Katarina Aleksić

<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Violinist Katarina Aleksić talks about Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklaerte Nacht (Transfigured Night), growing up in former Yugoslavia, and the magic of communicating with people on an unspoken level.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">Useful links:</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ds7WQLxe1UXRPfOe6cOZ5?si=M2LtxlpgT9e39f7lrPLYnA">Spotify playlist for Katarina’s pieces</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYo">Spotify playlist for main pieces</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ">Spotify playlist for final question pieces</a> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">Other useful links:</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJJUpNWOPI&feature=youtu.be">Traditional Serbian song Katarina was taught as a child</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schoenberg">Arnold Schoenberg</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkl%C3%A4rte_Nacht">Schoenberg’s Verklaerte Nacht (Transfigured Night) background and poem translation</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-tone_technique">Twelve-Tone Technique</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1r7f7l79ng">Explanation of chromatic scales</a> (by a man who reminds us of that guy in the Princess Bride) </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">Support Katarina:</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="http://mp.rts.rs/en/ensembles/rts-symphony-orchestra/">RTS Symphony Orchestra, Serbia</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://www.hollandbaroque.com/">Holland Baroque</a> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-weight:40