Isidora Žebeljan/Veljko Nenadic:
‘Dark Velvet’ for violin and piano

Tibor Hartig:
‘Monolog’ for solo violin
‘Dijalozi’ for violin and cello

Calliope Tsoupaki:
‘A song for Isidora’

Isidora Žebeljan:
‘Oh, Die, My Love’, song for violin, female voice and piano

Rudolf Bruci:
Guslarska’ for solo violin

Aleksandra Vrebalov:
‘Constellation Hartig’ for violin and prepared piano

Veljko Nenadic:
‘Air & Riffs’ diptych for violin and piano

Juan Felipe Waller:
‘De Jaque, Sal, Gala y Luna’ for solo violin

Florian Magnus Maier:
‘The Music of Erich Zann’ for solo violin

This CD can be seen as an autobiographical story. It is a reflection of my Yugoslav and Dutch identity described in 10 pieces by 8 composers. All of these pieces have their unique musical language and way of expressing thoughts and feelings. From pure honest most tender love to the unearthly sounds in search of answers. Some of them speak about deep sorrow of loss, passionate greed for love and life, brutally distorted decomposed beauty or simply pure wild untamed joy. One thing that is common to all of them is that they were written or arranged for me with a deep understanding of my way of playing which is always intense, honest and expressive. I love them all like my children and enjoy watching them grow. In addition to the selection of already composed music from 1990 on, three new works were written for me, especially as a part of this project.

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Recorded at MCO Hilversum 17-19 March 2022. Julija Hartig plays a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin “ex-Zimmermann”.