BRANISLAVA (Bosnia&Herzegovina)

• Tell me your name, the country you came from and the instrument that you play?
  My name is Branislava. I came from Serbia, but from this project I represent Bosnia&Herzegovina. I play violin.

• How is the creative process going?
  Really nice! The first day was very hard for all of us, to…you know…find out the characters and a way of playing for each member, but now we are getting better every day.

• Which topics did you choose for your songs?
  Human rights in general, nothing specific so far.

• Which genres of music did you choose for your songs?
  We have a lot of genres…we have a pop-rock part, the Serbian traditional part…so many of them actually.

• What was the hardest thing at the beginning?
  Hmmm..I don’t know. To know in which way we should go.

• What was your favorite part of these rehearsals?
  That creative moment that is happening inside.

• In your opinion what is the most important human right?
  To love and to be loved.

• In one word describe how do you feel right now.
  I feel very grateful to be here and to work with these people.

FABIO (Italy)

• Tell me your name, the country you came from and the instrument that you play?
  My name is Fabio. I come from Italy and I play saxophone.

• How is the creative process going?
  It’s good. We are good musicians, and the music is coming out good.

• Which genres of music did you choose for your songs?
  We chose a pop/rock vibe for the song.

• What was the hardest thing at the beginning?
  The first day has been hard. It has been difficult to communicate everyone’s idea and be open to welcome them as we all have different backgrounds.

• What was your favorite part of these rehearsals?
  I would say it’s the morning when we all meet, and we discuss the plan for the day.

• In your opinion what is the most important human right?
  Respect.
  
• In one word describe how do you feel right now.
  Tired.

LISA (Israel)

• Tell me your name, the country you came from and the instrument that you play.
  My name is Lisa. I came from Israel, and I am playing flute.

• How is the creative process going?
  Very interesting and inspiring and at the same time very difficult. It is very hard to listen to each other and when everyone is playing it is very hard to concentrate. However, I like what we are doing.

• Which topics did you choose for your songs?
  One song is about freedom of speech and freedom of voice.

• Which genres of music did you choose for your songs?
  We experimented with jazz and funk, now it is more like Bossa Nova. We also tried rock and oriental music…I do not know we just combined everything, and I hope it will sound good at the end.

• What was the hardest thing at the beginning?
  I think to get to know each other. All the people are very different, with the different visions, and with the different music that they are listening to.

• What was your favorite part of these rehearsals?
  Hmm..it is when I listen to the final result even if it is only a small part like when we combine verse and bridge.

• In your opinion what is the most important human right?
  I think freedom of being and living.

• In one word describe how do you feel right now.
  Inspired.

ANDRE (Portugal)

• Tell me your name, the country you came from and the instrument that you play?
  My name is Andre. I come from Portugal, and I play saxophone.

• How is the creative process going?
  Very good. We already have two songs finished and we only need to have some details on point but it’s just a matter of practice. We did not bother about it much as the creation came very naturally.

• Which topics did you choose for your songs?
  The two singers chose the topics and wrote the lyrics but I think they are dealing with slavery and children abuse.

• Which genres of music did you choose for your songs?
  The first song is afrobeat and then rumba in the second part. The second song has gospel and soul music vibes.

• What was the hardest thing at the beginning?
  It was quite simple, and we got all along well.

• What was your favorite part of these rehearsals?
  When the music sounds good.

• In your opinion what is the most important human right?
  Respect.
  
• In one word describe how do you feel right now.
  At my best.

TIGRAN (Serbia)

• Tell me your name, the country you came from and the instrument that you play?
  My name is Tigran, I come from Serbia, and I’m a bass player.

• How is the creative process going?
  It’s going well so far. We almost finished everything. We have songs. Wi have everything. Only, what we need to do is tighten them up, and practice and its done!

• Which genres of music did you choose for your songs?
  First song is afrobeat, and second song is gospel thing, so I think that’s it.

• What was the hardest thing at the beginning?
  The hardest thing in the beginning is to realize what we are going to play.

• What was your favorite part of these rehearsals?
  Everything. Like, the creative process is the most creative part. Making new stuff.

• In your opinion what is the most important human right?
  Most of them are important. I don’t know which one is most important to me. I think every human right has its own, and it should be respected everywhere.

• In one word describe how do you feel right now.
  Fantastico!

VOVA (Germany)

• Tell me your name, the country you came from and the instrument that you play?
  Hi I’m Vova. I come with German team. And I play the synthesizer.

• How is the creative process going?
  I would say it’s going well but slowly. Mostly because we have lots of people in the band and it’s like… Sometimes it’s hard to compromise on something.

• Which genres of music did you choose for your songs?
  We chose the freedom of word for the children song. For the second song we choose the whole Idea of human rights.

• Which genres of music did you choose for your songs?
  Bossa nova, funk, Arabic harmonies, and kind of rock.

• What was the hardest thing at the beginning?
  To figure out what styles and genres people like.

• What was your favorite part of these rehearsals?
  Creating new harmonies.

• In your opinion what is the most important human right?
  Right to have equal conditions of living.

• In one word describe how do you feel right now.
  Good!

The project “Music For Human Rights” is co-funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union (EU).
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Many thanks to YOUTH for Europe for the cooperation.

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Written by Teodora Knežević, Marko Macanović, Angela Cantaro