The Ten Grammars

Petar Sarkanjac

These songs are grammars, or poetics, for each emotion on the journey from nothingness to existence. They ought to be universal, naked, and raw, which is why most of the Conference features an exposed vocalist and a string quintet.

ademimin vücudusun

You are the existence to my non-existence

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Les langues imparfaites en cela que plusieurs, manque la suprême: penser étant écrire sans accessoires, ni chuchotement mais tacite encore l’immortelle parole, la diversité, sur terre, des idiomes empêche personne de proférer les mots qui, sinon se trouveraient, par une frappe unique, elle-même matériellement la vérité.

The imperfection of languages consists in their plurality; the supreme language is lacking: thinking is writing without accessories or even whispering, the immortal word still remains silent; the diversity of idioms on earth prevents anyone from uttering the words which otherwise, at a single stroke, would materialize as truth.

Stéphane Mallarmé — quoted by Walter Benjamin in “The Task of the Translator”

Personnel

Album credits

Per-track credits appear on each track's page.

STRING QUINTET (GRAMMARS III—X)

  • Violin I & IIKliment Todoroski
  • ViolaASAleksandar Stojčeski
  • VioloncelloPSPavle Savić
  • CelloDMDejan Mitrovikj

Other performers

  • MarimbaAVAntonie Veskovski
  • DrumsEREnmanuel Roman
  • Guitars & bassPetar Sarkanjac

Vocalists

  • VT

    Viktor Tumbas

    Ontopathy

  • JL

    Jimmy Lin

    There are no Prophets: Varız (EN)

  • ES

    Elif Sanchez

    There are no Prophets: Varız (TR)

  • IL

    Iván López Sanz

    El sueño de no ser

  • TM

    Thais Morell

    Minha alma

  • IN

    Ilčo Nečoski

    Skršeniot

  • AG

    Aviana Gedler

    Olympus · Askance

  • Andrijana Janevska

    Олимп

Production

  • Composed, produced, arranged & written byPetar Sarkanjac
  • Co-producer & mixingMichele De Rienzo
  • MixingStavros Vakis
  • MixingForrester Savell
  • Recording engineerAntonie Veskovski
  • Vocal recordingEdoardo Santini
  • Recording engineerPhin Vondenberger
  • Recording engineerDragiša Stojanov
  • Recording engineerArbër Curri
  • MasteringJeff Lipton
  • Mastering assistantConstanza Trinti
  • Recorded atAV Studios
  • Mastered atPeerless Mastering, Boston

Artwork & design

  • IllustrationsAndy Gilmore
  • Booklet designViktorija Gogovska

Special thanks

  • Ilija Pejovski

  • Tihomir Jančovski

  • Ethan Craigo

Coming soon

Conference of Grammars on vinyl

The record is being pressed. Availability announced here first.

September 2027

Conference of Grammars: New Grammars — Live in MOB

With Elif Sanchez, Ismail Lumanovski, and the Profundis Orchestra.

Launch night

Suli An, Skopje · 21 June 2026

From the night

All 149 photographs — scroll →

Full performance

Concert video

Player

Coming soon

The full night, filmed and edited — arriving here shortly.

On stage

Ensemble & crew

String quintet

  • Kliment Todoroski

    Violin I

    Kliment Todoroski

  • Jane Bakevski

    Violin II

    Jane Bakevski

  • Bojan Talevski

    Viola

    Bojan Talevski

  • Božidar Pejić

    Cello

    Božidar Pejić

  • Ivan Bejkov

    Double bass

    Ivan Bejkov

Vocalists

  • Andrea Mircheska

    Andrea Mircheska

    Minha alma

  • Kalina Velkovska

    Kalina Velkovska

    El sueño de no ser · There are no Prophets: Varız

  • Marija Ilievska

    Marija Ilievska

    Revealability

  • Andrijana Janevska

    Andrijana Janevska

    Skršeniot · Олимп · Askance

Sound & production

  • Bojan Ugrinovski

    Mixing engineer

    Bojan Ugrinovski

  • US

    Sound, stage & lighting

    Uzunov Sound

  • Petar Sarkanjac

    Composer & bandleader

    Petar Sarkanjac