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FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG
February 14, 2019
“Together with the very vividly intoning SWR vocal ensemble, Vito Žuraj brought a long and lasting close with the premiere of “Der Verwandler” […] Gently struck or bowed, the spherical sweetness of the bells made it clear to the cross-section of civil society assembled in the large hall of the Theaterhaus that sometimes, if the ingredients are aligned, there can be something correct in the middle of the no longer quite so wrong.”
(Achim Heidenreich about the premiere of DER VERWANDLER)
SÜDWEST PRESSE ONLINE
February 12, 2019
“The finale is “Der Verwandler” by Vito Žuraj […] The music? It’s gigantic. A kind of symphony of a thousand with SWR orchestra and vocal ensemble – a waving, bubbling oratorio with bamboo organ and exuberant jingles on porcelain bells from the Meissen Manufactory.”
(Otto Paul Burkhardt about the premiere of DER VERWANDLER)
BERLINER ZEITUNG
February 7, 2016
“Rarely has there been a concert during the season that was fascinating in so many different ways. One could discover music by the […] Slovenian composer Vito Žuraj, which compellingly conveyed why one needed to have heard it.”
(Martin Wilkening about the work HAWK-EYE)
Badische Neuste Nachrichten
March 18, 2013
“The tonal language is spectacular, the dramaturgy of the composition surprising and the mastery of material in the treatment of unexpected sound columns and orcans impressive.”
(about the work CHANGEOVER)