Orphea's Journey by Russudan Meipariani Ensemble

Once upon a time ... In 2008, as I listened extensively to Claudio Monteverdi's opera Orpheo,
I got the idea to write a chamber opera myself. The resulting fairytale evolved, inspired by
C. G. Jung's Hero's Journey and is set in a Monteverdi-inspired Renaissance atmosphere.

It's the story of a girl's quest for her identity. This quest leads her to her transformations between
being a pig during daytime and her human form at night. She is confronted with surprising
and frightening encounters and complex challenges along her path. During her dream-like travel
through a world of shadows, she experiences isolation and fear, until she finally reaches the
golden field. There she can cast away her pig identity and travel with like-minded people
in open spaces.

Since writing this musical fairytale, Das Mädchen auf der Windwelle (The Girl on the Windwave),
our ensemble has performed it in many variations. In developing these pieces the intense artistic exchange with my sister Nata and the two other musicians, Giga and David, was extremely important. Now after twelve years of performances,
we are thrilled to release the recording under the title ORPHEA'S JOURNEY.

Russudan Meipariani Piano, Keyboard, Vocals
Natalie Meipariani Violin, Vocals
Giga Khelaia Violoncello
David Stützel Musical Saw, Pot, Overtone Singing

Russudan Meipariani is a Georgian composer, pianist and singer.
Her music combines classical, minimal music, georgian polyphonie, contemporary new music, and works with elements of pop culture. The soundscape that Russudan's music creates is academic and archaic, contemplative and extrovert, dreamy and wild, strange and familiar at the same time.