What my father sang to me
For „What my father sang to me“ Iva Bittová and Anıl Eraslan, setting old European folk songs to music, combine jazz, folk music, classical music and rock in a unique manner.
Their starting points are songs that Iva Bittová has learned from her father since childhood; today, she sings them back to him. Her memories of summers in the countryside of Slovakia on the border with Hungary are mixed with musical influences from folk song settings by Leoš Janáček and Béla Bartók. Her companion Anıl Eraslan is one of today’s most exciting improvising cellists. Together, they toss around motifs from the old melodies and improvise over verses from the underlying poems. What my Father sang to me thus becomes a personal and touching memoir of her childhood and parents, as well as of traditions, passions and emotions.
„Every moment is a new vibration, a new resonation, new ideas and new messages to the universe. After all my educational experiencesit is live creative musical process that brings power to the planet.“
Open up the sky
by Iva Bittová
As the daughter of a Moravian mother (a teacher and singer) Lidmila Bittová and Slovakian father (who played various instruments) Koloman Bitto, this choice of songs came naturally: I would use melodies that my parents loved. This selection would offer me a chance to send back a "thankful gift" to them for giving me such an amazing childhood.