IDAGIO | Milica Djordjević: Mit o ptici - Cvor - Quicksilver

Featuring

Duncan Ward
Peter Rundel
Christof Hartkopf
Johannes Kalitzke
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Milica Djordjević

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Djordjević's music is characterized by an "exuberant and imaginative use of sound" and a mercurial quality that defies clear definition.

Historical Context

Miroslav Antić, whose verse epic "Mit o ptici" Milica Djordjević set to music, was a legendary Yugoslav writer, journalist, and painter, and a key figure in the "Black Wave" movement of documentary filmmakers.

Compositional Technique

A characteristic feature of Djordjević's work is the strict limitation of melodic movement to very few, narrow interval steps, which she relates to traditional Serbian singing.

Composer Biography

Milica Djordjević, born in 1984, began her composition studies in Belgrade, then continued in Strasbourg and at IRCAM in Paris, before completing her postgraduate studies in Berlin.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Milica Djordjević's fascination with fireflies, which she has explored in multiple pieces, stems from childhood memories, the poetry of Miroslav Antić, and the scientific aspect of their endangered status.

Composer Biography

Milica Djordjević has received numerous prestigious awards for her works, including the Claudio Abbado Composition Prize of the Berlin Philharmonic (2020) and the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Composer Prize (2016).

Performer Biography

The Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, one of the world's leading classical orchestras, welcomed Sir Simon Rattle as its new Chief Conductor at the start of the 2023/2024 season.