“Janárčeková’s intellectually unpretentious expressionist music never runs the risk of becoming cliche-infected: her will to express herself and her awareness of fragmentariness combine in a subtle sensuality of sound. At every moment the music seems to be ‘appropriate’: far removed from triviality, and away from fashionable contemplative platitudes.” (Dirk Wieschollek) The Slovak Quasars ensemble’s conductor Ivan Buffa also doubles as the piano soloist with the Bamberg Symphony in the piano concerto of Viera Janárčeková, who surely must be counted as one of the most distinguished female voices in today’s European composition landscape.