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Label Challenge Classics |
UPC 0608917290622 |
Catalogue number CC 72906 |
Release date 08 July 2022 |
"The works made for Hartig have diverse characters: the narrative intimacy is opposed to the experimental stretching of the violin sound. Every composer relates to her musicality in a different way."
NRC, 20-7-2022This 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.
Julija Hartig, was born in Yugoslavia to a family of musicians and started her violin education at age 5. After finishing her violin studies at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad (Yugoslavia), she was engaged as an assistant professor in the class of her former teacher Evgenia Tchugaeva at the same conservatory.
Since 1994, she has lived in the Netherlands, where she studied at the conservatory of Rotterdam with professor Ilya Grubert and in Utrecht with professor Keiko Wataya.
As a soloist, she has performed with various orchestras such as Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Brabants Chamber Orchestra, St. Georges Strings, Belgrade Strings, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Serbia.
Julija is a member of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and various chamber music ensembles including Duo Hartig-Broekhans, ROctet, The Hungry Gods, Ensemble REI. She is one of the founding members of podium SPLENDOR Amsterdam and one of the initiators of the collective LUDWIG.
Julija’s repertoire includes pieces from baroque to contemporary music. Her interpretations are characterised by a great expressivity and temperament, refined technique and a warm sensitivity for colour. Her exciting way of playing has often led to mutually inspirational collaborations with contemporary composers. Several pieces have been written for and premiered by her.
Julija Hartig plays a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin “ex-Zimmermann”, which is a part of the Duch National Musical Instrument Foundation.
The works made for Hartig have diverse characters: the narrative intimacy is opposed to the experimental stretching of the violin sound. Every composer relates to her musicality in a different way.
NRC, 20-7-2022
For an album, Hartig navigates passionately between noise and colour.
Volkskrant, 20-7-2022