CONCERTS
01. 09. 2024Rab Jazz Festival
French Touch
28. 08. 2024Sv. Križ Začretje, Zagorje Blues Etno Festival
Neven Frangeš & Elvis Stanić Duo
25. 08. 2024Opatija, Mandrać
Elvis Stanić & Le Petitte Group Alba Nacinovich & Leo Škec
19. 08. 2024Baška, Internationl Guitar Festival
Jed Becker's Group feat. Elvis Stanić
01. 08. 2024Sveti Lovreč
French Touch
24. 07. 2024Đakovo, Centar za kulturu
French Touch
23. 07. 2024Osijek,
French Touch
21. 07. 2024Kraljevica
French Touch
10. 07. 2024Grožnjan, Jazz is Back
French Touch
07. 07. 2024Opatija, Liburnia Jazz Festival
Accordion Workshoph
06. 07. 2024Opatija, Liburnia Jazz Festival
French Touch
27. 06. 2024Buzet, Kaštel Petrapilosa
French Touch
20. 06. 2024Belišće, Centar za kulturu Sigmund Romberg
French Touch
31. 05. 2024Punat, In Vino Veritas
French Touch
30. 04. 2024Delnice, EMS Ivo Tijardović, International jazz day
French Touch & workshop
20. 08. 2023Kranj, Jazz Kamp Kranj
French Touch
17. 08. 2023Krk, Triola Fest - Easy Going
French Touch
13. 08. 2023Vrbnik
French Touch
11. 08. 2023Buje
French Touch
10. 08. 2023Kastav, Kastafsko kulturno leto
Elvis Stanić Group
03. 08. 2023Cres, Vidovići
French Touch
27. 07. 2023Mali Lošinj, Lošinj Jazz Festival
French Touch
19. 07. 2023Trieste, Trieste Loves Jazz
French Touch
12. 07. 2023Poreč
French Touch
09. 07. 2023Opatija, Liburnia Jazz Festival
French Touch
06. 07. 2023Labin
French Touch
03. 07. 2023Rovinj, Lijetno kino
French Touch
30. 06. 2023Požega
Elvis Stanić & Big Band Požega
29. 06. 2023Rukavac
French Touch
21. 06. 2023Samobor, Samobor Jazz Festival
French Touch
17. 06. 2023Rijeka, Trsatska gradina
Alba & Leo avec Elvis Stanić - La vie en jazz
15. 06. 2023Opatija
French Touch
09. 06. 2023Punat, French Touch
French Touch
06. 06. 2023Labin
Tamara Obrovac Duet w / Elvis Stanić
01. 06. 2023Sofia, Bulgaria, Sofia Live Club
Elvis Stanić Group
23. 05. 2023Opatija
French Touch
20. 05. 2023Krk island, Baška, Black Sheep Festival
French Touch
17. 05. 2023Rijeka, Hrvatski kulturni dom
French Touch
11. 05. 2023Skopje, North Macedonia, Skopski gradski festival
Elvis Stanić Group
30. 04. 2023Lovran
French Touch
29. 04. 2023Rijeka, Baptistička crkva, Jazz petkom na Zametu
French Touch
22. 04. 2023Jušići, Benin Coffe World
French Touch
29. 07. 2022Skradin, Trg Male Gospe, 21:00h
Elvis Stanić Group
14. 07. 2022Rijeka, Trsatska gradina, 21:00h
Elvis Stanić Group
02. 07. 2022Opatija, 22. Liburnia Jazz Festival, Marketplace, 11:00h
French Touch: Accordeon Project
22. 06. 2022Split, Split at Night Jazz Festival, 21:00
Elvis Stanić Group
21. 06. 2022Sisak, Ljetna scena Kazališta 21, 21:00h
Elvis Stanić Group
12. 05. 2022Zagreb, Peti kupe
Elvis Stanić Group - new album promotion - Insomnia
05. 05. 2022 Šibenik, Kuća umjetnosti Arsen
Elvis Stanić Group - new album promotion - Insomnia
30. 04. 2022Park prirode Učka, Centar za posjetitelje,Međunarodni dan jazza/International jazz day
Elvis Stanić Accordion project
20. 04. 2022Zadar, Providurova palača
Elvis Stanić Group - new album promotion - Insomnia
04. 04. 2022Rijeka, Guvernerova palača, XXI. Matetićevi dani
Elvis Stanić & Giipuja
27. 11. 2021Zadar, HNK Zadar
Elvis Stanić Group
13. 11. 2021Ljubljana, SiTi Teater BTC
Elvis Stanić Group & Big Band RTV Slovenija
20. 09. 2021Săptămâna Muzicii Croate, Brašov, Rumunjska
Elvis Stanić Group
18. 08. 2021Zagreb, HNK Zagreb, Muzički biennale
Opera Berislava Šipuša “Posljednji intermezzo”
-soloist
12. 09. 2021Vukovar, River Jazz Festival
Elvis Stanić Group
19. 08. 2021Makarska, Makarska Jazz Festival
