El Cultivo de la Mente Milan Conic in concert performance film
AT, Tenerife | 2025 33 min. | silent film with piano Out there on the sea nobody cultivates emptiness to rebuild themselves. Iron discipline to transmute it into gold. The movie describes the three phases of cleaning, holding and letting flow. A Blüten & Papaya film performance and production – Georgi Sarkezi cinematography – Eva Stöflin music composition – Milan Conic
East and West is an interdisciplinary project bringing together 18 artists from Serbia, Austria, Slovenia, Spain, Italy, France, Russia, and Slovakia, presented in Linz, Austria.
The ensemble combines musicians with backgrounds in classical and jazz traditions, alongside contemporary dancers, all connected through the Anton Bruckner Private University. The music blends elements of classical, contemporary, jazz, and improvised music, enriched with influences from alternative pop and urban soundscapes. The performance tells a personal story inspired by composer and director Milan Conić’s experiences as a student in Luhansk, Ukraine (2010–2014). Through a combination of music, narration, and dance, the work explores themes of memory, transformation, and resilience. The compositions weave fragments of lived moments into sound and movement, transforming individual memories into a shared artistic experience. The result is a multidisciplinary performance that reflects on the human capacity to preserve hope and beauty even in times of uncertainty.
The project Linz in2 Jazz began in March 2021 as a platform for promoting and organizing concerts and performances by current and former ABPU students as well as their teachers. Its aim was to strengthen the jazz and improvised music scene in Linz and to build a vibrant jazz community.
In late 2023, Milan Conić and Daniel Neumann officially founded the association (Verein). Today, Milan works together with Julia Hofinger and Marc Brunnbauer continuing to expand and develop the concept further.
“As founder and chairman of the association, I am proud and grateful to everyone who has participated and collaborated with us so far. At the same time, I warmly invite all musicians, listeners, and supporters who share our passion for jazz and improvised music to join us on this journey.”
— Milan Conić, Obmann
