Mia Žnidarič & Steve Klink International Band (Slovenia/Germany/USA)

2 July, Križanke

The second performance at Križanke was also of a momentous importance – not only Mia Žnidarič, playing her twelfth record, Love You Madly, symbolically commemorated her twentieth anniversary of music career, but members of the band also played together for the first time.

They performed together in smaller ensembles and combinations, and this time decided to do a joint project, which turned out to be a huge success. Apart from jazz standards, such as Blue Moon, they also played compelling digressions – they thus performed a most touching rendition of The Gallery by Joni Mitchell, whom the singer especially appreciates, while one composition (Three Journeys (Africa)) was performed by Steve Klink, pianist and Mia’s spouse, bass player Martin Gjakonovski and drummer Mario Gonzi.

Throughout the concert, the talkative and incredibly relaxed Žnidarič communicated with the audience, urging the concert-goers to help her sing the chorus of her famous version of A si ti al' nisi ti moj ljubi (Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby) by Nat King Cole. The warm and artistically convincing concert engrossed the listeners, making them demand an encore.

                                                                           Andraž Jež