Elvis Stanić Group
30. 07. 2021Vela Luka
Elvis Sanić Group
28. 07. 2021Omiš
Elvis Stanić Group
26. 07. 2021Grožnjan
JM INTERNATIONAL JAZZ SCHOOL FINALE - Students & Mentors
15. 07. 2021Grožnjan
Groznjan All Stars w/Luis Bonilla, Alex Sipiagin, Karlheinz Miklin JR, Lea Lovrenčić, Joe Kaplowitz, Goran Rukavina
14. - 27. 07. 2021Grožnjan
JM INTERNATIONAL JAZZ SCHOOL
NEWS
24. 04. 2024.
30.04. on the occasion of International Jazz Day, French Touch : accordion project performs in Delnice, in Ivo Tijardović's elementary music school.
The musicians will held a short concert and jazz workshop for the participants and answer their questions.
It is a great honor for us to pass on our knowledge and musical experience to young generations.
01. 09. 2023.
After twenty concerts with French Touch and the Elvis Stanić Group held in Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and Macedonia, Elvis Stanić gets back to studio work on new discography projects, creating new compositions and perfecting his instrumental skills.
13. 06. 2023.
Mayor Zlatko Komadina awarded Elvis Stanić and other deserving artists awards for the best artistic achievements in the field of culture in 2022.
23. 05. 2023.
At the regular annual general meeting held on May 21, the Croatian Society of Composers announced the winners of it's annual awards for 2022. The "Miroslav Sedak Benčić" award for author's creativity in the field of jazz was awarded to Elvis Stanić for his overall author's work, including the album Insomnia released in 2022, as well as a significant contribution to the development of the jazz music scene in Croatia.
15. 03. 2023.
A new video of Elvis Stanić's latest musical project French Touch : Accordion Trio has been released, dedicated to accordion, tango, French chanson and waltz.
This trio of experienced and passionate musicians combines energetic, enchanting and inspired music in a unique sound of accordeon, guitar and double bass. French Touch Trio takes the audience on a walk through the streets of Paris, invites to tango in Buenos Aires, questions South American sensuality and the unrestrained joy of the French ´joie de vivre´. Their music shows diversity, but also superb craftsmanship wrapped in an elegant fusion of tango, jazz and waltz.
09. 02. 2023.
Elvis Stanić Group is nominated for Best Jazz Music Performance for the composition "Dreamland" from the album "Insomnia".
12. 05. 2022.
Elvis Stanić Group has released a new album "Insomnia" on Aquarius Records label. So far, the new material has been played live in Šibenik, Zadar and Zagreb. Soon the band will embark on a summer tour with dates in Sisak, Split, Rijeka and Skradin.
"After four years, I'm looking forward to announcing our new album 'Insomnia'. It's a motif that has been close to us all for the last two years, and from the sleepless nights a whole new, completely different from the one that we played for years . In that introverted time, turning to myself, I found some other, different sounds, maybe more and closer to progressive jazz, jazz rock or smooth atmosphere genre. If you are curious about what came from our kitchen, come and taste and hear. Switch off and just indulge in music, "said Elvis.
Alba Nacinovich, Ivan Popeskić, Damjan Grbac and Branimir Gazdik play on the album with the project leader Elvis Stanić, and Antonio Serrano and Marko Tolja also appear as guests.
14. 07. 2021.
From 14.-27.07. 2021. Elvis will be jazz guitar mentor on JM INTERNATIONAL JAZZ SCHOOL in Grožnjanu.
06. 07. 2021.
