TIN HAT AND DUSAN BOGDANOVIC

Tin Hat’s freewheeling chamber music for the 21st century interweaves “Old World Europe with post-modern America, south-of-the-border sensuality with concert-hall propriety, and odd-metered syncopation with deeply soulful grooves" (The New York Press). Formerly Tin Hat Trio, this collective of composers has shifted and expanded to incorporate five members and a bevy of eclectic instruments, including pump organ, celeste, Dobro, clarinet, harp and accordion.

A richly gifted composer, improviser and guitarist, Dusan Bogdanovic’s work is “luminous,” evocatively folkloric, yet wholly contemporary, where forms such as the sonata fold in with West African rhythms and the dense harmonies of his own brand of “Balkan Blues.” He has toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia and the United States, handling “tricky polymeters, Balkan melodies, startling counterpoint, and oud-inspired improvised lines with nuance and sinewy grace” (Guitar Player).