Anja Zag Golob & Drago Ivanuša: Not That She Won't Come Again …

A musico-poetic project

Running time 1 hour. No intermission. 

Performers
Anja Zag Golob poetry, voice
Drago Ivanuša music, piano, computer, theremin

The concert project by poet Anja Zag Golob and composer and pianist Drago Ivanuša was conceived in the summer of 2020. It was inspired by the friendship between the two artists and, particularly, by the poet’s latest collection not that she won’t come again and not that it won’t burn me … (self-published, 2019). The project goes beyond a mere reading with music; it treats music like poetry and, in poetry, researches the melody and rhythm. The composer was inspired by the poet’s expression, her special interpretation style: rhythm, vocal nuances, the musicality of her expression. He gradually added other elements to the piano, such as computer, synthetic sounds, the recording of the poet’s voice, the voice of the musician, and also one of the oldest electronic instruments – the theremin. The result of the poetry-sound fusion is a colourful palette of sounds and noises, among which the words and voices saunter and where the music and poetry create a new artistic matter with a different meaning and aesthetic dimension.