Orchestra of Invented Instruments will appear at this year’s Festival of Science in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. We will play an OPEN AIR CONCERT at 19.00 at Bevkov trg in the city center. Before the concert at 17.00 there will be a WORKSHOP of simple instruments making. Everyone is welcome! ATTENTION: DUE TO RAIN AND BAD […]

The Forest of Songs in Subotica (Serbia)

Posted by on May 10, 2013 in News, Theater

The performance The Forest of Songs was invited to the 20th International Festival of Children’s Theatres in Subotica, Serbia. The festival is among the biggest and most important festivals in the South-East Europe region. We will perform on Tuesday, May 21st at 18.00 at the Subotica National Theatre, Jadran stage. MORE FROM THE FOREST OF […]

Award for The Forest of Songs

Posted by on May 6, 2013 in News, Theater

Performance The Forest of Songs received “award of innovation in puppetry” at the 24. Biennial SLUK Festival  in Osijek, Croatia. The jury made the following statement: “The idea and the concept of the performance The Forest of Songs presents a sound forest theater where everything is alive, everything sounds and sings. Puppets which become instruments […]