Big Band of RTV Slovenia, which will present to the Opatija's audience a pre-premiere of their newest production, the premiere of which will take place in the autumn at Cankarjev dom Hall in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Big Band has chosen the music of Elvis Stanić for it's this year's cycle, the music was arranged by Aleš Avbelj, one of the best arrangers in the region. The Big Band will be joined by members of the Elvis Stanić Group.
04. 06. 2021.
Threestyle band members jazz radio show showcases the artists from around the world. Thee whole episode is dedicated to Elvis Stanić's music.
05. 06. 2021.
Song Peter Pan Picking Strawberries 2020 won the discography award Porin fot the "Best Jazz Performance".
20. 11. 2020
Elvis Stanić has been invited to Egypt for the Cairo Jazz Festival which will take place from 13-20. 11.2020.
At the concert on November 20, Elvis Stanic & Friends, Stanić will perform with Egyptian artists (Amro Salah - piano, Ehab Tass - bass, Ahmed Hesham - drums, Diaa Tass - percussion and Noha Fekry - vocals). Band will perform Stanić's compositions and several traditional Arabic compositions.
06. 20. 2020.
The 16th Jazz Ex Tempore project will feature a well-known Venezuelan, former Cubismo singer and bassoonist of the Zagreb Philharmonic - Ricardo Luque, Kosovo Roma, social activist and one of the best drummers in Croatia - Mirsad Dalipi, and Joe Kaplowitz - an American whose whole family immersed in jazz music, a hammond organist who occasionally plays the tuba and a member of the Jazz Orchestra of the Croatian Radio and Television. As representatives of Croatia, Damjan Grbac - leader of the world music project "GIIPUJA" that blends modern jazz elements with the music of Istria and Elvis Stanić - guitarist, accordionist and artistic director of the Jazz Ex Tempore and Liburnia Jazz Festival.
29. 04. 2020
In these difficult times of isolation, we, musicians decided to fight back with the positive energy and optimism, to overcome the pandemy. In the video that we recorded together, but separately - everyone in their own home studio, we have gathered almost all the musicians who have played or play in the "Elvis Stanic Group" trough the last twenty years. Watch it here.
14. 06. 2019
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the International Cultural Center of the Croatian Music Youth in Grožnjan, the Municipal Council of Grožnjan Municipality on this year's Ceremony awarded Elvis Stanic for outstanding achievements and contributions of particular importance to the development and the reputation of Grožnjan, the City of Artists.
14. 06. 2018
JMI summer jazz school in Grožnjan announces Yamaha Guitar Lab Competition for most talented guitarists, in three categories!
During the workshop, partecipants will get the chance to try out the new Yamaha RevStar electric guitars, under the mentorship of Elvis Stanić.
23. 03. 2018
Elvis Stanić won three Porin Awards:
- best arrangement - for the song Rusulica : album Air / Zrak
- best male vocal performance - Oliver Dragojević for the song Rusulica : album Air / Zrak
- best recording - for the album Air / Zrak
28. 02. 2018
Elvis Stanić won two Croatian Musicians Union's Status Awards in the jazz music category:
Elektric guitar– "Damir Dičić Award" and
Other instruments: accordeon
22. 02. 2018
Song Rusulicafrom the album Air/Zrak was niminated in three categoies:
Best male vocal performance: Oliver Dragojević (feat. Elvis Stanić)
Best arrangement: Elvis Stanić
Best recording: Elvis Stanić / Ivan Popeskić
03. 11. 2017
Elvis Stanićæ Group has been invited to play at the 3rd Maritime Silk Road Art Festival in the Chinese town of Quanhzou.
ESG will perform two concerts during the festival. The ban's lineup for the festival will be: Elvis Stanić, Andrea Vicary, Tonči Grabusić and Damjan Grbac.
30. 10. 2017
New name of this year edition of Jazz Time international jazz festival will be -> Jed Becker’s Blues Explosion feat. Elvis Stanić More
10. 10. 2017
This year's edition of the Jazz Ex Tempore project explores sounds of the "Northern Silence" - it deals and compares Croatian and Norwegian music tradition, interpreted by the language of Jazz. 13. Jazz Ex Tempore artist are: Maren Selvaag and Erlend Apneseth from Norway, Elvis Stanić, Alba Nacinovich, Marko Lazarić and Vedran Ružić from Croatia
08. 09. 2017
The Comittee of Silk Road International Arts Festival in X'ian, China awarded Elvis Stanić with "Silk Road Frendship Award"
24. 08. 2017
Elvis Stanić Group has been selected to participate in the China Central and Eastern European Countries
(China-CEEC) Cultural Season project as a representative of Croatian music.
