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Vida

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Composer
Misha Cvijovic
Artist
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Sebastian Berweck, Trio Splitsignals Berlin
Format
CD
Label
Wergo
Released
Apr 17, 2026
Catalog #
WER64482
UPC
4010228644821

About

The title 'Vida' of Misha Cvijovic's portrait album combines meanings from different languages - life, sight, healing and myth. The composer's music is equally multi-layered, resulting from her exploration of varying sonic and artistic perspectives. Booklet author Carl Rosman explains: 'A keen awareness of stage and physicality is constantly present, in works whose language is typically gestural, eclectic, and direct - although not without irony and polyvalence.' The album has three focal points: it begins with early compositions such as 'Lica Persefone', 'Tikkun Olam' and 'Cirque du Soleil'. As part of a young generation of composers from the former Yugoslavia who are significantly shaping the local contemporary music scene, Cvijovic also uses the ?-time rhythm of the Balkan region in the latter work, among others. She transfers this into a kaleidoscopic sound world in which the trumpet (Marco Blaauw) stands out with short acrobatic solos. The album also includes works such as 'Penumbra', 'Carbon' and 'Emotional Logic - Anger', which depart from the classical mainstream and take greater risks in improvisation and form, for example by expanding the ensemble with the timbres of accordion, baritone saxophone and electric guitar in 'Penumbra'. With 'Iktsuarpok' and 'Incandescent', the focus finally shifts to electronic and electroacoustic sound. Five of these works were recorded especially for this album in collaboration with the Ensemble Musikfabrik and Deutschlandfunk Kultur. The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin conducted by Enno Poppe can also be heard, as well as Sebastian Berweck on the Minimoog and the Trio Splitsignals Berlin.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. U Hadu: Zima (In the Hades: Winter) 04:03
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. U Hadu: Zima (In the Hades: Winter)
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Misha Cvijović
    Ensemble
    Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Enno Poppe
  2. 2 II. Na Zemlji: Leto (On the Earth: Summer) 06:21
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Na Zemlji: Leto (On the Earth: Summer)
    Duration
    06:21
    Composer
    Misha Cvijović
    Ensemble
    Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Enno Poppe
  3. 3 Tikkun Olam 08:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    Tikkun Olam
    Duration
    08:00
    Composer
    Misha Cvijović
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
  4. 4 Cirque du Soleil 08:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    Cirque du Soleil
    Duration
    08:18
    Composer
    Misha Cvijović
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Gregor Mayrhofer
  5. 5 Penumbra 11:00
    Track
    5
    Title
    Penumbra
    Duration
    11:00
    Composer
    Misha Cvijović
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Gregor Mayrhofer
  6. 6 Carbon 08:11
    Track
    6
    Title
    Carbon
    Duration
    08:11
    Composer
    Misha Cvijović
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Gregor Mayrhofer
  7. 7 Emotional Logic - Anger (2021 version) 07:09
    Track
    7
    Title
    Emotional Logic - Anger (2021 version)
    Duration
    07:09
    Composer
    Misha Cvijović
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Gregor Mayrhofer
  8. 8 Iktsuarpok 09:32
    Track
    8
    Title
    Iktsuarpok
    Duration
    09:32
    Composer
    Misha Cvijović
    Performer
    Sebastian Berweck, Misha Cvijović
  9. 9 Incandescent 06:27
    Track
    9
    Title
    Incandescent
    Duration
    06:27
    Composer
    Misha Cvijović
    Ensemble
    Berlin Splitsignals Trio