Drago Ivanuša, piano
Ivanuša’s project is based on a film by Jean Renoir, a 1938 screen version of Émile Zola’s novel La Bête humaine (The Human Beast). Grounding his music in the idea that piano “echoes society in a highly accurate and complex manner”, Ivanuša’s compositions provide “a musical view of our time”, a sound commentary on today’s tension that, according to the pianist, can be likened to the atmosphere of acute crisis that was building up during the making of the film.