Elvis Stanić Group will play gigs in the most prestigious concert halls in Xi'an and
participate at the opening ceremony of the 4th Silk Road International Art Festival.
26. 06. 2017.
On Sunday, July 9 at 11 am, Elvis Stanić will host the Guitar Master Workshop "From Blues and Jazz to Own Style" at the Cultural Center „Gervais“.
09. 05. 2017.
Elvis Stanić won the Croatian Music Union's award Status in the category of Pop-Rock and Urban Music: Other Instruments - Accordeon
02. 05. 2017.
Elvis Stanić and Oliver Dragojević have released the single "Rusulica" announcing the new album Air / Zrak , which will be available from Friday, May 5, 2017.
The first single "Rusulica" featuring Oliver Dragojevic can be heard here.
25. 04. 2017.
Elvis Stanić presenting the new original album "AIR / ZRAK" dedicated to jazz, traditional and orchestral music.
At the premiere concert promotion in the center of Gervais he will perform with his main group along with the Opatija Chamber Orchestra - OKO under the conduction of Damir Smerdel's and with numerous guests: Marko Tolja, Željka Veverec, Nataša Tonković, Nataša Uljan and Igor Geržina.
Buy tickets online.
17. 03. 2017.
Elvis is currently recording his new album. Part of the songs will be recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo featuring Oslo Symfoniorkester.
17. 03. 2017.
This year's Music Award Porin, grand gala held at Spaladium arena in Split, saw Evis Stanić collecting four statues. His work on Familija album by Oliver Dragojević and Gibboni granted him the awards for Album of the Year, best pop album, best arrangement and best production
17. 02. 2017.
Elvis Stanic nominated in six categories of the Croatian Music Award – Porin: Album of the yeat, Best jazz album, Best pop album, Best arrangement, Best production, Best recording.
18. 12. 2016.
The prestigious edition of „The Greatest Hits Collection“ for Croatia Records, is richer for an edition of an exceptional artistic and musical value. Collection of greatest hits of Elvis Stanic, one of most established jazz musicians in the region and beyond, is now on sale! Available online.
10. 12. 2016.
Elvis Plays Yamaha guitars RevStar 502T i RevStar 620 .
04. 12. 2016.
During December 2016., Elvis Stanic Group, thanks to the sponsorship of the Cultural Network of thw PGC, played in several smaller towns and Highlands of Gorski Kotar:
08.12. - Klana / 13.12. - Vrbovsko / 22.12. - Ravna Gora
03. 12. 2016.
Appearing with Croatian National Television's Tambura Orchestra, conducted by Siniša Leopold at the traditional New Year's concert - "Waltzes, polkas and other špelancije" in the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb.
15. 07. 2016.
After the recent visit of Chinese cultural delegation to Croatia in June, Elvis Stanic and his musical group - „Elvis Stanic Group“ - received an invitation from the Executive Vicepresident and Secretary General of the Chinese National Association of Jazz (Jazz Chinese Association) Adam Yong Huang, to tour as part of the "2017 China-CEEC (Central and Eastern European Countries) Cultural Season ". "2017 China-CEEC Cultural Season" is a year-round program that includes several Chinese cities and the most important art festivals.
14. 06. 2016.
At a press conference in Opatija introduced a new CD criss - cross # Jazz Ex Tempore Orchestra in Croatia Records.
31. 05. 2016.
Last week, in the Euro-Unit/Yamaha Music Shop in Rijeka, Elvis Stanic tried new line of Yamaha RevStar electric guitars. He played them trough Yamaha THR100HD amplifier with Yamaha THRC212 audio box.
"Elvis Stanić meets Revstar guitars"
24. 05. 2016.
28. 04. 2016.
Announced a recording of the CD "criss - cross # Jazz Ex Tempore Project" and a SILENT CONCERT at the 16th Liburnia Jazz Festival (01 07)
08. 04. 2016.
On a new CD from Gibonni and Oliver - "Familja" - Elvis Stanic participate as Oliver's producer on the album, and as an accordionist in Gibonni's song "Onako od oka".
17. 03. 2016.
Elvis Stanic won „Porin“ award in the category for the best pop music album, as a producer of the CD "Harlequin" by Ibrica Jusić
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