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Pre-premiere of the documentary film “Albanian Sonatina” on October 10, 2024 in Ljubljana
30. 1. 2025
The pre-premiere of the new documentary film Albanian sonatina was held in Ljubljana on October 10, 2024 at the cinema Kinodvor.
The film’s author, Natalija Gorščak, has prepared an interesting documentary, produced by RTV Slovenia, that describes Bojan Adamič’s mission as a cultural help in Albania from May till September 1947. This was the time of the cooperation between Yugoslavia and Albania and the time of the acquaintance between Tito and Enver Hoxha.
The invitation to the pre-premiere of Albanian sonatina, stated: “The story of the documentary tells the story of the stay of the Slovenian composer, conductor, pianist and arranger Bojan Adamič in Albania in 1947. When he arrived in Tirana, he experienced a cultural and civilizational shock, but at the same time he found a great treasure in the local music and folklore. There he also wrote the first Albanian artificial composition, Sonatina, which was played by the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra specifically for the purpose of this documentary.”
Through letters that Adamič wrote to his wife Barbara and a report that he sent to the Ministry of Culture in Belgrade at the end of May 1947, it emerges that he did not teach physical education, as he himself repeatedly mentioned, but rather professionally helped establish both the Radio Tirana orchestra itself and the program. He also participated in theatre performances and much more. At the same time, he had piano concerts in various places around Albania.
With this documentary film, with the book Bojan Adamič in Albania, which was released in February 2024 in Albania, and with the international symposium in May 2022 in Tirana, this period of Bojan Adamič’s life has finally been presented at the highest possible research level, as both the film, the book, and the symposium are based on documents from the Archives of Yugoslavia in Belgrade and handwritten letters sent to his wife Barbara.
The pre-premiere in Ljubljana was attended, by among others, by H.E. Valdet Sadiku, Ambassador of Kosovo to Slovenia, Ms. Anita Shaqiri, Counsellor at the Embassy of Albania in Slovenia, Mr. Aswin Sherestha, Honorary Consul General of Nepal in Slovenia, Peter Japelj with his wife, until recently the Ambassador of Slovenia to Albania, Boštjan Dornik, Head of TV Archive and Documentation at RTV SLO, Maja Kojc, Head of Music Production at RTV SLO, Daniel Celarec, Ana Jurc, Žiga Stanič, Anamarija Štukelj Cuzma, Bljerim Dauti, Teja Klobčar, Alma Bejtullahu, Hirmis Duti, Alja Kramar, Matevž Brecelj, Alenka Adamič, Jure Longyka, Jani Kovačič, Mag. Domen Prezelj, Mr. Boris Bergant, prof. dr. Svanibor Hubert Pettan and many others.
After the screening of the film, everyone was impressed with both the content and the direction. Thanks for this goes to Ms. Natalija Gorščak, the film’s author, and her team from RTV Slovenia!
The film was shot in Ljubljana and various locations in Albania during 2023.
In the documentary participate in narrate the following persons: Peter Japelj, until recently the Ambassador of Slovenia to Albania, Dr. Darja Koter from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, Prof. Vasil Tole, Vice President of the Albanian Academy of Sciences, Alda Bardhyli, Director of the Centre for Book and Reading in Tirana, musician Lek Lassi, Pleurat Himaduna from Kosovo and Alenka Adamič, daughter of Bojan Adamič.
The documentary film Albanian sonatina has been broadcasted on October 24, 2024 on RTV SLO1 at 9:10 PM.
