The award-winning Canadian composer Marjan Mozetich is one of the most broadcast classical composers in Canada. His works have been premiered and performed by some of the world’s most esteemed orchestras and musicians.

He has uniquely blended elements of modern and classical music to develop a fusion style that is both innovative and accessible. His music is beautiful, dramatic and spiritual, appealing to all types ofaudiences.

Mozetich has written over 70 works for a myriad of instrumental and vocal combinations for symphonic orchestras, chamber ensembles, choirs and soloists, as well as for theatre, film and dance.

He has garnered numerous awards, including the 2010 Juno Award for Best Classical Composition of theYear, and the SOCAN Matejcek Concert Music Prize awarded to the most performed and broadcast composer in Canada (2002 and 2006).

AFFAIRS OF THE HEART 

There are those in the world of contemporary music for whom directly expressed, raw emotion is rather embarrassing; it is disregarded in favour of music intended to stimulate the mind rather than touch the heart. This is not so with composer, Marjan Mozetich. His evocation of deep feelings and intense emotions has been central to his style. His AFFAIRS OF THE HEART for violin solo and string orchestra demonstrates perfectly the composer’s desire to convey the variety and depth of human emotions, while the tragic death of his friend David Morris, which occurred towards the end of the work’s composition, adds to it a particular poignancy.

The work was commissioned by the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC Radio) and premiered in 1997 by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra in Winnipeg, Canada. It has been recorded on CD by CBC Records and Quartz Music in London, England. This concerto has been performed by 24 different violinists around the world. Tonight will be the 25th.

AFFAIRS OF THE HEART is written in a single movement with three distinct sections moving organically from fast to slow to fast. With underlying hypnotic patterns, the piece moves from broad dramatic gestures to almost child-like innocence with a lush ‘blues’ feel in the middle slow section. Unlike in most concertos, the soloist here has little in the way of extensive virtuoso passages. Instead, the solo violin is constantly weaving in and out of the orchestral texture.

Note by Joanna Wyld

DOCUMENTARY: THE MUSIC AND LIFE OF MARJAN MOZETICH 

Affairs of the Heart: The Life and Music of Marjan Mozetich is a documentary film that explores the challenges and triumphs of famed Canadian classical music composer, Marjan Mozetich, with glimpses into his interior world spanning the vast reaches of the heavens and the dark depths of the human heart. His most well-known work, Affairs of the Heart, captivated Canadian radio listeners when it premiered depicting joys and sorrows, pain and bliss. The film features his life story while presenting his catalogue of music to the audience through performances by world-renowned musicians.

WATCH ONLINE:

the Documentary is available online at www.fleckpro.com/films where you can also watch the trailer.