Jovana Backovic
@jovanabackovic.bsky.social
Composer / Sound Designer / Performance artist based in London. Bass guitar and vocals with La Nouvelle Musique and ArHai. www.jovanabackovic.com
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The Artist Remembers- ‘If I must die’
YouTube video by Jovana Backovic
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Directed and written by Nastazja Domaradzka ‘The Artist Remembers’ song - ‘If I must die’ final piece of the play. Performed by Rose Bruford College cast
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Directed and written by Nastazja Domaradzka ‘The Artist Remembers’ song - ‘If I must die’ final piece of the play. Performed by Rose Bruford College cast
youtu.be/hvpzovy4MMg
youtu.be/hvpzovy4MMg
The Artist Remembers- ‘If I must die’
YouTube video by Jovana Backovic
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December 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Directed and written by Nastazja Domaradzka ‘The Artist Remembers’ song - ‘If I must die’ final piece of the play. Performed by Rose Bruford College cast
youtu.be/hvpzovy4MMg
youtu.be/hvpzovy4MMg
With La Nouvelle Musique yesterday.
November 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
With La Nouvelle Musique yesterday.
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Our new book is now also available FREE (that's FREE) via JSTOR. Download and enjoy.
www.jstor.org/stable/10.78...
www.jstor.org/stable/10.78...
Captured Societies in Southeast Europe: Networks of Trust and Control on JSTOR
In Southeast Europe there is a big disjunction between formal procedures and informal practices-and this gap is growing. When formal institutions fail, informal...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Our new book is now also available FREE (that's FREE) via JSTOR. Download and enjoy.
www.jstor.org/stable/10.78...
www.jstor.org/stable/10.78...
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The 147 other nations that already recognise Palestinian statehood do so because it is the right thing to do, not as a threat or a bargaining chip. God, what a grubby, venal, craven embarrassment of a country this makes us look.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
UK will recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to Gaza ceasefire and other conditions - live updates
Starmer says the UK will take the step at a UN meeting unless Israel makes
www.bbc.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The 147 other nations that already recognise Palestinian statehood do so because it is the right thing to do, not as a threat or a bargaining chip. God, what a grubby, venal, craven embarrassment of a country this makes us look.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
This Monday 7th at Green Note Camden, album launch for my band La Nouvelle Musique. Come say hello! folkandroots.co.uk/la-nouvelle-... La Nouvelle Musique – Folk and Roots
July 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This Monday 7th at Green Note Camden, album launch for my band La Nouvelle Musique. Come say hello! folkandroots.co.uk/la-nouvelle-... La Nouvelle Musique – Folk and Roots
Dear friends, I’ll be back on stage with La Nouvelle Musique for our album launch on the 7th of July at Green Note Camden. Our debut vinyl record is out on Fruits de Mer records on the 30th of June. Do come! events.liveit.io/folk-and-roo... La Nouvelle Musique
La Nouvelle Musique
This London based Psyche – Folk duo duo mix elements of Folktronica with a vocal style that falls somewhere between Siouxsie Sioux and Trish Keenan of Broadcast.
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June 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Dear friends, I’ll be back on stage with La Nouvelle Musique for our album launch on the 7th of July at Green Note Camden. Our debut vinyl record is out on Fruits de Mer records on the 30th of June. Do come! events.liveit.io/folk-and-roo... La Nouvelle Musique
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It's official!
Sales are open for #theflowersofsrebrenica in Sarajevo (July 9-10), Tuzla, Belgrade and LONDON Jacksons Lane.
Base on a novel by @aidanhehir.bsky.social adapted and directed by @laravp8.bsky.social and coproduced by SARTR
Check our website to book!
Sales are open for #theflowersofsrebrenica in Sarajevo (July 9-10), Tuzla, Belgrade and LONDON Jacksons Lane.
Base on a novel by @aidanhehir.bsky.social adapted and directed by @laravp8.bsky.social and coproduced by SARTR
Check our website to book!
June 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It's official!
Sales are open for #theflowersofsrebrenica in Sarajevo (July 9-10), Tuzla, Belgrade and LONDON Jacksons Lane.
Base on a novel by @aidanhehir.bsky.social adapted and directed by @laravp8.bsky.social and coproduced by SARTR
Check our website to book!
Sales are open for #theflowersofsrebrenica in Sarajevo (July 9-10), Tuzla, Belgrade and LONDON Jacksons Lane.
Base on a novel by @aidanhehir.bsky.social adapted and directed by @laravp8.bsky.social and coproduced by SARTR
Check our website to book!
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This is about the right to oppose genocide.
This is about our democratic freedoms.
Please sign this petition - and also share it.
This is about our democratic freedoms.
Please sign this petition - and also share it.
Sign the Petition
Don't proscribe Palestine Action
www.change.org
June 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is about the right to oppose genocide.
This is about our democratic freedoms.
Please sign this petition - and also share it.
This is about our democratic freedoms.
Please sign this petition - and also share it.
Tonight with La Nouvelle Musique at The Bedford.
June 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Tonight with La Nouvelle Musique at The Bedford.
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Drama schools including LAMDA and RADA have accused the government of "actively threatening" their institutions and the higher-education sector at large, following the unveiling of plans to restrict legal immigration.
www.thestage.co.uk/news/lamda-a...
www.thestage.co.uk/news/lamda-a...
