Jelena Popržan "La Folia" & Resa Lut (Lighting Design)

An event as part of POSITIONEN · Theater der Gegenwart – Music Performance

Sooner or later, it had to happen: Jelena Popržan's solo program. About 10 years ago, she began making her mark on Vienna's stages with the duo Catch-Pop String-Strong, and with Madame Baheux and Sormeh, she solidified her reputation as an inventive arranger, expressive vocal artist, and entertainer with comedic talent and political engagement. Wherever one might want to place her stylistically: New & Old Music, World, Singer-Songwriting, Cabaret, New Viennese Song, Folk, Jazz, or whatever else, Popržan draws the nectar from all these genres and lets her unique blend ferment. An entertaining revue can be expected, featuring songs, compositions, and sounds. Homages to forgotten traditions and unforgettable new creations!
“…an empathically charged, incredibly precise vocal and viola acrobat…”
Jörg Duit – Radio Ö1
“…music and singing that Popržan leads with charisma…”
Michael Wurmlitzer – Der Standard
“…a brilliant musical invention…”
Heinz Wagner – Kurier

JELENA POPRŽAN
Jelena Popržan, born in 1981 in Novi Sad, is a violist, singer, composer, and performer living in Vienna. She founded ensembles such as Catch-Pop String-Strong, Sormeh, and Madame Baheux (multiple award winners of the Austrian World Music Award) and performs internationally as a solo artist and with her bands. Her repertoire ranges from classical to jazz, world music, and folk to new music, political songs, and vocal experiments. Additionally, she is a successful theater music composer and actress, including for the ensemble "make make" (Stella and Nestroy Awards).

RESA LUT
(Lighting Design)
Resa Lut/Teresia Anna König, born in 1983, lives and works in Vienna and has been active in the multimedia field as a self-taught artist for over 10 years. Under the name Resa Lut, she creates audiovisual installations, stage designs, and spatial concepts, illuminates objects, visualizes live performances, and creates content for theater productions and performances. In her work, she intensively explores the relationship between material and movement in combination with light.