The true revelation appeared only on the last day… Boris Kovac and his Ritual Nova Ensemble played their endlessly remote odes. It seemed as if those Yugoslavs were not from this world. Metaphysical in their search and convincing in their ideas, these mystics played their beautiful, sad melodies (the soprano part was without words, dominated by the grace and power of rhythms). The ensemble has mastered this language in a wondrous way. Appearing as a secret culmination of the festival…
