{"content":"\n    <div class=\"detail-content\">\n        \n        <strong>About work:</strong> <p>I drafted the theme in 1999 as an idea (eventually not used) for the dance performance \"Things Are Not What They Seem to Be\". The work is based on the strong contrast between two dynamic levels, inspired by Kancheli´s symphonies. In the draft, the contrasting elements were represented by pre-recorded fortissimo accents and soft acoustic music. After I finished my studies I sought to compose a more simple, clear-cut and emotional music. When the offer came to present a piece togehter with Yevgeni Irshai, who was prepared to perform it with Milan Paľa, I had no doubt in my mind that I could push the envelope further towards something they are good at: a more dramatic construction and extatic expression. When I compose, I don´t have a particular extramusical idea: it is only when I am finished with my work that I explore the contents of the music, I listen to what the muisc has to say. In this piece, I found a kind of nostalgy, sadness that under agressive outside pressure lead to a new notion of the past, to painful remembrances; I relive them only to break free from their spell in a moment of catharsis - a rupture in the conscience revealing the plain truth that have been hidden there in denial.</p><br>\n        <em>(author, in: booklet of the CD \"SOOZVUK\")</em><br>\n        <br>\n        \n\n        <p>\n                <p><strong>First performance in Slovakia</strong></p>\n                \n                \n                14.04.2004,\n                SK\n\n<br><span class=\"type\">Performers: </span>Milan Paľa (vn), Jevgenij Iršai (pf)\n                <br>\n\n\n            </p>\n    </div>\n"}