LAMDA and RADA: immigration crackdown ‘threatens' drama schools
Drama schools have accused the government of ‘actively threatening’ their institutions and the higher-education sector at large with plans to restrict legal immigration
www.thestage.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Drama schools including LAMDA and RADA have accused the government of "actively threatening" their institutions and the higher-education sector at large, following the unveiling of plans to restrict legal immigration.
www.thestage.co.uk/news/lamda-a...
www.thestage.co.uk/news/lamda-a...
She’s staring at the bird. 🕊️🪶
May 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
She’s staring at the bird. 🕊️🪶
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Here is a site where people are collecting and analysing information related to the use of a long range acoustic device (LRAD) against civilians in Belgrade on 15 March 2025.
zvuk.labs.rs
zvuk.labs.rs
ULICA KRALJA MILANA
zvuk.labs.rs
April 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Here is a site where people are collecting and analysing information related to the use of a long range acoustic device (LRAD) against civilians in Belgrade on 15 March 2025.
zvuk.labs.rs
zvuk.labs.rs
Album out on Fruits de Mer records on 30th of June, followed by launch on the 7th of July at Green Note Camden. Save the date.
April 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Album out on Fruits de Mer records on 30th of June, followed by launch on the 7th of July at Green Note Camden. Save the date.
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BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
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This. Plus the white kid is not stereotyped and is a brilliant role that properly launches that talented young actor
March 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This. Plus the white kid is not stereotyped and is a brilliant role that properly launches that talented young actor
Another snippet from Faustus: That Damned Woman written by #chrisbush directed by @nastazjadomaradzka.bsky.social and sung by wonderful cast youtu.be/4sZJP5-jVSU?...
Faustus - Opening (Diaboli est Magna choral)
YouTube video by Jovana Backovic
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March 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Another snippet from Faustus: That Damned Woman written by #chrisbush directed by @nastazjadomaradzka.bsky.social and sung by wonderful cast youtu.be/4sZJP5-jVSU?...
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The police say oh no, no way, we didn't use a LRAD against civilians. But the video shows the police fleeing the scene in the moment before it went off.
n1info.rs/vesti/novi-s...
n1info.rs/vesti/novi-s...
Novi snimci trenutka koji je izazvao paniku među građanima: Policija užurbano napušta lokaciju pre udara
Na društvenim mrežama pojavili su se snimci trenutka kada su ljudi počeli panično da beže kod Londona, pošto se čuo zvuk koji je među njima izazvao paniku.
n1info.rs
March 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The police say oh no, no way, we didn't use a LRAD against civilians. But the video shows the police fleeing the scene in the moment before it went off.
n1info.rs/vesti/novi-s...
n1info.rs/vesti/novi-s...
A snippet from Faustus: That Damned Woman by @chrisbushwrites.bsky.social brilliantly directed by @nastazjadomaradzka.bsky.social stage/costumes amazing Sorcha Corcoran Faustus - Possession scene ( 2025 )
youtu.be/qi69R4dmOm0
youtu.be/qi69R4dmOm0
Faustus - Possession scene ( 2025 )
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March 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A snippet from Faustus: That Damned Woman by @chrisbushwrites.bsky.social brilliantly directed by @nastazjadomaradzka.bsky.social stage/costumes amazing Sorcha Corcoran Faustus - Possession scene ( 2025 )
youtu.be/qi69R4dmOm0
youtu.be/qi69R4dmOm0
Playing live at lovely church at St. Ethelburga’s on Tuesday 4th of March - mostly traditional music from all over. Come say hello! ticket link in comments youtu.be/PvifNAYDcI8?...
Ged a Sheol Mi Air M’Aineol ( Scottish Traditional song )
YouTube video by Jovana Backovic
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March 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Playing live at lovely church at St. Ethelburga’s on Tuesday 4th of March - mostly traditional music from all over. Come say hello! ticket link in comments youtu.be/PvifNAYDcI8?...
Looking forward to performing some of my favourite traditional tunes at this beautiful space on 4th of March. stethelburgas.org/event/jovana...
Jovana Backovic at 'Listen to the World' - St Ethelburga's
Monthly live music and open mic at St Ethelburga's. Join us in person or online on the first Tuesday of the month for London's global sounds. Come and listen, or take the stage in an open mic slot. Al...
stethelburgas.org
February 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Looking forward to performing some of my favourite traditional tunes at this beautiful space on 4th of March. stethelburgas.org/event/jovana...
Composer’s assistant ❤️
February 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Composer’s assistant ❤️
Working on score for Faustus brought back all my favourites to mind ❤️ incomparable Wojciech Kilar youtu.be/e817qtDsIo4?...
Bram Stoker's Dracula movie soundtrack "The Beginning"
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February 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Working on score for Faustus brought back all my favourites to mind ❤️ incomparable Wojciech Kilar youtu.be/e817qtDsIo4?...
Can’t wait for this to hit the stage at Greenwich Theatre. Written by Chris Bush, fabulous cast from Rose Bruford College, directed by Nastazja Domaradzka 🔥 Faustus: That Damned Woman
youtu.be/eAxHZE4efXg
youtu.be/eAxHZE4efXg
Faustus: That Damned Woman
YouTube video by Jovana Backovic
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February 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Can’t wait for this to hit the stage at Greenwich Theatre. Written by Chris Bush, fabulous cast from Rose Bruford College, directed by Nastazja Domaradzka 🔥 Faustus: That Damned Woman
youtu.be/eAxHZE4efXg
youtu.be/eAxHZE4efXg