NEW: MY INTERVIEWS for „MUSIC WEEKLY“ and „NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS“ in BEIJING 2026
Sometimes, you work and made gifts to potentially interested (and potentially younger) colleagues
and even if you don’t do that expecting that people would say thank you, it is a bit demoralising if no feedback comes. In my age you can think and accept this telling yourself “I am doing it for myself and my own mental health”, which is definitively true. But when, even seldom, somebody from your own homeland call you “a living legend of early music in Croatia” it is paying off hours, days, months and years of working. And then, one day you are contacted by young specialist who for certain period follows your activities and appreciate it.
This was the case of Chinese musicologist and baroque violinist, Dr. Jie Gao (visiting Professor at East Asian Studies Institute, The University of Memphis) who contacted me and ask me for two interviews, a shorter one for “Magazine of the National Centre for the Performing Arts” in Beijing and the longer one for Music Weekly newspaper, also in Beijing. This second one was published on March 4th.
I was deeply impressed how good Jie understand not only my activities but also ideas behind them which motivated this work. I am bringing here her interview in its original form and an AI translation in English, one of three closest to my answers…
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