COmpass REsonance: SANDS OF TIME with Mina Gajić and CORE

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CORE’s Artistic Director, Mina Gajić performs the rarely heard Piano Concerto in A Minor (1822) by Felix Mendelssohn, a fiendishly difficult and impassioned work. Dr. Gajić, joined by violinist Zachary Carrettin and flutist Ysmael Reyes, presents another rarity, J.S. Bach’s trio sonata from “A Musical Offering,” performed in early Romantic Era style. As Mendelssohn was one of the first Bach-focused musicologists, this performance looks to Bach as Mendelssohn would have heard and performed Bach’s music. The program opens with the strings of COmpass REsonance performing a riveting work featuring fiery fugues by a composer who traveled in Bach’s circles, Christoph Graupner.

Program:
Dr. Mina Gajić brings a uniquSonata à 4 for strings and continuo, GWV724 by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760)
Trio Sonata from Musikalisches Opfer, BWV1079 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Concerto for Piano and Strings in A Minor (1822) by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Approximate run time: 70 minutes performed without intermission

Dr. Mina Gajić brings a unique vision as Artistic Director of COmpass REsonance. Her work spans four continents as piano soloist and collaborator, and as a recording artist on modern pianos, Romantic Era period pianos, and harpsichord. Her discography includes J.S. Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor (Boulder Bach Festival—Sono Luminus), continuo keyboard in The Bach Violin Concertos in addition to piano in duo collaboration with Vadim Gluzman (COmpass REsonance—Onyx Classics), Mozart/Pärt/Vasks solo and chamber music (Sonic Alchemy), Tajcevic/Granlund solo and duo works (Confluence), Schubert chamber music on period instruments (Boundless), prepared piano works by John Cage (Bach UnCaged), and new work by Icelandic composers as part of the duo, Mystery Sonata with Zachary Carrettin (Aequora).

Prior to emigrating from Belgrade, Serbia, Dr. Gajić won numerous international piano and collaborative music competitions in Europe. She then completed graduate degrees at Rice University Shepherd School of Music and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with studies in piano, chamber music, and harpsichord, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at University of Colorado. Due to her performances, recordings, and innovative work with Boulder Bach Festival, Art of Duo Competition, and COmpass REsonance, she has been featured in interviews and articles internationally, including Under30CEO, Gramophone UK, Muzique Magazine, Magnetic Magazine, Sheen Magazine, Early Music America, and SWR KULTUR.