Divanhana

NEW ALBUM COMING ON 17.10.2025: "RADIO SEVDAH" !

With their sixth studio album Radio Sevdah, Divanhana pay tribute to a cultural institution: Radio Sarajevo. From the 1940s through the 1980s, the station produced the most important Sevdah recordings; it was both an archive and a meeting place for legendary artists. “We have always drawn inspiration from these recordings. That’s why we conceived Radio Sevdah like a small radio broadcast and dedicated the album to this unique institution,” explains bandleader Neven Tunjić.

Divanhana was formed at the beginning of 2009 by a group of students from Music Academy in Sarajevo. The band performs traditional music from Balkan in their new recognizable arrangements influenced by Jazz, Pop and Classical music. They especially focus on nurturing and presenting sevdah, the urban traditional music of Bosnia & Herzegovina. In addition to a very dedicated and exploring approach to tradition, Divanhana enriches their creative opus with originally written music inspired by traditional songs.

Divanhana developed their concert activities by taking part in prestigious festivals such as 12 Points in Porto, WOMEX in Thessaloniki, Pannonica, EXPO 2020 in Dubai, Budapest Ritmo . Their music has reached various parts of Europe, Canada and Asia. They held almost five hundred concerts in their career. Since their performance leaves no one indifferent, they often returned to some places and concert halls.

Their previous album achieved:

• No. 1 in the World Music Charts Europe in March and April

• No. 1 in the Transglobal World Music Charts

• No. 3 in the Top 200 of the World Music Charts Europe 2022

• Best of Top 20 Albums 2022, Songlines Magazine