If you want to spend unforgettable moments in the house with the touch and taste of history, you are at the right place because this is where VINKO TRUBIĆ NADALIĆ - an Istrian long flute (sopela) player and builder was born on 4th January 1903.
He was a bricklayer by occupation, but by his skill and his inner self, by the major part and the abundance of his expressive strength he was a 'sopela' player of Dobrinj, a folk artist, a musician and a master player and builder of the Istrian long flute. He was a representative of the cultural and ethnic sign of living represented by 'sopela', a tuned musical instrument on untimed tonality for the North Croatian Littoral and for all Croatians – dwellers of the Croatian Littoral.
He presented the musical heritage of the island of Krk on Krk (the Krk Festivals from 1934) and outside of Krk (Rustic unity festivals and other folklore festivals) and from 1950 he presented it abroad, in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France and the Netherlands. He mostly accompanied the folk dance troup of Dobrinj, KUD 'Joža Vlahović' and the world famous National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia 'Lado' from Zagreb.
Master Trubić was also privileged to build a small and big 'sopile' which was ordered by the local authorities of Krk during the visit of the then President of the Republic Josip Broz Tito. Those two copies, specially equipped, are in the Museum of Marshal Tito in Belgrade, the Republic of Serbia.
He was a prominent person, a bard. He was elected the president of the club 'Sopci' in Kastav in 1967 among all the Croatian Littoral and Istrian sopile players. It was the honour that he carried until he died.
Radio and Television Zagreb shot a twenty – minute film about Vinko Trubić in 1973 and the house where he was born, ethnographically valuable, was proclaimed a cultural monument.
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