Between percussionist and marimbist Vassilena Serafimova and the Quatuor Ardeo, two worlds meet, giving rise to new repertoires, as well as atmospheres and sensations partly recreated through original arrangements.

This is a subtle balance between the marimba coupled with the vibraphone and the strings: the former, pulsating and silky, brings a more pronounced rhythmic dimension and occasionally takes on a concertante role; the latter offers a warm lyricism and a texture at times dense or transparent, but always supple.

A delicate balance, too, when it comes to paying homage to the works without diminishing their original artistic strength.

As the works and arrangements unfold, the journey takes shape like a voyage journal where age-old traditions meet fresh inspirations. Melodies in a Bottle aims to be less a programme than a passage, one of maritime or urban perspectives, of real or imagined landscapes, of music whose history is rewritten with every note. A meeting space where curiosity becomes an attractive driving force.