Bogdanović: Music Gardens of the World

Dušan Bogdanović was inspired to create this project when he was writing a compilation of world music pieces for his young son, but after hearing the duo of Antigoni Goni and Eleonora Perretta perform, he expanded the idea significantly. A colorful variety is displayed: from 17th-century chansons to Irish fiddle jigs, from humorous Dalmatian songs to a Sephardic romance, from the dances of southeastern Iran to Balinese rice-planting music. Finally, he added arrangements of three beloved Neapolitan songs. The musical collaboration of Antigoni Goni and Eleonora Perretta is a harmonious symbiosis of different generations, cultural backgrounds, and artistic inclinations. What began as a teacher-student relationship at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (KCB) soon developed into a creative artistic partnership sustained by mutual respect, admiration, artistic exchange, and a shared passion for the boundless expressive potential of the classical guitar. This is their first recording together—Dušan Bogdanović's works suit them well, as he is a composer whose bold, genre-crossing music aligns perfectly with the guitarists' approach. The composer described their collaboration as 'magnificent and glorious'.