Begnagrad is the debut studio album by the Yugoslav avant-garde/progressive rock Begnagrad released in 1982. In 1990, the album was reissued by a French label under the title Konzert for a Broken Dance.
Begnagrad was formed in 1976 by Bratko Bibià(accordion), Bogo PeÃÂnikar (clarinet), Vlado à  pindler (bass guitar), and Igor Muà ¡evià(drums), guitarists Bojan ZidariÃÂ, Igor Leonardi and Boris Romih cooperating with them on different occasions. The band performed avant-garde rock with the elements of free jazz, swing, traditional music, but also of pop, and soon gained attention of the audience with their unconventional compositions. After their performance at the prominent Youth Festival in Subotica in 1977, they recorded part of their songs in Radio Novi Sad studios with producer AnÃÂelko MaletiÃÂ. The recordings should have appeared on their first album, however that record was never released. In 1978, à  pindler had to leave the band to serve his mandatory stint in the Yugoslav army, and Begnagrad went on hiatus. The group reunited at the beginning of the 1980s. During the following years, Begnagrad went to numerous lineup and stylistic changes. They recorded their debut album in the lineup featuring BibiÃÂ, PeÃÂnikar, Romih, Nino de Gleria (bass guitar), and Aleà ¡ Rendla (drums, violin). The album, entitled simply Begnagrad, was released in 1982 through ZKP RTLJ. The songs on the album were composed by Bibiàand De Gleria.
The band spent 1983 and 1984 performing mostly in Western Europe. They ended their activity in 1984. In the years following the disbandment, former members of the band would release two album with their recordings from the 1970s, Jodlovska Urà ¡ka (1990), featuring the material recorded during the 1977 Radio Novi Sad sessions, and Tastare (Theoldwones) (1992), featuring studio and live recordings from 1976 and 1977.
In 1990, Begnagrad was re-released by the French record label AYYA, under the title Konzert for a Broken Dance, featuring a session recording entitled "Tazadnatanova = Thelastnewone" as a bonus tracks. On the reissue, tracks 1 and 2 are switched, and the track "à ½vià ¾govska Urà ¡ka" is split into "à ½vià ¾govska = Wisteling Ursulla" and half-minute track "Joj Di Di Joj = Joj Di Di Joj". The album featured alternate titles for the tracks and a cover designed by the band's former member Bogo PeÃÂnikar.
François Couture of AllMusic noted that "the group's highly original blend of Eastern European folk and complex progressive rock elements may not have been everyone's cup of tea, but the level of energy and the raw feelings conveyed by their first proper album make the music more immediate than one would expect".