Dušan Radić, a Serbian composer, was the first and only Serbian composer to write music for Hollywood movie productions, specifically for "The Long Ships" (1964) and "Genghis Khan" (1965).
Performer Biography
Maja Bogdanović, the cellist on this album, has premiered works by numerous contemporary composers, including Sofia Gubaidulina, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Isidora Žebeljan.
Composer Biography
Isidora Žebeljan, a Serbian composer, studied composition with Vlastimir Trajković at the Belgrade Faculty of Music, where she later became a professor of composition.
Performer Biography
Daniel Rowland, the violinist on this album, founded the Stift International Music Festival in 2005 and was the leader of the Brodsky Quartet for twelve years.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Vlastimir Trajković, a Serbian composer, was the first in Serbia to structurally apply elements of minimalism in his works from the early 1970s, while also drawing inspiration from impressionistic harmonic idioms and composers like Debussy and Ravel.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Isidora Žebeljan's musical originality stems from her ability to organically fuse musical elements from diverse influences, ranging from old Balkan folk traditions to rock and pop music, into new sound contexts.
Performer Biography
Alberto Mesirca, the Italian guitarist on this album, won the 2020 GRAMOPHONE Prize for 'Best concept Album of the Year' for a recording dedicated to the Chaconne.
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