Journey East Nemanja Radulovic

• 1 Hungarian Dance No. 1 In G Minor 03:12
• 2 Songs My Mother Taught Me 03:18
• 3 Danse russe (Moderato) 04:21
• 4 Sabre Dance 02:56
• 5 Vatra suze 03:17
• 6 Pašona kolo 02:43
• 7 Nocturne 03:39
• 8 Romance 04:17
• 9 March (Arranged By Yvan Cassar) 01:35
• 10 Theme 03:50
• 11 Niška Banja 02:21
• 12 Main Theme 04:19
• 13 Ovo je muški svet 04:20
• 14 Csárdás 04:45
• 15 Zajdi, zajdi, jasno sonce 05:37
• Total Runtime 54:30

Info for Journey East

Nemanja Radulović’s life has been an incredible jour- ney – geographically, physically and emotionally. Growing up in Serbia, he began playing the violin at the age of seven. As the clouds of civil war gathered in the 1990s, the child prodigy took part in competitions all over Europe. At 14, he moved to Paris to continue his musical education. Today, he is in demand at concert halls all over the world. But his heart remains in the Balkans, and the music that first inspired him – tradi- tional and classical – still courses through his veins.

For Carnets de voyage, his international debut album on Deutsche Grammophon, Nemanja retraces those steps on a musical voyage that mirrors his life – only in reverse. This new adventure is realized through an inspiring collaboration with the award-winning French producer Yvan Cassar, a man whose repertoire and influence spread far beyond traditional classical music into world music, electronica and pop. Accompanied by musicians from Nemanja’s two regular ensembles, Les Trilles du Diable and Double Sens, plus his long-term musical partner, pianist Laure Favre-Kahn, and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Michail Jurowski, they take us on a journey through classical melodies, traditional tunes and folk songs that typify the fiery but fun-loving spirit of the Balkans.

There are tunes from Nemanja’s native Serbia and from old Bohemia, from Hungary and Romania, Mace- donia, Armenia and Russia: some familiar, some less so, but all of them close to his heart. Throughout them all, there is one unifying theme – the music’s emotional power.

For Nemanja, this album is also an intensely per- sonal journey into his own past. It is dedicated to his late mother, Liliana, a successful doctor who devoted herself to supporting his musical studies, only to be tragically lost to cancer two years ago. “She is my inspiration and my muse,” says Nemanja. “Without her I could not have made this record. With- out her I would not be here at all.”

Nemanja Radulovic, violin
Les Trilles du Diable
Double Sens
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Michail Jurowski, conductor

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Booklet for Journey East