“Tuck yourself in bed. Remember to take your shoes off! You can sleep for real.”

from the score of done for the day, composed by Pilar Miralles

Two international orchestras and a Croatian cellist will meet for the first time in Zagreb: prompted by broken ones, they forge new connections.

Vertixe Sonora Ensemble is a chamber ensemble connecting musicians from Galicia and Portugal. Together they create an open space for exchange, reflection and conversation about contemporary music. The members of the ensemble – sound and visual artists, jazz and classical musicians – are united by the desire to investigate new ideas through creative collaborations in a broader artistic context.

Hong Kong New Music Ensemble (HKNME) is one of the leading contemporary music ensembles in Asia, known for dynamic performances and innovative projects. Apart from concert halls, it also participates in educational programs, interdisciplinary collaborations, and research projects in cooperation with artists across the globe.

Vid Veljak started playing the cello at the age of 3, enrolled in the Academy of Music at 14, and at 23 became the leading cellist of the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra. He is a co-founder of the NAE Collective and a member of the Synchronos Ensemble. He launched the project Resonance(s), devoted to recording works by Croatian composers for solo cello (and electronics), with the aim of promoting the music of the 20th and 21st centuries and encouraging new compositions. The project received a Porin, the Croatian music award, in 2022. He currently teaches at the Arts Academy in Split.