ZAGREB
DOUBLE BASS DUO
Founded in 1995. The Duo has given about a hundred concerts at
home and abroad, recorded four compact dises, and brought about
and took part in two musical-graphic albums.
Žorž Draušnik
principal contrabassist of the Opera orcestra of the Croatian
National Theatre
Mimi Marjanović Gonski
principal contrabassist of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
ZAGREB
DOUBLE BASS DUO «Offenbach: Six Duets for Celli Op.50»
2000, TUTICO CLASSIC
«…Their new compact disc is going to put you in a good mood. It
is smooth and easy on the ear, but in fact the old Mr. Offenbach
satirically prickles your ear at the same time.I have always found
double bass players slightly odd. Their instrument is bigger than
they are and I wonder how they can draw those delicate, intimate
tones from that «cupboard».This time they completely bewildered
me. They have squeezed out of their «cupboards» even satirical
tones written by Offenbach who would , if he could hear it,
certainly stoke his long mustache with contentment.»
Fadil Hadžić
ZAGREB DOUBLE BASS DUO «Zagreb Double Bass Duo»
2001, TUTICO CLASSIC
Y. Takechi: Diacorpus for Two Double Basses
D. Kaufmann: Landscape with Figures (Tag - Nacht - Morgen)
K. Seletković: Rebus
A. T. Šaban: 7iéme symphonie en La
D. Doga: Wedding Dances Of Two Old Fiddlers
All compositions were dedicated to the Zagreb Double Bass Duo.
«…The Zagreb Double Bass Duo´s fans will perhaps be surprised
by the fact that the double basses are so extended here that (e.
g. In Kaufmann´s composition) there is at times no trace of them
at all. But this is only a proof of Mimi´s and Žorž´s
curiosity that obviously considerably surpasses the identity of
their instrument! Extended double basses? Yes, indeed, in the
literal sense of the world!»
Nikša Gligo
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