Biography

Divanhana performs traditional music in new arrangements created under the influence of jazz, pop and the 20th century classical music. Divanhana’s intention is to present the urban traditional music, not only from Bosnia and Herzegovina, but the traditional music from the whole Balkan region, with a particular accent to Sevdalinka. The band was founded in early 2009 by a group of young students from the Sarajevo Music Academy. Band recorded its debut CD “Dert” in February 2011 at the Fattoria Musica studio in Osnabruck (Germany) in cooperation with Vanja Muhović. The album was produced by Walter Quintus, one of the most acclaimed world music producers. It was released in May 2011 as a result of a two-year ethnomusicologist research reflected by the fact that some of the songs on the CD were never recorded or published before. <br><br> After the successful and inspiring experience with the debut album, the band continued to cherish the Balkan traditional music. In September 2011, they began to work with a new singer, young Leila Ćatić. With the very first single “Evo srcu mome radosti”, featuring Sanel Redžić, acclaimed classical guitarist who has been showing great results all over the world, they gained attention of the public in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the whole region.