Балкански ли е „балканският синдром"?
Is the "Balkan Syndrome" Balkan?

Summary/Abstract: This material is an attempt to ask topical questions, related to the musical­ cultural dialogue between the peoples at the end of the XX c. and the start of the XXI c. and to the geographically expanding parameters of the influence of cultural identity through the sphere of music. On the basis of concrete material (the work of the Japanese composer U Ya Honda and the Balkan musical tradition) the possibility for universalizing a certain tradition is examined in a period of globally changing cultural space. Today more than ever it is important to ask ourselves to what extent the cultural identity is immanent and unique or just the opposite - it can become an artistic impulse for a creator, who even without possessing the gene code of this identity, accepts and multiplies successfully its universal message in a new environment.

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