Miha Gantar, piano; Marta Arpini, vocals
(Slovenia, Italy)
artist-in-residence/Clean Feed Records
Slovenian premiere; album release
In a duo, the most intimate of musical partnerships, Gantar and vocalist Marta Arpini address the issues of closeness and the flimsiness of human relationships. Intertwining tender love songs with chaotic, melancholic tunes and interspersed with bursts of vivacity, warmth tinged by darkness, the music searches for beauty, reflecting the time in which it was created; the piece is both an expression of the human spirit facing difficult circumstances and an ode to perseverance. Sensuality in times of crisis, Love in the Time of – ...