GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
Anja Mejač, choreography, dance
Eva Dolinšek, harpsichord
Production: Skladišče 172
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
The collaboration between dancer Anja Mejač and harpsichordist Eva Dolinšek meets in the form of a dance concert within the timeless space of the Goldberg Variations. This multilayered work by Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach consists of an aria and 30 variations that follow it. “For me, they represent the cycle of life, because they begin and end with the same thought,” says Eva about the variations. Musically, it is a demanding piece, and in the world of dance, Goldberg has also already earned a unique status. The choreography, based on flamenco dance, introduces the foundation for further variation in place of the aria. Perhaps flamenco and the Baroque have much in common. Both imbued with pleasure, disguised in brilliant images, clothed in a veil of the unpredictable.
Anja Mejač is a flamenco dancer and choreographer. She holds a Master’s degree in Art of Movement from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television of University of Ljubljana. She studies flamenco at the renowned Amor de Dios Academy in Madrid. She collaborates with various domestic and foreign artists, and designs original projects. In February 2020, she presented the play Space Between Us is Our Relationship at the Bi flamenko Biennial International Flamenco Festival at Cankarjev dom. She is the founder of the studio Skladišče 172, where she works as a dance pedagogue and artistic director.
Winner of several awards at international music competitions, Eva Dolinšek studied harpsichord at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana at the Department of Early Music with prof. Egon Mihajlović. In 2015 she was awarded summa cum laude due to her extraordinary artistic achievements and excellent performance on her final exam for the Master’s degree. She has introduced herself as a soloist and a chamber musician at festivals such as Festival Ljubljana, Imago Sloveniae International Festival, L’Estate barocca Festival, Amici della Musica Udine, international festival of early music Academia Musicae Antiquae Labacensis in Ljubljana, Risonanze Festival etc. She actively explores and brings early music back to life through concerts, lectures and academic articles. She is the creative director of the baroque chamber ensemble Musica Nucis. In 2018, she became Assistant professor at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana. She regularly perfects her knowledge under the guidance of Christophe Rousset, an internationally renowned harpsichordist and conductor from France, and Enrico Baiani, an Italian harpsichordist and expert of the Italian baroque literature. In 2016 she issued her first CD titled BAROK, followed by this year’s (2021) new CD BAROK II – Pièces de clavecin. As artistic director and conductor, she staged a production of the comic opera intermezzo »La serva padrona« by G.B. Pergolesi in October 2023. In 2024, she received an award presented by the University of Ljubljana for significant artistic achievements in the field of harpsichord performance.
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