Marko Ivic’s latest composition, ‘Black Spring’, is another glorious walk through piano composition, the artist continuing to bridge the gap between expansive and all-embracing production and the subtly and fragility of an instrument left alone. The new track sweeps through a lifetime journey, a motif constantly evolving into progressively climactic moments, steadily turning up the outside influence for a surrounding moment, before falling away. There is so much pain and destruction in the peaks of noise, but the initial, delicate infatuation of the chords that root the piece is ever-present, emerging through the clouds as a tender guide through the battleground.
“I wrote Black Spring for a theatre piece with the same name,” Marko explains, “written by Espen Hjort in 2020. The play is about the end of a love affair. After a sudden breakup, the main character goes for a walk, in order to find comfort in nature. But nature is just gone. He spends the night looking for it, but it has disappeared completely. I was motivated by Espen's parallelisms between a love story and the ecological catastrophe we are witnessing today. Black Spring tries to capture the depth of a love story amidst the destructive forces surrounding it, while still looking up for a beam of light to hold on to. Its a beautiful exemplification of our complicated love story with planet earth.”
Taking to both composition and sound design, Marko Ivic was raised in a vibrant backdrop, taking cultural influences from Venezuela, Croatia, and Italy into his music. Drawing inspiration from everyday moments and the complexities within even the most simple emotions, Marko is a guide, to kindness, to spirituality, to life.
Studying classical piano at the University of Zagreb and earning a Master's degree in Live Electronics from the Conservatory in Amsterdam, Marko now delves into interdisciplinary performances, employing the influences of minimalist pioneers.
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