Kalabis's music was significantly influenced by oppression, as he suffered under Nazi occupation and his wife, Zuzana Ružicková, endured imprisonment in Nazi concentration camps.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Viktor Kalabis, the composer, believed that the art of composition involved discovering the necessary technique for a piece through the act of writing it.
Composer Biography
Viktor Kalabis and his wife, Zuzana Ružicková, a pioneering harpsichordist, refused to join the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, leading to harassment and limited public performances of his music.
Recording & Production
This recording was made possible by generous funding from the Kalabis Ružicková Foundation in Washington, DC, and the Viktor Kalabis and Zuzana Ružicková Endowment Fund in Prague.
Performer Biography
Gidon Kremer, the violinist and founder of Kremerata Baltica, is known for championing works by Russian and Eastern European composers and has had many new compositions dedicated to him.
Performer Biography
Kremerata Baltica, a Grammy-Award winning chamber orchestra, was founded in 1997 by Gidon Kremer with young, enthusiastic musicians to avoid 'orchestritis'.
Compositional Technique
Kalabis's music is tonal, but he developed his own method of incorporating twelve-tone thinking to intensify harmonic light and shade or create unstable musical pathways.
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