The Fragile Art of Living Together

by Hanan Hadžajlić, Jug Marković, Ana Pandevska, Nina Perović, Petra Strahovnik, Helena Skljarov, Ylli Daklani and the Neue Vocalsolisten.

 In a multidisciplinary artistic process, seven composers from the seven states that emerged from the former Yugoslavia reflect on the time of the Balkan wars and the different perspectives from which the people of the Western Balkans interpret their common history today.

The seven pieces for voices and electronics address a wide range of themes, from serious and ironic retrospectives, existential experiences to future perspectives: social reflections on the clash of religions and ethnicities, nationalism, Ex-Yu yearning and EU hype, hyperinflation, physical and psychological violence and the radical optimism of a post-war generation.