Boris Janje

Boris Janje is a double bassist from Zagreb, Croatia, living and working in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

He studied music at the Music School in Velika Gorica and graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Zagreb. He was a member of the Udruženje za razvoj kulture “URK” (Culture Development Association “CDA”) which formed the Zagreb club Močvara. He has been actively involved in the organisation of club events.

For many years he has been engaged in free music improvisation, exploring the sonic possibilities of the double bass. He regularly participates in free improvisation workshops and musicians’ meetings as part of the Sunday noise cycle at the Metulj Club in Bistrica ob Sotli.

He is a member of the band »Jaz, drevo« (I, Tree), a trio with cellist Giovanni Maier, and saxophonist Cene Resnik. Boris Janje frequently collaborates with Croatian musicians: Damir Prica, Igor Pavlica, Franjo Glušac, Ivan Marincl, Bruno Vidović and others.

He is in a duo with the Italian dancer Cristiano Fusillo playing freely improvised music and free dance forms.

Recent Projects include: the ensemble of five double bassists, who performed a time score by Tomaž Grom; multiversal- MULTISLOW !!!, and Glacies, a project by Ana Kravanja where musicians play on the refrigerator shelves, a musical dance performance Voice of skin with Japanese dancer Naoko Maeshiba and violinist Marko Jenič.