DESORPTION (2025/2026)

DESORPTION (2025/2026)

concerto for violin and orchestra

solo: vno
orchestra: 2*.2.2*.2*/4.2.2.1/timp/ 3perc/acc/pno/hrp*/12.10.8.6.4
duration: 22 minutes
world premiere: May 2, 2026
Kölner Philharmonie, WDR Musik der Zeit
Isabelle Faust – violin
WDR Sinfonieorchester
Conducted by Bas Wiegers

Commissioned by WDR Köln and Milano Musica

DESORPTION

score preview

DESORPTION

(excerpt)

May 2, 2026, Kölner Philharmonie
WDR Musik der Zeit
Isabelle Faust – violin
WDR Sinfonieorchester
Conducted by Bas Wiegers
©2026 by WDR

Additional performances

May 2028
Festival Milano Musica
Isabelle Faust – violin
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI
Conductor tbc

VIDEO

DESORPTION: Excerpt
May 2, 2026, Kölner Philharmonie
WDR Musik der Zeit
Isabelle Faust – violin
WDR Sinfonieorchester
Conducted by Bas Wiegers
©2026 by WDR

DESORPTION: Excerpt
May 2, 2026, Kölner Philharmonie
WDR Musik der Zeit
Isabelle Faust – violin
WDR Sinfonieorchester
Conducted by Bas Wiegers
©2026 by WDR

ABOUT

DESORPTION reflects a gradual emergence from a space shaped by control, distortion, and imposed narratives. What first seems inseparable from the self slowly reveals its external origin, exposing the forces that once formed it. The process of stepping free is neither sudden nor complete; it unfolds through hesitation, resistance, and fragile moments of clarity. Each stage carries its own tension, lingering pressure, the shadow of past influence, and the delicate recognition of autonomy beginning to assert itself. When the struggle finally subsides, what remains is not emptiness, but a fragile, luminous core—unadorned, vulnerable, and free. In this quiet, resilient center, the possibility of independence, openness, and new beginnings endures.

Vito Žuraj

DESORPTION reflects a gradual emergence from a space shaped by control, distortion, and imposed narratives. What first seems inseparable from the self slowly reveals its external origin, exposing the forces that once formed it. The process of stepping free is neither sudden nor complete; it unfolds through hesitation, resistance, and fragile moments of clarity. Each stage carries its own tension, lingering pressure, the shadow of past influence, and the delicate recognition of autonomy beginning to assert itself. When the struggle finally subsides, what remains is not emptiness, but a fragile, luminous core—unadorned, vulnerable, and free. In this quiet, resilient center, the possibility of independence, openness, and new beginnings endures.

Vito Žuraj