Albums

to catch a running poet - new works for the harpsichord
Margareta Ferek-Petrić - Rafael Nassif - Christian Diendorfer - Sylvie Lacroix - Peter Jakober - Tamara Friebel - Manuela Kerer - Hannes Dufek

NEOS 11906
February 2019

Maja Mijatović studied harpsichord with Wolfgang Glüxam at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and is also a professionally trained flutist. Additional studies with Sally Sargent, Augusta Campagne and Eugène Michelangeli complement her professional training.

The musical language of the contemporary avant-garde and the broad repertoire of Early Music comprise the two main foci for her artistic work. This indwelling polarity of such different, contrasting, and yet related forms of expression proves to be a constant source of exciting dialogue and discovery.

Her willingness to research new sounds and playing techniques for the harpsichord as well as her dedication and uncompromising striving for musical expression constitute the driving force for her close collaborations with living composers, which have resulted in many new works from soli to concerti.

Maja Mijatović is a co-founder of Ensemble Klingekunst  () and played a decisive role in the ensemble’s releases. She has also worked with the ensembles Wiener Collage, PHACE, oenm, Die Reihe and Platypus. Mijatović has participated in festivals for both Early and New Music such as Wien Modern, Warsaw Autumn and Prix Annelie de Man (Amsterdam). Last but not least, she believes it’s vitally important to encourage children and young people to appreciate music. She loves sunflowers and lives in Vienna.