TIMPANI
Borna Šercar (1972) is one of the most versatile Croatian artists, he graduated from the Academy of Music in percussion. His fruitful and diverse career has been marked by collaboration with many orchestras, ensembles, theaters, soloists, directors, artists of various origins, such as; the HRT Big Band, writing music for animated films, composing music for theaters (CNC Zagreb, HNK Rijeka, HNK Split, Zagreb Puppet Theater, Žar-Ptica City Theater, Tuzla National Theater, Marin Držić Theater, etc.), as a set designer he collaborates with the HNK Rijeka and HNK Split, is a permanent member of the Croatian Baroque Ensemble and Zagreb Jazz Portrait, and works part-time in the HRT Symphony Orchestra, the Zagreb Philharmonic, and the Zagreb Soloists. For more than 23 years he has collaborated and is a permanent member of the Josipa Lisac Band, and for many years he has also collaborated with Arsen Dedić and Gabi Novak, Matija Dedić. Since the fall of 2009, he has been a member of the Orient Expresto ensemble under the direction of Matej Meštrović.
During his long career, he has also worked with Michel Legrand, Miljenko Prohaska, Boško Petrović, Tereza Kesovija, Oliver and many others...
His performances on musical jars – flashophone – with guitarist Ante Gela have been noted throughout Europe and South America.
He is the winner of the Status award for the most promising young musician in the field of jazz in 1999. He is also the winner of the Status award for the best jazz drummer in 2014. He is the winner of four Porin awards, the Franjo Dugan award, and the Miroslav Sedak Benčić award.
In early 2009, he founded the jazz ensemble Borna Šercar's Jazziana Croatica, which performs his original compositions inspired by Croatian classical and ethno music heritage. With Jazziana, Šercar performed throughout Croatia and abroad in its first year of existence, and its first album "A Little Book Of Notes" published by Aquarius Records was awarded the Porin in 2011. The ensemble received the Franjo Dugan Award for the best concert held at Salon Očić in 2011, where a composition by Miljenko Prohaska, which was composed especially for him, was premiered. It received the Porin again in 2013 for the composition "Melancholy" from the album "Nehaj", and in 2015 for the best jazz performance in collaboration with Ernie Watts. The last two albums ("Wagner Goes to Hollywood" and "Rise After Fall") were released in 2015 and 2018, after a successful collaboration with the LADO ensemble on the song "Klek's Witches" and the recording of the video of the same name in collaboration with Zdenko Bašić. The sixth album of original compositions inspired by Croatian legends and history "UntAmeD" will be released in April 2022.
In 2024, he performed with Jazziana Croatica at the legendary and prestigious Blue Note in Beijing.
He has been painting since 2006 (12 solo exhibitions) and writing poetry (he published the collection of poems and paintings "Musical Windmills" in 2010).
He is a permanent member of the HDS (Croatian Composers' Association) and the HDLU (Croatian Society of Visual Artists).