Blagoje Bersa, a central figure in Croatian music at the turn of the 20th century, learned piano by playing with his family, who were passionate amateur musicians.
Recording & Production
This album is a world première recording, presenting approximately half of Blagoje Bersa's solo piano works.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Blagoje Bersa's artistic personality combines Mediterranean, Central European, and Balkan cultures, with his style mainly marked by Classicism and Romanticism.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The beauty of Blagoje Bersa's music lies not in innovation, but in the sincerity of his musical intention, coupled with simplicity and occasional originality.
Composer's Artistic Vision
While Bersa's piano music largely shows the influence of earlier composers, his symphonic works incorporated new stylistic elements from contemporaries like Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler.
Composer Biography
Blagoje Bersa studied composition with Robert Fuchs in Vienna, who also taught famous composers like Gustav Mahler and Jean Sibelius.
Performer Biography
Goran Filipec, the pianist on this recording, was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque of the Ferenc Liszt Society of Budapest for his 2016 recording of Liszt's Paganini Studies.
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