Julia Smirnova - The Songs of Our Neighbours (2022)

The violinist Julia Smirnova and the cellist Konstantin Manaev are not only a duo on the concert stage, but also a couple in private life. "We play two instruments and have two temperaments," they say, "we embody yin and yang, so to speak. All the works on this CD have a direct connection to our artistic life and open the doors to our musical world.” The duo prefers contemporary music “that touches the feelings of the audience.” they are pieces by composing people that belong not only to the spatial and temporal, but also to the emotional proximity of the performers.